Daily Archives: Friday, February 19, 2021
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Inquiries regarding mental health issues climbed in 2020: IAS
The number of phone inquiries relating to mental health matters the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) has received in 2020 is higher vis-à-vis 2019, Sou Chi Kuan, ... -
Briefs | First tropical cyclone of the year develops
The first tropical cyclone of the year, named Dujuan, developed yesterday above the Northwest Pacific. It was located, as of 2 p.m. yesterday, 1,460 km ... -
Jazz Club to hold live sessions tonight
Jazz Club de Macau is set to hold its “Jazz Club Live Sessions #01” tonight at Sofitel Macau, presenting the musical acts The Bridge, Groove Ensemble ... -
Liu Xianfa appointed new Foreign Ministry Commissioner
The former Chinese Deputy Consul-General to Los Angeles, Liu Xianfa, has been appointed head of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ... -
90,615 tourists recorded during CNY, down 65.3% YoY
Macau has registered an aggregate of 90,615 tourist arrivals over the Spring Festival Golden Week period in 2021, representing a drop of 65.3% compared to the ... -
IPIM reports 101 suspicious immigration cases to prosecution office
A hundred and one cases of suspicious immigration processed by the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) have been reported to the Public Prosecutions Office ... -
Int’l assets in local banking sector dropped in Q4
The share of international assets in total banking assets declined to 85.1% at end-December 2020 from 85.8% at end-September 2020, official data shows. The Hong ... -
Employment | Over 3,800 locals land jobs in 2020 through DSAL
The Labour Affairs Bureau (DSAL) helped over 3,800 locals secure jobs throughout 2020 and is pledging to continue to review and adjust the number of foreign ... -
Lawmaker calls for discussion of falling tiles at parliamentary plenary
Lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho submitted a motion on February 10 to debate the falling tiles in public housing, a scenario he said had existed for two ... -
Wynn F&B Academy Enables Local Talents to Achieve Global Standards
In 2009, Wynn became the first local integrated resort to establish an F&B Academy, and over the last decade the Academy has invested significant resources to ... -
CRIME | Casino maintenance worker accused of embezzling HKD270,000
A casino worker in charge of the maintenance of slot machine games is being accused by his employer, a casino operator, of embezzling a total of ... -
Covid-19 | Senegal to get 200,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine
Senegal is to receive 200,000 doses of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm yesterday [Macau time]. President Macky Sall will preside over a ceremony to mark the ... -
Hong Kong | Activist publisher Jimmy Lai denied bail again
Prominent Hong Kong democracy advocate and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai was again denied bail yesterday ahead of his April trial on charges of colluding with foreign ... -
This day in history | 1997 China’s reformist Deng Xiaoping dies
China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping has died at the age of 92. He had been suffering from failing health for several years and was last seen ... -
United Nations | Guterres urges global plan to reverse unfair vaccine access
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sharply criticized the “wildly uneven and unfair” distribution of COVID-19 vaccines yesterday [Macau time], saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of ... -
Drive In | A different kind of American odyssey in ‘Nomadland’
The great recession didn’t just eliminate jobs, it also erased an entire town. Six months after U.S. Gypsum closed its doors in Empire, Nevada, a company ... -
Macau Racing Tips | The Happiness 1500 Metres Turf 2021-02-20 | Sat | 15:45
Kung Hei Fat Choi to all racing fans in Macau, may the year of the Ox bring you winners all through non-stop. Hope we can kick ... -
Book It | An insider’s look behind the ‘60 Minutes’ stopwatch
Long-time multi-award-winning producer Ira Rosen has written a sometimes sad, often funny, always revealing portrait of American television’s most famous and successful news show, “60 Minutes.” ... -
The Buzz | US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks
The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global hacks, including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio, ... -
NASA rover streaks toward a landing on Mars
A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars today (Macau time) in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that ... -
World Views | The real battle for the City of London
Britain’s departure from the European Union has left a visible mark on the City of London. Almost overnight at the start of January, the world’s preeminent financial ... -
Friday, February 19, 2021 – edition no. 3716
* Prom delay — Completion of the city’s waterfront promenade delayed due to Covid-19, IAM told the Times * Inquiries regarding mental health issues climbed in ...
