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, head of Rehabilitation Service

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 from Manila, the Philippines. It

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 II and a special

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 of the People’s Republic

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 same period last year,

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 (MP) for investigation, the

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 Kong dollar, US dollar, renminbi

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 workers in Macau. DSAL said

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 decades. The lawmaker feels the

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 create diversified training programs

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 HKD270,000, the Judiciary Police

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 . President Macky Sall will preside over a ceremony to mark the arrival of the the vaccines that

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 forces. Lai is one of

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 in public three years ago. The

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 , saying 10 countries have administered 75 percent of all vaccinations and demanding a

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 town since 1948, its

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 off with our first

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.” Rosen certainly had reporting time

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, and in the attempted

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 could answer whether life

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