Yearly Archives: 2021
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Red zone | Residents await for the clock to struck midnight as quarantine ends
Following two weeks in which several buildings in two different districts in the city were cordoned off, the government reopened the areas colloquially known as the ... -
Two candidates withdraw from AL election
The upcoming Legislative Assembly election will have two fewer candidates participating, it was announced at a Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) press briefing yesterday, with ... -
Briefs | 54% of F&B outlets record rise in profit
Data from the Statistics and Census Service reveals that 54% of restaurants and similar establishments interviewed reported a year-on-year rise in receipts in June 2021, ... -
Miguel Ian | Former head loses FP job following prison sentence
The term of appointment of the former head of the Retirement and Pension System Department of the Public Pension Fund (FP), Miguel Ian, has automatically expired, ... -
Return to school might be delayed, gov’t admits
The return of students to non-tertiary education facilities in Macau may be delayed, Wong Ka Ki, Department Head of Non-Tertiary Education from the Education and Youth ... -
Briefs | Fu Hong’s social restaurant helps train recovered psychiatric patients
Local charity Fu Hong Society has opened a social restaurant in Fai Chi Kei that serves Macanese and Portuguese food at lunch to help train ... -
22 vacancies provided to retired seniors: IAS
In two recently approved social enterprise projects, 22 positions will be filled by senior residents, Hon Wai, president of the Social Welfare Bureau (IAS), disclosed. Of ... -
Pereira Coutinho declines to comment on disqualification of AL candidates
Candidate for the Legislative Assembly (AL) 2021 elections, José Pereira Coutinho, has refused to comment on the disqualification of a significant number of candidates from the ... -
Communist Party expels censor accused of corruption
China’s ruling Communist Party has expelled a leading internet censor and accused him of a range of crimes and rule breaking from corruption to failing to ... -
Beijing says waiting before recognizing government
China says it is waiting for the establishment of an “open, inclusive, and widely representative” government in Afghanistan before it decides on the issue of recognition. ... -
Hong Kong | Police arrest four from university student union
Four members of a Hong Kong university student union were arrested yesterday for allegedly advocating terrorism by paying tribute to a person who stabbed a police ... -
New monument will honor Carlin’s first Chinese pioneers
A monument memorializing a northeast Nevada mining town’s first Chinese pioneers will be unveiled in Carlin next month. Three years ago, the remains of 13 Chinese ... -
Afghanistan | Woman in limbo at Kabul airport after Taliban sweep
With hundreds of Afghans rushing the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport desperate to flee the return of the Taliban, a young Afghan woman stood in limbo ... -
Taliban vow to respect women, despite history of oppression
The Taliban vowed yesterday [Macau time] to respect women’s rights, forgive those who fought them and ensure Afghanistan does not become a haven for terrorists as ... -
This day in history | 2003 UN envoy dies in Baghdad bombing
A massive bomb has wrecked the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 17 people including the UN’s chief envoy to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de ... -
Covid-19 | Britain urges halt to Myanmar clashes to allow vaccination
The United Kingdom called yesterday [Macau time] for an immediate and sustained pause in clashes and unrest in Myanmar to allow vaccinations as an intense COVID-19 ... -
Cambodia | Khmer Rouge defendant guilty of regime’s crimes: prosecutor
In his position of authority, the former head of the Khmer Rouge shared joint culpability for the regime’s atrocities in Cambodia in the 1970s, prosecutors said ... -
Hospitality | Bad food, slivers of sun: Life in Sydney’s hotel quarantine
With our long journey to reach Australia behind us, and 14 days isolated in a hotel ahead of us, the police officer on our bus tried ... -
Trade | Japan’s imports, exports grow on overseas economic rebound
Japan’s exports in July jumped 37% from a year ago, the government said yesterday, highlighting an overseas recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Imports also grew, rising ... -
Golf | US association employee charged in embezzlement scheme
A former United States Golf Association employee has been charged in a scheme to embezzle funds from the unauthorized sale of U.S. Open Championship tickets, Acting ... -
Motorsport | Japanese GP canceled because of coronavirus pandemic
This year’s Japanese Grand Prix was canceled following discussions between the government and race promoters, Formula One organizers said yesterday. The race in Suzuka had been ... -
The Buzz | US families mid-adoption trying to get Afghan children out
After five frustrating years mired in bureaucratic delays, Bahaudin Mujtaba and wife Lisa had hoped to finally bring the 10-year-old Afghan boy they’re adopting to their ... -
Woman comes face-to-face with snake in Australia supermarket
Helaina Alati was browsing the spice aisle of an Australian supermarket when she came face-to-face with a huge snake. The head of the three-meter-long non-venomous diamond ... -
Way to go | Qantas airline requires all workers to be fully vaccinated by mid-November
Qantas Group said the Australian airline company will require all of its workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Front-line employees — including cabin crew, pilots and ... -
World Views | Afghanistan only the latest US war to be driven by deceit and delusion
In Afghanistan, American hubris – the United States’ capacity for self-delusion and official lying – has struck once again, as it has repeatedly for the last ... -
Thursday, August 19, 2021 – edition no. 3839
* From home, again? — Return to school might be delayed, one of the potential restrictions the government is considering if the situation worsens in terms ... -
Taliban encounter Afghan cities remade in their absence
Ezanullah, one of thousands of young Taliban fighters from the countryside who rode into Afghanistan’s capital over the weekend, had never seen anything like it. The ... -
Covid-19 | No plans to loosen border restrictions: SSM
Dr Leong Iek Hou, coordinator of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, has stressed the importance of stability in Macau, hence tighter measures need to ... -
New Covid-19 report system has pros and cons, medical experts say
Some medical practitioners at private clinics agree that the newly implemented mandate — which requires all public and private doctors to report any suspected Covid-19 case ... -
Lawmakers push gov’t to offer aid for travel trade & SMEs
Several lawmakers called on the government to bring forward some sort of economic stimulus for the city’s travel industry and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) — ... -
Lawmaker suggests gov’t link ‘cash handouts’ to investment fund
Lawmaker Si Ka Lon has submitted an unusual proposal to the government calling for a complete overhaul of the system that currently regulates the government’s wealth ... -
Sands continues to lead gaming market with 24.9% share in Q2
Sands China has continued to lead the local gaming market in the second quarter (Q2) of this year with a total share of 24.9%, as data ... -
Property transactions surge up to MOP16b in April-June
The total transaction value of building units and parking spaces rose by 37.4% and 52.0% respectively quarter-on-quarter, together amounting to MOP15.99 billion. According to data from ... -
Crime | Local man detained for taking upskirt videos of people in streets
A man in his 40s has been detained by the Public Security Police Force (PSP) after being caught taking video footage up the skirts of ... -
Authorities to investigate Galaxy incident as suicide
Murder has been ruled out as the cause of the death of the non-resident worker at Galaxy Macau on Monday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) and the ...
