India | Police struggle to enforce sweeping virus lockdown

Indians struggled to comply with the world’s largest coronavirus lockdown yesterday as the government began the gargantuan task of keeping 1.3 billion people indoors. Official assurances that essentials wouldn’t run out

This Day in History | 1981 – ‘Gang of four’ launches new party

The Social Democrats have launched their new political party pledging to “reconcile the nation” and “heal divisions between classes”. At a crowded press conference in London, signalling the start of a

Pandemic | Spain’s coronavirus deaths leap; Prince Charles now infected

The death toll in Spain from the coronavirus shot up by more than 700 yesterday, surpassing China and is now second only to Italy as the pandemic spread rapidly in

Singapore bar, cinema closures rub ‘salt in wound’ for economy

Singapore’s closure of bars and entertainment venues to contain the spread of coronavirus is another gut punch to the city- state’s economy already suffering from widespread disruptions to trade and

Tokyo’s delayed Olympics: Who pays bills for another year?

With the Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021, now comes the multi-billion-dollar question: Who pays the bills for the delay, and how large will they be? The most likely answer is —

The Buzz | Coronavirus: 250 thousand volunteer in UK to help with vulnerable

Some 250,000 people have signed up in a single day to volunteer with the National Health Services (NHS) after a recruitment drive to help the vulnerable amid the coronavirus crisis,

Philippine rebels declare cease-fire to heed UN chief’s call

Communist guerrillas in the Philippines said they would observe a cease-fire in compliance with the U.N. chief’s call for a global halt in armed clashes during the coronavirus pandemic. New People’s

World Briefs

AUSTRALIA yesterday criticized China for formally charging a Chinese-Australian writer with espionage during the coronavirus pandemic. Yang Hengjun was taken into custody upon arriving in China from New York in

World Views | Coronavirus has turned the Facebook narrative

  The tension between the media and technology industries has long been characterized as a fight for users’ attention. The more of it they have, the greater the opportunity to sell

Thursday, March 26, 2020 – edition no. 3501

  * An online education – Gov’t wants to tackle social media comments that stigmatize mental illnesses * Five new cases detected in returnees with 24-hour period * Hundreds of displaced workers from the

Two more cases of people breaching quarantine

The representative of the Public Security Police Force (PSP) at the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center advised that the PSP has detected two more cases of people under quarantine

Social Welfare Bureau working to de-stigmatize mental illness online

Online tensions have become more pronounced in recent months, as people have spent more time indoors and online, according Tang Yuk Wa, acting vice director of the Social Welfare Bureau

Australian tourist among latest Macau Covid-19 cases

Macau has seen four more positive cases within a single morning, bringing its total number of Covid-19 cases to 30, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center has confirmed. The

People in Macau barred from Hong Kong airport departures

People in Macau will not be able to travel via the Hong Kong International Airport as the new measures enforced by the neighboring authorities disallow the entry of people arriving

Briefs | Ninth quarantine hotel to be announced soon

During yesterday’s press conference at the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center, the representative of the Macao Government Tourism Office, Inês Chan, informed that a ninth hotel facility to be

Three to face prosecution after breaching quarantine

The representative of the Public Security Police Force (PSP) at the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center, informed that the PSP has detected three cases of people under quarantine who

New entry restrictions single out mainland China as only safe place

New entry restrictions that came into effect at midnight have set the bar higher for people wishing the enter the Macau Special Administrative Region. According to an announcement yesterday by the

CE criticizes ‘unreachable’ casino operators for not offering quarantine facilities

Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has criticized Macau’s six gaming concessionaires for their unwillingness to allow their integrated resorts to be used as quarantine hotels amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Ho

Social media users applaud quarantine hotel’s gift-giving

One of the hotels designated by the Macau government to host local returnees under quarantine has been applauded by social media users for handing out little gifts to the returnees. Earlier

Crime | 2.5 million patacas lost in a month of mask scams

From February 18 to March 23, the Judiciary Police (PJ) received 41 cases of mask scams involving 55 victims, the law enforcement authority disclosed yesterday. These scams have reportedly caused

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