Daily Archives: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
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Ka-Hó rehab hospital opens
The rehabilitation hospital at Ka-Hó was officially opened yesterday by Chief Executive Chui Sai On and Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam. The new ... -
Gaming | Poor on paper, March is strongest month so far
Gross gaming revenue dipped 0.4 percent year-on- year in March, rounding out the quarter with a 0.5 percent contraction in the latest sign of market stabilization. ... -
April Fools’ Day and Madonna
Madonna is not coming to Macau to buy mansions – at least as far as we actually know. Our piece titled “Fed up with Portuguese bureaucracy, ... -
Special education | Parents left with few options
Parents of children with special needs – particularly English- speaking children – are left with very few options when their children do not meet the acceptance ... -
Sports return to Tap Seac with Macau Squash Open 2019
The Macau Squash Open is returning from April 10 to 14 with a strong line-up of athletes from 17 countries and regions competing for the USD50,000 ... -
Crime | Airport security breaches still unexplained, say police
Security breaches at the Macau International Airport allowed at least two people to access the facility’s restricted areas, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) revealed during ... -
Briefs | HK’s Carrie Lam digging in over extradition
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is refusing to back down after fugitive Joseph Lau’s legal challenge to a proposed extradition plan on Monday. The plan ... -
Tourism | Guangdong will bar Macau re-entry for 60 days, despite new measure
Mainland visitors to Macau will not be permitted to re-enter the SAR from Guangdong Province within a 60-day period dating from their last departure under the ... -
Great times | A Chef Shares His Secrets
Have you ever watched a chef’s tv show, and been inspired by the way he or she creates the most delicious dishes? But what if you ... -
Kim Jong Nam | Vietnam woman pleads guilty to lesser charge in murder case
A Vietnamese woman who is the only suspect in custody for the killing of the North Korean leader’s half brother pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in ... -
Chronology of key events in the killing of Kim Jong Nam
Two Southeast Asian women were the only suspects charged with murder after an outcast from North Korea’s ruling family was poisoned with VX nerve agent at ... -
Tycoon challenges Hong Kong bid to ease extraditions to China
Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau has filed a court challenge against proposed extradition law changes that would make it easier to transfer fugitives between the city, ... -
Gaming | Sports betting revenue projection was USD11.5m. So far? $150k
Casinos in Rhode Island lost nearly USD900,000 (MOP7.28 million) on sports betting in February after winning bets for the Super Bowl and other professional sports were ... -
Corporate Bits | MGM stops using single-use plastics
MGM has removed all single-use plastics from its restaurants and replaced them with environmentally-friendly alternatives, the gaming operator announced in a statement. Last year, MGM said that it ... -
Beijing announces trade concessions as Liu He heads to US
The Chinese government said it will extend a suspension of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. autos and include the opioid fentanyl in a list of controlled substances, ... -
SOUTH CHINA SEA | Philippines protests ‘swarming’ of Chinese boats near island
The Philippines has protested the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels that were sighted from January to March near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed ... -
Premier meets New Zealand’s leader amid 5G dispute
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged New Zealand to provide a “fair, transparent, convenient” investment environment in a meeting yesterday with the country’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, ... -
23 children sickened in suspected poisoning
A kindergarten teacher has been arrested in eastern China after 23 students were sickened in a suspected act of deliberate poisoning, police said yesterday. The teacher, identified ... -
Taipei protests China jets crossing center of Taiwan Strait
Taiwan said yesterday that its planes warned off Chinese military aircraft that crossed the center line in the Taiwan Strait, and called China’s move a provocation ... -
New Japan era to be called ‘Reiwa,’ or pursuing harmony
The era of Japan’s next emperor, which begins May 1, will be named “Reiwa,” connoting pursuit of harmony, the government said yesterday after selecting the phrase ... -
Elections | Ukrainian comedian sure of victory in presidential runoff
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has no political experience, but that’s no problem for the people of Ukraine who have already seen that working for him. In a striking ... -
Aviation tragedy | 3 bodies found in plane crash that killed Russian tycoon
German authorities yesterday recovered the bodies of three people, including one of Russia’s richest women, who were killed in a small plane crash near Frankfurt a ... -
UK | Parliament gets new chance to offer options on Brexit
Britain’s Parliament gets another chance to offer a way forward on Britain’s stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives ... -
This Day in History | 1982 – Argentina invades Falklands
Argentina has invaded the British territory of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic. The islands, off the coast of Argentina, have been a cause of ... -
Offbeat | Mexican police nab man who tried to rob bank with loader
Police in Mexico say they caught a man who stole a front-end loader, drove it to a local bank, knocked down a wall, chained a safe ... -
Tennis | New Davis Cup goes virtual to increase sponsorship revenue
The changes in the Davis Cup go beyond its revamped format. In addition to a new playing formula that will bring nations together for a weeklong ... -
Football | FIFA hires Portugal team spokesman to lead communications
FIFA has hired long- time Portugal national team spokesman Onofre Costa as head of communications. FIFA said Costa started work in Zurich yesterday with the title ... -
The Buzz | Facebook shuts down accounts linked to Pakistan’s military
Facebook said yesterday it has shut down more than 100 misleading pages, groups and accounts linked to the Pakistani military. It said the accounts were eliminated ... -
World Briefs
CHINA A fire high in the mountains of Sichuan province has killed 30 firefighters and others, the government said yesterday. The deaths occurred after a change ... -
Mozambique races to contain 1,000 cases of cholera
Mozambican and international health workers raced yesterday to contain the outbreak of cholera in the cyclone-hit city of Beira and surrounding areas, where cases of the ... -
Our Desk | Fake tourism is the solution
Just last Sunday I came across a situation that finally sparked my dormant neurons into finding a solution for the increase in tourists, crowding the streets ... -
Tuesday, April 2, 2019 – edition no. 3261
* 60 days to re-enter Macau | New visa policy creates confusion at the border * Education | Macau special needs * March is strongest month ...
