Daily Archives: Monday, April 15, 2019
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Health | Rubella cases climb to 17, measles 32
The number of rubella cases in the Macau SAR has climbed to 17 since the start of this year, according to information provided yesterday by the ... -
Arts | Mike Goodridge to complete IFFAM hat trick
Artistic Director Mike Goodridge of the International Film Festival and Awards (IFFAM) is to head the festival for the third time in a row, it has ... -
Sports | Diego Elias, HK’s Annie Au take Squash Open titles
The Macau Squash Open came to a conclusion last night with Diego Elias taking the men’s trophies home and Annie Au the women’s. The trophy included ... -
Ask The Vet | An Intro to Dog Hearing
External ear There are two part to your dog’s external ear. The pinna and the external ear canal. The pinna, or the ear flap, gives each ... -
Briefs | Liaison Office in HK had Chinese flag upside down
The Liaison Office in Hong Kong has apologized after some of its staff members hoisted the Chinese national flag upside down, according to Hong Kong reports. ... -
Legislative Assembly | Rosário favors higher plastic tax, but not before public consultation
The local government is open to raising the plastic bag levy higher than the one pataca suggested in the law proposal, according to Secretary for Transport ... -
Housing and fuel become biggest household expenses
The share of total consumption costs that the average person spends on ‘housing and fuel’ has surpassed the “food and non-alcoholic beverages” segment to become the ... -
Sulu Sou to appeal Ho Iat Seng’s rejection of election amendment
Lawmaker Sulu Sou is unhappy with the decision of the Legislative Assembly (AL), and more specifically its president Ho Iat Seng, for the refusal to consider ... -
Migrants | Myanmar social club providing community Cantonese lessons
Language barriers between Burmese non- residents living in Macau and their mostly Cantonese-speaking employers is one of the most pressing difficulties that workers from Myanmar experience ... -
Gaming | Australia billionaire mulls end of empire with Wynn’s on-off bid
The Packer dynasty has sat astride corporate Australia for a century, forging newspaper, television and casino dominions with the power to make and break governments. The ... -
Saipan casino to pay USD3m for construction worker wage claims
Court documents say a Saipan casino developer will pay USD3.36 million to settle U.S. Department of Labor claims that construction workers weren’t paid minimum wages and ... -
Hong Kong | In Cantonese opera, Trump finds his twin brother in China
With the blond wig and red tie, the star of the Cantonese opera in Hong Kong may look familiar. The Chinese actor and singer has the ... -
HK police hunt for gunman in suspected shooting
Hong Kong police are hunting for a man who shot and hurt another man with a suspected gun in the Sham Shui Po district in Kowloon, ... -
11 dead after Shenzhen rainstorm floods
Eleven people were killed in floods triggered by a sudden rainstorm in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, local authorities confirmed Saturday. The last missing person ... -
Heritage | The future of China’s growth glimpsed in historic town’s revamp
A USD300 million plan to turn a country town famous for fine porcelain into a major tourist destination gives clues as to how China’s new approach to ... -
Corporate Bits | MGM to launch easter dining activities
This Easter, MGM Macau and MGM Cotai will hold an array of festive activities from brunch and afternoon teas to magician’s performances and egg-painting workshops. At ... -
Automobile Show highlights electric ambitions
This year’s Shanghai auto show highlights the global industry’s race to make electric cars Chinese drivers want to buy as Beijing winds down subsidies that promoted ... -
Mnuchin says US open to facing penalties in China trade deal
The U.S. is open to facing “repercussions” if it doesn’t live up to its commitments in a potential trade deal with China, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin ... -
Death of rare turtle leaves 3 remaining in the world
The only known female member of one of the world’s rarest turtle species has died at a zoo in southern China, officials said yesterday The animal ... -
Economy | Gov’t, Japan tout ‘recovered’ ties amid global uncertainty
China and Japan have the opportunity to “take charge of the economic field” during a time of worldwide uncertainty, Japan’s foreign minister said Sunday, as trade ... -
Indonesia Palu recovery in red tape months after tragedy
Six months after Palu was ripped apart by an earthquake, tsunami and liquefying soil that sucked neighborhoods into the earth and killed thousands, a second crisis ... -
US | Dems defend Omar after Trump retweets video against her
Top Democrats on yesterday [local time] rushed to defend Rep. Ilhan Omar after President Donald Trump retweeted video that was edited to suggest she was being ... -
IMF | Finance officials pledge cooperation, tensions persist
Global finance officials are pledging closer cooperation in efforts to lift the world economy out of its current slowdown, but tensions persist between the United States ... -
This Day in History | 1998 – Former Cambodian dictator dies
The former Cambodian dictator, Pol Pot, whose regime led to the deaths of millions of his people, has died. Journalists who were shown his body in ... -
Offbeat | Girl not amused by ‘SNL’ joke about her disabled pet chicken
A Vermont girl isn’t happy that her disabled pet chicken was joked about on “Saturday Night Live.” The chicken, named Granite Heart, is learning to walk ... -
Motorsports | Hamilton wins sixth Chinese Grand Prix
Mercedes has gone 1-2, 1-2, 1-2 in the first three races of the new Formula One season, a great start for the sport’s dominating team. ... -
Light The Night Run | The only way is up for Eiffel Tower vertical run
THE second Light The Night Run vertical race at The Parisian Macao’s half-scale Eiffel Tower was held on Saturday, raising funds for Macau-based charities while also ... -
The Buzz | Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back up after massive outage
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were temporarily down yesterday. All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were affected by the outage. Downdetector.com, a site that monitors ... -
Diana? Alice? Elizabeth? Britons bet on new royal baby name
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, may be keeping plans about their impending baby under wraps, but that hasn’t stopped everyone in Britain from ... -
Rear Window | Fever mounts at… Macau SAR
Until the matter of the candidate – or candidates – selected to replace Chief Executive Chui Sai On is unequivocally settled, the political environment will be ... -
World Briefs
PHILIPPINES Officials say U.S. DNA tests have confirmed the death of a Muslim militant leader who helped lead the 2017 siege of southern Marawi city and was ... -
Monday, April 15, 2019 – edition no. 3270
* Ho Iat Seng rules on rules for CE election * Legislative Assembly | One-pataca plastic tax too little, agrees nearly everyone * Rubella outbreak worsens, ...
