Daily Archives: Thursday, June 11, 2020
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Asia Today: Tracing harder in S. Korea, Indian cases spike
SEOUL — South Korea has reported 45 new cases of COVID-19, all but two of them in the greater capital area, continuing a weekslong resurgence that ... -
GEG holds parenting skills training for team members
Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) organized a parenting skills training workshop for the second consecutive year, in hopes of helping team members enhance their parent-child relationships during ... -
People Power: Group calls for expansion of salary subsidy scheme
Macau People Power has urged the SAR government to expand the salary subsidies scheme to include more residents. Yesterday, a representative of the association delivered a ... -
ANM: high-rise building project ‘unreasonable’
The New Macau Association (ANM) has once again urged the local government to suspend the high-rise building project that would obscure the view of the Guia ... -
Letter to the Editor | Combating the common enemy of mankind through solidarity and cooperation
On June 7, China’s State Council Information Office issued a white paper titled “Fighting COVID-19: China in Action”. Consisting of four parts, namely, “China’s fight against ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t to launch special ferry to and from HK airport
A special ferry service between Macau’s Taipa Ferry Terminal and Hong Kong International Airport’s SkyPier will be operated by both TurboJET and Cotai Water Jet between ... -
SAR flag carrier records MOP150 million profit in 2019
Air Macau, the city’s flag carrier has made a profit of 150 million patacas that has been fully carried forward to this year, as publicized yesterday ... -
Crime | ‘Ghost riders’ finally caught
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have finally identified and detained two suspects for a strange case involving the disappearance and reappearance of a motorcycle, a PJ spokesperson ... -
Briefs | Consulate sees increase in residency application
The Consulate General of Portugal in Macau and Hong Kong has received some 1,100 applications in the first five months of the year, mainly from ... -
GBA internship program offers 50 vacancies
The internship program for Macau local youth in the Greater Bay Area is now open for applications, offering a total of 50 positions, the Talents Development ... -
Authorities axe group’s environmental protection activities
A series of ongoing activities organized by the group Macau for Waste Reduction , which is dedicated to waste collection for recycling, have been disrupted by ... -
SJM appoints McFadden as COO for Gaming, Hospitality
Gaming operator SJM Holdings Ltd. has appointed Frank McFadden as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Gaming & Hospitality, as stated in a memo signed by ... -
PANDEMIC | Covid-19 just the latest epidemic in areas struck by disease
When Tariq Nawaz’s daughter was born a year ago, he borrowed money to pay for his wife’s cesarean delivery. Seven months later, they learned their baby ... -
Sweden | Prosecutor halts probe into 1986 murder of PM Olof Palme
Sweden yesterday dropped its investigation into the unsolved murder of former Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was shot dead 34 years ago in downtown Stockholm, ... -
This Day in History | 1976 Mercenaries trial begins in Angola
The trial of 13 mercenaries – 10 of them British – has begun in Angola with the public still in the dark over the exact charges. ... -
USA | ‘He is going to change the world’: Funeral held for Floyd
George Floyd was fondly remembered yesterday [Macau time] as “Big Floyd” — a father and brother, athlete and neighborhood mentor, and now a catalyst for change ... -
Virus pummels global economy, jobs – even without second wave
THE virus crisis has triggered the worst global recession in nearly a century – and the pain is not over yet even if there is no ... -
The Art of Giving | Modern philanthropy: Local knowledge and legacy
In his interpretative essay on the construction of the self, cultural anthropologist Clifford Geertz established a landmark notion in the understanding of local cultures, explaining the ... -
Billionaire sells Macy’s after making millions on stock rise
DANIEL Kretinsky’s bet on Macy’s Inc. turned out to be short but profitable, and the Czech billionaire might jump back into the stock again if the ... -
Baseball | More fans, fewer restrictions: Games go on Taiwan ballparks
The Taiwan baseball league is continuing as a trailblazer for sports resuming after the lockdown in the coronavirus pandemic. An easing last weekend allows more fans ... -
The Buzz | Serbian club denies releasing Chinese player over politics
A Serbian soccer club denied yesterday that it released a Chinese player after political pressure from Beijing following statements his father made against that country’s communist ... -
One Good Thing | Unemployed Filipina feeds other jobless migrants in Dubai
Feby Dela Peña saw her fellow Filipinos standing in line outside her building in Dubai, waiting for free food. And she was stricken — what if ... -
World Views | Zara’s latest fashions will be a post-Covid hit
Don’t be fooled by red replacing black as this season’s color at Zara-owner Inditex SA. The Spanish fast-fashion behemoth reported its first loss since it went public ... -
Thursday, June 11, 2020 – edition no. 3553
* Homecoming — Gov’t to launch special Macau-HK Airport ferry route for stranded passengers * Police axe environmental protection activities * Pro-democrat group calls for ...
