Daily Archives: Monday, June 14, 2021
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First day of dragon boat races affected by thunderstorm, heavy rain
Following a relatively calm morning yesterday, the first race day of this year’s Macao International Dragon Boat Races saw an unsettled afternoon with thunderstorm warning and ... -
Crime | Suspect linked to body parts found in Taipa Grande apprehended in Zhongshan
A man was apprehended by the mainland police early yesterday morning in Zhongshan on suspected link with human body parts found in Taipa Grande on Saturday. ... -
Covid-19 | Health authorities change strategy, stop reporting light AEFI
From last weekend, local health authorities have stopped reporting light adverse events following immunization (AEFI), the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center informed in a statement. ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t mulling extending mRNA vaccination to young children
The government is planning to extend the mRNA vaccination to adolescents aged 12 or above, said Tai Wa Hou last Friday. Tai, who is the ... -
Restaurant forced to close as employee was second-level close contact
A local restaurant has had to suspend its operations when one of its employees became a second-level close contact with a current Covid-19 patient in Guangzhou, ... -
New prison guard career statute in force by September 15
The new career statute for prison guards in Macau will likely come into force by September this year, the chairman of the Third Standing Committee of ... -
Foreign guards left out in career progression mechanism
The new career statute of the prison guards does not include any mechanism for the progression of foreign prison guards. They will continue to be limited ... -
Gov’t pushes for free cross-border money flow
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong pledged in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Finance Forum on June 11 that the Macau SAR ... -
Two directly-elected lawmakers may find future in functional constituencies
Lawmakers Ho Ion Sang and Angela Leong On Kei may change lanes from the direct election constituency to indirect election, also known as the functional constituency, ... -
Bus with local tourists crashes in Yunnan; one seriously injured
A tour bus has reportedly crashed and rolled over during a tour at Yunnan province. Onboard was a tour group that included 10 local residents. ... -
Briefs | Lawmaker suggests ID, Macau Pass as substitutes for Health Code
Lawmaker Agnes Lam, taking cues from mainland China, suggests that the government allows the use of Macau ID cards or Macau Pass cards to replace ... -
China, US diplomats clash over human rights, pandemic origin
Top U.S. and Chinese diplomats appear to have had another sharply worded exchange, with Beijing saying it told the U.S. to cease interfering in its internal ... -
Japan says ties with Taiwan are only unofficial
Japan’s relations with Taiwan are nongovernmental and practical and are based on Tokyo’s recognition of China as the sole legitimate government, a top Japanese official said ... -
This day in history | 1991 Iraqi Kurds fear US troop withdrawal
More than a thousand Kurds have besieged a US military base near the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk, pleading with American troops not to withdraw. Kurdish ... -
As summit ends, G-7 urged to deliver on vaccines, climate
The Group of Seven leaders aim to end their first summit in two years with a punchy set of promises yesterday, including vaccinating the world against ... -
Finland beats Denmark at Euro 2020 after Eriksen’s collapse
Joel Pohjanpalo scored and Lukas Hradecky saved a penalty to give Finland a 1-0 victory over Denmark on Saturday in a European Championship game overshadowed by ... -
Eriksen sends ‘his greetings’ to teammates after collapse
Christian Eriksen remained in stable condition in a Copenhagen hospital yesterday and “sent his greetings to his teammates” as he recovers from his collapse, the Danish ... -
Preview | Scotland back at last, takes on Czech Republic at Euro 2020
The Scots haven’t competed in a major men’s soccer tournament since the 1998 World Cup in France, but that will change on today when the team ... -
The Buzz | Israel swears in government, ending Netanyahu’s long rule
Israel swore in a new government yesterday that sent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the opposition after a record 12 years in office and a political ... -
Hong Kong to censor films ‘endangering national security’
Hong Kong censors now have the power to ban films that endanger national security, prompting concerns that freedom of expression is being further curtailed in a ... -
World Views | What’s the G-7? An international economist explains
The Group of 7 is an informal group of seven powerful democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The ... -
Monday, June 14, 2021 – edition no. 3792
* Changing Lanes — Directly-elected lawmakers Ho Ion Sang and Angela Leong are speculated to be indirectly-elected in the upcoming Legislative Assembly elections – with the ...
