Monthly Archives: March 2020
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This Day in History | 1951 Rosenbergs guilty of espionage
An American electrical engineer and his wife have been found guilty by New York’s Federal Court of passing atomic secrets to the Russians. Julius Rosenberg, 33, ... -
Spain, Italy demand more European help with virus
Spain and Italy have demanded more European help as they fight still-surging coronavirus infections in the continent’s worst crisis since World War II. In the U.S., ... -
IndyCar goes iRacing as latest series to offer fans content
The walk to the starting grid for Tony Kanaan began in his Indianapolis kitchen, through the foyer, past the trophy case, up the stairs, down the ... -
The Buzz | Up to 200,000 US deaths foreseen as more cities stricken
The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government’s top infectious-disease expert warned yesterday as smoldering hotspots in nursing homes and a growing ... -
Philippines | Plane catches fire at Manila airport, killing all 8 aboard
A plane carrying eight people, including an American and a Canadian, burst into flames yesterday while attempting to take off from Manila’s airport on a flight ... -
World Briefs
NORTH KOREA yesterday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea and Japan said, continuing a streak of weapons launches that suggests leader Kim ... -
World Views | Coronavirus makes America seem like a civilization in decline
Crises such wars, depressions, natural disasters and pandemics can reveal differences in how effectively a society organizes itself. In the 1600s and 1700s, for example, ... -
Monday, March 30, 2020 – edition no. 3503
* Local patient in serious condition * 10 billion patacas reserved for new relief fund amid Covid-19 fallout * Medical rescue plane catches fire on ... -
Macau latest: New Covid-19 cases bring tally to 37
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced Saturday night the Macau’s 36th and 37th novel coronavirus cases, both classified as imported. The 36th case is ... -
Sheraton Macao becomes 12th designated hotel for quarantine purposes
The government temporarily utilizes the “Special isolated area at Sheraton Grand Macao” as the 12th designated hotel venue for quarantine and medical observation starting from Saturday, ... -
Wong Sio Chak says Guangdong policies were rushed
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has considered Guangdong’s latest entry policies to have been “rushed,” creating in turn a slight chaos in Macau, Wong commented ... -
Health head backs up home quarantine foreign workers
Head of the Health Bureau (SSM) has straightly backed up home quarantine foreign workers and disagreed with doubts and unfair questioning towards home quarantined foreign workers ... -
Money not the issue in quarantine hotel negotiation
During the government’s negotiation with hotel operators on offering their premises to host quarantined returnees, money has not been a main topic, Inês Chan, head of ... -
Gov’t auditor uncovers subsidy error
An error made by the organizer of the Macau Food Festival has shifted the event from making a profit to making a loss, the Audit Commission ... -
Hopes for SAR’s unprecedented uncertainty to stabilize in second half of 2020
Secretary for Finance and Economy Lei Wai Nong said during yesterday’s Legislative Assembly plennary meeting (AL) that there are signs the economy will recover in the ... -
Mak Soi Kun: Foreign-capital corporations ‘out of line’
Lawmaker Mak Soi Kun has accused Macau’s “foreign-capital enterprises” of being “out of line” because they are not helping the local government by renting out integrated ... -
Briefs | Mild patients transferred to Coloane
Three Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms have been transferred to the Public Health Clinical Center on Coloane Hilltop for treatment, Lo Iek Long, medical director ... -
Portuguese community launches fundraising for Portugal’s Covid-19 battle
The Portuguese community in Macau launched a fundraising campaign this week, aiming to help healthcare professionals in Portugal obtain personal protective equipment and other medical equipment ... -
Gov’t lists Royal Dragon Hotel as 10th quarantine venue
Royal Dragon Hotel is the 10th hotel to be designated as a medical observation and quarantine facility starting from today, increasing the total number of quarantine ... -
TSI rejects appeal on contract of fourth Macau-Taipa bridge
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has rejected a request to suspend the contract for the design and construction of the fourth Macau-Taipa sea bridge, the ... -
Gov’t spots defect in Hengqin crossing facility
The Macau SAR government has discovered defects in the Macau immigration facility of the future Hengqin port, according to Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak. Yesterday, ... -
Guangdong implements new restrictions for all nationals
All people entering the People’s Republic of China through a border checkpoint in Guangdong face new restrictions from 6 a.m. today, the mainland authorities announced last ... -
Novel Coronavirus | Infections near 500,000 as health systems buckle
The number of coronavirus infections were set to top a half-million worldwide yesterday as both Italy and the United States appeared poised to surpass China, where ... -
This Day in History | 1989 Millions of Russians go to the polls
Millions of Russian voters have gone to the polls, with early results suggesting that a number of Communist candidates have been rejected by the electorate. The ... -
Petition to fire Tedros: 500,000 signatures
A petition to oust the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom has now surpassed 500,000 signatures, Taiwan News reported. On Jan. 31, a netizen named ... -
UN chief urges $2 billion for vulnerable nations with virus
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a $2 billion appeal yesterday [Macau time] to help vulnerable and conflict-torn countries in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and South ... -
Tokyo Games | Looking for a new date for opening, closing
The Tokyo Olympics need new dates for the opening and closing ceremonies in 2021. Nothing much can get done until those dates are worked out by ... -
The Buzz | ‘Corona Beer Virus’ Searches Show Brewer Can’t Evade Coronavirus
The novel coronavirus has an unlikely victim – one of the world’s most popular beers. Corona has become the subject of memes and videos shared on ... -
Daily bread? In France, fighting virus one baguette at a time
In France, the fight against COVID-19 is being waged one baguette at a time. No longer just a mere staple, the iconic loaf and the French ... -
World Briefs
WHO A petition to oust the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has now surpassed 500,000 signatures, the media reported. On Jan. 31, a netizen ... -
World Views | Nike’s Workout App Beats the Coronavirus Blues: Andrea Felsted
As consumer groups grapple with how to cope with the unprecedented impact of Covid-19, Nike Inc., one of the world’s most successful brands, has given a ... -
Friday, March 27, 2020 – edition no. 3502
* PANDEMIC | Coronavirus infects half a million people * Quarantine Hotel – Money not a problem in talks with gaming concessionaires, government says * ... -
Macau’s Covid-19 cases total 33
The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre confirmed that Macau has registered two new cases of imported novel coronavirus, totaling the city’s cases to 33. The 32nd patient is ... -
Briefs | Lawmaker urges compensation for overlapping holiday
Lawmaker Lei Chan U has urged the local government to expedite the final works on the new amendment to the Labor Relations Law. This law ... -
Grand Harbour Hotel becomes ninth quarantine venue
The Grand Harbour Hotel will now be used by the government as a medical observation and quarantine facility, increasing the total number of quarantine rooms to ...
