Yearly Archives: 2019
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USA | Deep freeze kills eight, disruptions persist
The painfully cold weather system that put much of the Midwest into a historic deep freeze was expected to ease yesterday, though temperatures could still tumble ... -
World Briefs
INDONESIA’s volatile Mount Merapi volcano on the island of Java has unleashed a river of lava that flowed 1,400 meters down its slopes. BANGLADESH More than 5,000 ... -
Bizcuits | Ethnocentrism clouds analysis
Although flagged in gaming analyst reports back in February 2018, the public announcement of a reshuffling of the control of the Stanley Ho family gaming empire ... -
Friday, February 1, 2019 – edition no. 3222
* Unlawful assembly accusation | Chiang wins appeal, may be absolved * Xi’s tough talk on Taiwan backfires, as Tsai support surges * ‘Secret meetings’ in ... -
The Old Man and the Play
• More than 60 years after the film adaptation, a stage version of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ premieres today in Pittsburgh as promised to Hemingway, ... -
‘Arctic’ is a solid, and solitary, survival tale
The premise for “Arctic” is so simple it’s almost silly to describe: Stranded man tries to survive. It’s also been done more than a few times ... -
Ruffin’s debut novel is challenging, thought-provoking
A fear-driven, racially charged world is the land in which the narrator of “We Cast a Shadow” lives. Half the black community — and eight out ... -
Frances Cone delivers dreampop with a purpose
Frances Cone’s new album “Late Riser” is a brilliant work of modern melancholia that finds the sweet spot between soothing and soaring. Call it dreampop with ... -
News of the World | Old friend keeps word to Hemingway
When the 1958 film adaptation of “The Old Man and the Sea” hit theaters, Ernest Hemingway happened to be in New York City to watch the ... -
The Stateside Spirit IV
(Continued from “The Stateside Spirit III” on 25 January 2019) Tennessee whiskey is, in a nutshell, a regional style of Bourbon whiskey. Tennessee whiskey is subject ... -
Travelog | Weird Paris debut of immersive Stalinist reality show DAU
Imagine setting aside two years of your life to work, sleep and procreate in a fake Stalinist physics lab. A place where secret police or hidden ... -
Property expert calls for easing of license acquisition
Acquiring operation licenses remains a challenge for business operators keen on starting a firm in the region. Real estate expert Oliver Tong called on the government ... -
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Canadian man’s arrest in Macau not linked to China detentions
The arrest of a Canadian man (surnamed Leao) in Macau is not linked to the detention of other Canadian citizens in China. “I can confirm that ... -
Aviation | New sevices base well entrenched and ‘here to stay’
TAG Aviation, a private and business aviation services firm, has chosen Macau for its first fixed base operation in the Asia-Pacific region. Joining three existing operations ... -
Lam Wai Hou officially appointed GDI head
The acting director of the Infrastructure Development Office (GDI), Lam Wai Hou, has been officially appointed GDI Director for the period of Feb. 1, 2019 to ... -
HKZMB’s effect on Zhuhai considered ‘far from enough’
The mayor of Zhuhai, Yao Yisheng, said that the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) is far from enough in terms of its effect on Zhuhai, according to ... -
MGM aims to create platform between local and global artists
MGM is seeking to have local artists share and exchange works with global artists in a bid to boost the city’s art scene. As the gaming ... -
BNU profits fell 17 percent
The profits of Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU) fell by 17 percent in 2018 when compared with 2017. The figures came from an analysis of the bank’s ... -
Tourism | Tour groups above 9m benchmark in 2018
Visitors on package tours totalled 9,096,000 in 2018, up by 5.5 percent year-on-year, with those from mainland China (7,103,000), South Korea (616,000) and Taiwan (696,000) recording ... -
Three football fields proposed for new urban zone A
The Sports Bureau (ID) has made a proposal to the relevant governmental department to build at least three football courts in the New Urban Zone A. ... -
Gaming | Duterte’s ban clouds Philippines’ casino push, regulator says
The Philippines’ gaming chief said she will ask President Rodrigo Duterte to relax a ban on new casino licenses as the nation risks losing out on ... -
Advertorial – MELCO | WHOLE PERSON DEVELOPMENT: Nurturing local talent for professional excellence
As one of the largest employers in Macau with over 21,000 employees, Melco Resorts & Entertainment fosters local talent for enhanced career prospects Integrated resorts operator ... -
More than USD125b of really old money awaits Asia heirs
It’s been a mournful start to 2019 for two of Asia’s richest families. Eka Tjipta Widjaja, who began as a coconut and palm-oil trader at age ... -
Interview | Ghosn says arrest due to plot within Nissan
Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, in his first interview since his arrest in November, blamed fellow executives opposed to forging closer ties with the automaker’s French ... -
Timeline: The battle over Huawei
DEC. 1: Canada arrests Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of the company’s founder, at America’s request on a stopover at Vancouver airport. The ... -
Trade War | For US-China talks, hopes are high, expectations low
U.S. and Chinese negotiators start two days of high-level talks today [Macau time] aimed at settling a six-month trade war that has weakened both sides, shaken ... -
Report | Powerful Illinois speaker recorded in probe involving Chinese developer
A Chicago newspaper reported that a lengthy federal court affidavit says the FBI secretly recorded Illinois’ powerful House speaker in 2014 discussing a hotel development project and ... -
China bans wife of jailed Taiwan activist from visiting him
China has banned the wife of a Taiwanese human rights activist jailed in China from visiting him for three months due to alleged improper behavior, a ... -
South Korea | Protesters mourn death of wartime sex slave who fought Tokyo
A South Korean woman who was forced as a girl into a brothel and sexually enslaved by the Japanese military during World War II was mourned ... -
Thailand | Bangkok shuts hundreds of schools as toxic haze shrouds city
Thai officials shut hundreds of schools in Bangkok yesterday as some of the world’s most toxic air hung over the city. The metropolis of about 10 ... -
Belt & Road | Souring deals in Asia put China’s initiative dreams under pressure
Chinese President Xi Jinping already had plenty of reasons to rethink his grand plan to build railways, ports and other infrastructure across the globe. Malaysia has ... -
UK | May seeks Brexit deal changes, but EU stands firm
British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday [Macau time] won a few weeks to salvage a Brexit deal but headed toward a clash with the European Union ... -
Germany slashes growth outlook on Brexit, trade fears
The clouds darkened over Europe’s slowing economy as the German government slashed its growth forecast and said concerns about a chaotic Brexit and trade tensions were ... -
USA | Intel heads list North Korea, not border, as threat to US
Directly contradicting President Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress yesterday that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal, that the Islamic State group ... -
This Day in History | 1983 British drivers ordered to belt up
Drivers and front seat passengers must wear seatbelts under a new law which came into force at midnight. The Department of Transport says 30,000 people a ...
