Daily Archives: Friday, November 15, 2019
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Q&A | Father Cyril, Law Chancellor: Priest highlights need for local seminarians to cope with demand
The movement of missionaries has always been a constant feature of Christianity. However, the Macau SAR currently faces a lack of clergymen, thus leading to a ... -
Gaming | Mayweather wants to build casinos in Japan – and launch it with a rematch against Pacquiao: report
Floyd Mayweather wants to build a casino empire in Japan – and could launch it by hosting a money-spinning rematch against Manny Pacquiao in the Far ... -
Government study rejects criminalization of illegal guesthouses
A government study has determined that criminalizing illegal guesthouses is not an effective solution to the problem, according to a statement released by the government. In ... -
Briefs | Research indicates no shortage of nurses
Research into Macau’s medical development plan shows that Macau has no shortage of nurses in public hospitals. According to a statement released by the Health Bureau ... -
E-government not applicable for judicial procedures: Chan Chak Mo
Yesterday, the Second Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) continued its discussion on the e-government bill, with officials suggesting that the bill should not apply ... -
GBA key to Belt & Road, says mainland academic
The Greater Bay Area, which consists of the Guangdong Province, and the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, has a strategic position in the ... -
Hotel Journal | Kevin Ho joins Marriott group to open luxury hotel in Porto
The building of Portuguese newspaper Jornal de Notícias (JN), in the northern city of Porto, will be converted into a hotel to be managed by the ... -
VIVA Macau returns with 80 performing groups
The 2019 Macao International Parade is set to feature some 1,800 artists from 61 local groups and 19 groups from across the globe on December 8, ... -
‘Are you married? Do you have children’ top interview questions to women
Are you married” and “do you have children” are the most frequently asked questions at job interviews of female job seekers in the city, according to ... -
New Vietnam-Macau air route to be launched
Vietnam’s national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will open its first direct air route between the capital city of Hanoi and the Macau SAR starting from Dec. ... -
Hong Kong | SAR police deny curfew rumor, Xi urges end to violence
Hong Kong police warned protesters yesterday that they were moving “one step closer to terrorism” by sinking the city into chaos, as riot squads skirmished with ... -
Xiamen | Chinese sea goddess Mazu ‘flies’ to Thailand for cultural exchanges
An airplane departed from Xiamen, a coastal city of Fujian Province yesterday morning, carrying a special passenger – the Chinese sea goddess Mazu (A-Ma). She is ... -
Ferrari aims to entice new clients with Roma coupe
Ferrari unveiled yesterday a new, easy-driving coupe dubbed Roma aimed at attracting buyers who have been intimidated by sports cars and perhaps even the Prancing Horse’s ... -
Internet | Pope demands tech companies prevent kids from viewing porn
Pope Francis called yesterday for Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google and other tech companies to urgently take measures to remove child porn from the web and prevent ... -
Taiwan opposition candidate backs Hong Kong full democracy
The China-friendly opposition candidate in Taiwan’s upcoming presidential election is urging Hong Kong to adopt universal suffrage as the best way of stemming months of anti-government ... -
Tariff war | Trade talks hit bump as China resists US demands on agricultural purchases
A U.S. demand that China spell out how it plans to reach as much as $50 billion in agricultural imports annually has become a sticking point ... -
Germany, France, UK, condemn North Korean missile launches
Germany, France and Britain strongly condemned the dozen sets of ballistic missile launches by North Korea since May and urged Pyongyang to engage in “meaningful negotiations” ... -
Cambodia’s opposition leader in Indonesia ponders next move
Exiled Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrived yesterday in Indonesia to meet some of the country’s lawmakers as he considers when and how to make his ... -
South Korea | Ex-justice minister summoned in financial probe
South Korean prosecutors yesterday summoned the former justice minister as they expand an investigation into corruption allegations surrounding his family that sparked huge protests. Cho Kuk’s ... -
Battle lines harden as Trump impeachment inquiry goes public
With historic impeachment hearings underway, Democrats and Republicans are hardening their arguments over the actions of President Donald Trump as they set out to win over ... -
Offbeat | Rescue: ‘Unicorn’ puppy doesn’t notice ‘tail’ growth on head
A rescued puppy is attracting a lot of attention because of his resemblance to a unicorn. The nearly 10-week-old puppy, named Narwhal, has a tail-like appendage ... -
This Day in History | 1985 – Anglo-Irish agreement signed
Britain and the Republic of Ireland have signed a deal giving Dublin a role in Northern Ireland for the first time in more than 60 years. ... -
Life & Style | Laborious saffron harvest unites Moroccan village
A 10-year-old boy calls for the dawn prayer in an isolated village in Morocco’s Atlas mountains, announcing a laborious day racing against the clock to harvest ... -
Yellowstone, Tibet
• Ringed by the world’s tallest mountain ranges, the Tibetan plateau long known as ‘the rooftop of the world’ is now in the crosshairs of China’s ... -
‘Ford v Ferrari’ is a very pleasant (fast) ride
Cops might do well to position their speed traps near movie theaters wherever the new film “Ford v Ferrari” is playing. They might fund their whole ... -
Reflections on writing about the lives of Beckett, Beauvoir
Deirdre Bair has spent her life writing well-received biographies of some of the 20th century’s most fascinating people, including Al Capone and Carl Jung. Yet the ... -
Joanna Connor takes her blues guitar down new paths
Joanna Connor takes her powerful guitar down new paths on “Rise,” an album featuring some jazzier hues, her considerable acoustic skills and even a guest rapper ... -
News of the World | China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateau
There’s a building boom on the Tibetan plateau, one of the world’s last remote places. Mountains long crowned by garlands of fluttering prayer flags are newly ... -
F&B | Special South African gin is infused with elephant dung
The makers of a South African gin infused with elephant dung swear their use of the animal’s excrement is no gimmick. The creators of Indlovu Gin, ... -
Q&A | João Saldanha, Creator of Macau GP Legends Collection: ‘To exhibit at the new GP Museum would be a lifetime-achievement’
Graduating from both product and graphic design, João Saldanha has started working for several companies in Portugal in the fields of product design, graphic design, illustration, ... -
Motorcycle GP: Hickman sets the pace in qualifying
Peter Hickman confirmed expectations by emerging the fastest in the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix qualifying session yesterday. Hickman, dubbed as the fastest road racer of our ... -
F3: Hughes ‘shows the claws’ taking provisional pole
Jake Hughes clocked the best lap on the Guia Circuit during the FIA F3 World Cup qualifying session yesterday afternoon, taking the provisional pole for the ... -
GP66 – Schedule – 15TH OF NOVEMBER (FRIDAY) to 17TH OF NOVEMBER (SUNDAY)
15TH OF NOVEMBER (FRIDAY) 6:00 Circuit Closed 6:30 ~ 7:00 Circuit Inspection 7:30 ~ 8:15 Suncity Group Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix – 53rd Edition – Qualifying 8:50 ~ 9:30 Suncity ... -
Football | European weekend: What to watch in the main leagues
ENGLAND. Arsenal hosts Wolverhampton on Saturday after sliding to fifth in the Premier League by collecting only one point from its last two games. That came ... -
World briefs
CHINA pressed Washington yesterday to roll back punitive tariffs in a tentative trade deal. A tariff cut is an “important condition” for the agreement that is ...
