Yearly Archives: 2020
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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 ... -
Local designer branches out with new brand
Nuno Lopes de Oliveira, a local fashion designer, has transitioned into the world of beauty and cosmetics with the launch of a new brand and debut ... -
Latest case is 27-year-old returnee from US
The 31st case of Covid-19 has been diagnosed in Macau, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center announced just minutes ago. The latest case is a male ... -
Television show may postpone episodes due to virus outbreak
The second season of the audience-focused Macau television show, The Felix Show, may postpone some of its episodes to avoid social gatherings amid the Covid-19 pandemic ... -
Cross-border bus service suspends operation amid new travel restrictions
Hong Kong-Macau Express has suspended its express bus service between downtown Macau and downtown Hong Kong as of Wednesday midnight, the company announced in a statement. ... -
DSAL to follow up on construction site victims
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) says that it will follow up on compensation arrangements for the victims of the Galaxy construction site scaffolding collapse. The scaffolding ... -
Gaming | Analysis: Macau recovery not on the cards this year says one analyst
Macau should not expect a recovery in gross gaming revenue until at least next year, according to one gaming analyst. Ben Lee, managing partner of IGamiX ... -
Displaced Filipino workers to receive assistance from Manila
A total of 795 Filipino workers in Macau working in manufacturing, hotel, restaurant and tourism-related sectors have been displaced as a result of the travel restrictions ... -
Briefs | Property management worker steals from sinking fund
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has arrested a property management employee suspected of stealing from her company’s sinking fund. The suspect is a 61-year-old Macau resident. ... -
Australia criticizes China’s espionage case against writer
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 ... -
Wuhan | Beijing lifting last controls in Hubei at outbreak’s center
Trains carrying factory employees back to work after two months in locked- down cities rolled out of Hubei province, the center of China’s virus outbreak, as ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
