Yearly Archives: 2019
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World Briefs
PHILIPPINES Five suspected Abu Sayyaf militants accused of involvement in a deadly suicide attack at a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines have surrendered to ... -
Our Desk | Brace yourselves for the oink
The local tourism bureau has recently announced its tourist arrivals estimate for the Spring Festival starting today, forecasting an 8 to 9 percent increase when compared ... -
Tuesday, February 5, 2019 – edition no. 3224
* Venezuela crisis | China’s under pressure to recognize Guaidó * In the year of the pig, Hong Kong debates its boar problem * Local player ... -
Tourism | HKZMB ‘novelty factor’ to last some six months
The attractiveness of the Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) as a “novelty” should last about six months, the director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), ... -
Macau inc. | Crowne Plaza gives details on second phase of development
Dominique Berhouet, general manager of Crowne Plaza Macau, discusses the plans for the development of the hotel’s Phase II in the February issue of Macau Inc., ... -
Ask The Vet | A guide to cat dental care in macau
Cat dental care can help prevent gum disease and infections, periodontitis and gingivitis. It can help prevent the complications of diseases like feline leukemia virus and feline ... -
Gaming | Slowdown spurs first Macau revenue drop since 2016
Monthly casino revenue in Macau fell for the first time in more than two years as China’s economic slowdown deterred high rollers – but the drop ... -
Courts | Chiang to repeat trial after appeal upheld
Activist Scott Chiang, who last year was found guilty of the crime of unlawful assembly, will have his trial repeated after the Court of Second Instance ... -
CRIME | Police fires shots in robbery case
A local police officer shot a man in his thigh after he was suspected of being involved in a robbery in Iao Hon area yesterday morning. The ... -
More occasions proposed to raise Chinese flag, sing anthem
The Executive Council has concluded discussions on the administrative regulation bill that proposes more places should mandatorily raise the Chinese national flag. Last Friday, the council ... -
New type of tourist budget accommodation proposed
The Executive Council has completed discussions on the draft of the hotel business law, proposing to allow budget accommodation options to meet the demand from different ... -
Heritage | Kun Iam Temple’s responsible person to be charged for disobedience
The person in charge of the Kun Iam Temple in Macau is being prosecuted for disobeying the authorities’ embargo orders and carrying out a series of ... -
Poetry to be main topic of literary festival
Poetry will be the central theme of The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival, which will be held from March 15 to 24, and will be ... -
Giant shopping spree to show what’s really up with China economy
China’s consumers have cut back on purchases of everything from Apple Inc.’s iPhones to Swiss watches as the trade war with the U.S. hits the economy. ... -
Honda’s profit drops on incentives, currencies, flat sales
Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co.’s fiscal third-quarter profit fell 71 percent from a year earlier as growing incentives, an unfavorable exchange rate and flat vehicle sales ... -
20 charged in US over Chinese birth tourism crackdown
Dongyuan Li’s business was called “You Win USA,” and authorities say she coached pregnant Chinese women on how to get into the United States to deliver ... -
Hong Kong court denies male status to three transgender men
Hong Kong’s High Court refused to allow three transgender men to be recognized as males on their official identity cards because they have not undergone full ... -
Deep learning ‘godfather’ Bengio worries about China’s use of AI
Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian computer scientist who helped pioneer the techniques underpinning much of the current excitement around artificial intelligence, is worried about China’s use of ... -
Venezuela’s Guaido seeks talks with PRC
Juan Guaido, named interim president by Venezuela’s National Assembly, is ready to talk to Chinese officials “as soon as possible” to establish a “productive and mutually ... -
Manila to protest rescue center
The Philippines will protest China’s opening of a maritime rescue center in the South China Sea, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin said, just days after President ... -
US, South Korean diplomats meet ahead of Trump-Kim summit
Senior U.S. and South Korean officials met yesterday to discuss an expected second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump’s ... -
India | Prime minister visits Kashmir amid protest strike
India’s prime minster paid a daylong visit to disputed Kashmir yesterday to review development work as separatists fighting Indian rule called for a shutdown in the ... -
Australia | Police disable, arrest man in airport standoff
A man who falsely claimed to have a bomb and menaced a woman with a knife forced the evacuation of Brisbane International Airport for more than two ... -
Analysis | Brazil: Deadly dam collapse was disaster waiting to happen
Lax regulations, chronic short staffing and a law that muffled the voices of environmentalists on mining licenses made the devastating collapse of a dam in southeastern ... -
Ex-Ivory Coast leader released by international court
Ivory Coast’s ex-president and a former youth minister were released from International Criminal Court custody Friday, more than two weeks after they were acquitted of involvement ... -
IRAN | Ayatollah Khomeini’s family mostly absent from Iran politics
His image is on bank notes and in school textbooks in Iran, often as a black-and-white embodiment of the 1979 Islamic Revolution that swept aside the ... -
Literature | Open the vaults: Unpublished Salinger work to be released
One of the book world’s greatest mysteries is finally ending: J.D. Salinger’s son says previously unpublished work by his late father will be coming out. In ... -
This Day in History | 1998 4,000 feared dead in Afghan earthquake
An earthquake in northern Afghanistan has left thousands dead, injured or homeless. The earthquake is centred on the city of Rostaq in the remote province of ... -
Offbeat | Super Bowl super fan can’t stop because Patriots won’t stop
One of the handful of fans who has seen every single Super Bowl is keeping the streak alive as he prepares to cheer for his New ... -
Danger Warning! Extreme cold can affect even elite skiers
Alexandra Coletti, a veteran of more than 200 World Cup races, once came dangerously close to losing the big toe on her right foot to frostbite. ... -
Football | Qatari players celebrated on return from Asian Cup victory
Qatar’s footballers have paraded the Asian Cup through the streets of Doha on an open-top bus decorated with a picture of the team on the side. ... -
EPL | Cat stops play as wobbling Everton loses to Wolves 3-1
A black cat strayed onto the field and stopped play for about three minutes at Goodison Park as stewards scrambled to usher it away on Saturday. ... -
The Buzz | Hong Kong police destroy WWI grenade found in potatoes
A Hong Kong police bomb squad on Saturday destroyed a World War I-era hand grenade found at a food-processing facility in a shipment of potatoes from ... -
Animal rights | Hong Kong makes record seizure of pangolin scales, ivory
Hong Kong customs officers have intercepted a record 8.3 tons of pangolin scales and hundreds of elephant tusks worth more than USD8 million combined, underscoring the ... -
World Briefs
PHILIPPINES Soldiers clashed with Abu Sayyaf gunmen in fierce jungle fighting that left five soldiers and three militants dead, as the military pushed forward with a fresh ...
