Daily Archives: Monday, October 21, 2019
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Five sent to hospital due to Areia Preta residence fire
An apartment at the Edifício Jardim Kong Fok Cheong in Areia Preta went ablaze yesterday afternoon, causing one male and four females to be sent to ... -
Urban renewal | Sonia Chan: Rosário kept in the loop
Speaking on the sidelines of a public event, Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, said that her team and Raimundo do Rosário’s team had been ... -
Ask the Vet | Canine congestive heart failure
The heart is one of the most important organs in a dog’s body. It ensures oxygen in the blood reaches all areas of the body. When ... -
Economic growth expected to return only by 2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecasted that the Macau SAR’s economic growth is slated to return only in 2024, as the earliest year for which ... -
Local gambling rates drop to new lows
Results of a study on Macau residents participation in gambling activities has shown that the gambling participation rate and prevalence of gambling disorders among Macau residents ... -
Taipa Ferry | Terminal not planned as a tourist destination
The Macau local government has no intention to transform the Taipa Ferry Terminal into a tourism destination, the Marine and Water Bureau said in reply to ... -
Bus concessions extended for another 14 months
The Secretary for Transport and Public Works, Raimundo do Rosário, has confirmed to the press that the bus service concession has been extended for a 14-month ... -
Lawyers rally in support of Menezes after triad-like threat
Lawyer Jorge Menezes has appealed to the security forces in both Macau and Portugal to protect his family after they were threatened in a cyberattack that ... -
Corruption | CCAC to release report on investigation into Mi Jian
The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) has completed an investigation into the recent complaints against the Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR) and its director, and ... -
Rant against the West | ‘Inflammatory comments create rebel spirits’ says Neto Valente
The president of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM), Jorge Neto Valente, takes issue with the comments made by Gu Xinhua, a professor at the University of ... -
HK’s ‘social unrest’ is boosting property sales in Portugal
An event was held in Macau this weekend to present, promote and sell a new real estate development in Lisbon. The Residences at Hyatt Regency were ... -
Briefs | Human bones found at A-Ma Temple
A plastic bag containing human bones has been found at the A-Ma Temple, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported last Friday. According to the PJ investigation, the ... -
Gaming – Las Vegas | Ex-salon chief alleges Wynn Resorts spied at his new job
A former beauty salon director who went public about sexual misconduct allegations against casino mogul Steve Wynn nearly two years ago is suing Wynn Resorts and ... -
Hong Kong defies police ban in latest chapter of unrest
Hong Kong protesters flooded the city’s streets yesterday in defiance of a ban by the authorities on their march, setting up roadblocks and tossing firebombs amid ... -
On the streets, new IMF is getting same pushback as old one
As the International Monetary Fund holds its annual meeting in Washington this week, mutinies are breaking out in countries that borrow from it. From Ecuador and ... -
These 20 countries will dominate global growth in 2024
The global economy, weighed down by tensions that have stalled international trade and elevated uncertainty, is expected to see slower growth in the next half decade across ... -
Surveillance giant warns of client losses after US curbs
Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. warned it may lose customers in overseas markets because of its U.S. blacklisting, underscoring the extent to which curbs on the ... -
Gov’t calls for tech collaboration while criticizing US action
A senior Chinese official called for governments around the world to work more closely together to regulate emerging technologies, while taking a veiled swipe at the ... -
Liu confirms phase one of US trade deal is in progress
China’s top trade negotiator offered positive signals that talks with the U.S. are making progress and both sides are working toward a partial trade deal. “China ... -
Election | Indonesia’s popular president sworn in for second term
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who rose from poverty and pledged to champion democracy, fight entrenched corruption and modernize the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation, was sworn ... -
Bangladesh | Police say violence over Facebook post kills 4
At least four people were killed and dozens injured yesteday after security officials in southern Bangladesh opened fire to disperse hundreds of Muslims during a protest ... -
UK’s Johnson asks for a Brexit delay that he doesn’t want
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed ahead yesterday with plans to try to win parliamentary backing for his new Brexit deal even as the European Union ... -
Trump scraps plan to host G-7 at his Doral golf resort
Responding to stinging criticism, President Donald Trump has abruptly reversed his plan to hold the next year’s Group of Seven world leaders’ meeting at his Doral ... -
This Day in History | 1982 Sinn Fein triumph in elections
Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Provisional IRA, has won its first seats in the elections to the new Ulster Assembly. Gerry Adams, vice president ... -
Offbeat | Wyoming man grows 1,491-pound pumpkin, breaks state record
Wyoming officials say a Cheyenne man has grown a pumpkin that weighs in at 1,491 pounds (676 kilograms), a new state record. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle ... -
Rugby World Cup | Moment of madness: Senseless red card ruins French hopes
WALES 20, FRANCE 19 It was savage, it was reckless and — gallingly for the French — it was so unnecessary. France lock Sebastien Vahaamahina’s sending-off ... -
Rugby World Cup | No shock for the Boks: SA beats Japan, reach semis
JAPAN 3, SOUTH AFRICA 26 There was no great shock this time, regardless of how much Japan threw at the Springboks. South Africa advanced to the ... -
Rugby World Cup | All Blacks, England in semis
It’s one thing to beat the All Blacks in Chicago or Dublin. It’s an entirely different challenge at the Rugby World Cup, where they feel right ... -
The Buzz | Italian experts defuse WWII bomb in northern city
Italian authorities evacuated 4,000 people from the center of the northern city of Bolzano yesetrady to defuse a World War II bomb found during construction. Three ... -
In many parts of Mexico, government ceded battle to cartels
The Mexican city of Culiacan lived under drug cartel terror for 12 hours as gang members forced the government to free a drug lord’s son, but ... -
World Briefs
CHINA People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang said the yuan is at an “appropriate level” and cross-border capital flows have stayed balanced since the currency ... -
World Views | Emmanuel Macron can’t save Boris Johnson
Whoever came up with the Article 50 process for leaving the European Union probably never thought it would be used, let alone turned into a maddening ... -
Monday, October 21, 2019 – edition no. 3398
* Lawyers rally behind Menezes after triad-like email threat * HK adopts masquerade as new protest tactic * Five people were sent to hospital after a ...
