Yearly Archives: 2021
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The Buzz | Zuckerberg’s cash fuels GOP suspicion and new US election rules
When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated $400 million to help fund election offices as they scrambled to deal with the coronavirus pandemic late last summer, he said he ... -
Fire devours Greek island forests as residents urged to flee
Pillars of billowing smoke and ash blocked out the sun above Greece’s second-largest island and turned the sky orange as a days-old wildfire devoured pristine forests ... -
China Daily | Imperative that socializing and trips be cut
China announced 62 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, raising the total number of existing domestic infections to 1,285 nationwide. With the tracing of close contacts ... -
Monday, August 9, 2021 – edition no. 3831
* Games over — The United States (39) and China (38) topped gold medal tally by far as Japan achieved its best result ever at home ... -
Covid-19 | Public efforts may complete mass test earlier than expected: Alvis Lo
Despite the city currently facing “extremely huge challenges” from the Delta variant, locals’ swift registration rate of city-wide mass Covid-19 testing may help wrap up the ... -
Covid-19 | Red Zone residents unhappy but acquiesced
An eatery owner now being quarantined in the Red Zone near the private Kiang Wu Hospital said he was not pleased but nevertheless accepted the situation. ... -
Hou Kong principal apologizes for citywide havoc
The principal of Hou Kong Middle School (Hou Kong) Iao Tun Ieong has made a public apology for the city-wide havoc indirectly caused by the school, ... -
CAEAL opens channels for polling station enquiries
Yesterday the Legislative Assembly Electoral Affairs Commission (CAEAL) opened multiple channels for voters to confirm the polling station at which they will cast their vote. ... -
Covid-19, elections, campaign pitches in AL plenary
The four recent cases of Covid-19 registered in Macau and the upcoming elections took up a significant period of yesterday’s plenary session with an agenda dedicated ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t lockdown guidelines unclear, says resident
A resident living close to the Yellow Zone near the Kiang Wu Hospital said that she was unsure how to get home after the lockdown came ... -
Covid-19 | Confusion on first day of citywide PCR test
Queues have only lengthened at most sample collection stations for the citywide polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on Wednesday. Lawmakers, commentators and members of the public ... -
Registered capital in new companies rises slightly to MOP231m
A total of 1,441 new companies were incorporated in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 49 year-on-year. Of the new corporations, 467 were ... -
Gaming | MGM sees revenue nearly double in 1H
MGM China saw a 45% rise in its market-wide gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the first half (1H) of 2021, recording a total revenue of approximately ... -
Analysis | Delta variant challenges China’s costly lockdown strategy
The delta variant is challenging China’s costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were confident they could keep the coronavirus out of ... -
Hong Kong | Corruption charges dropped for singer, activist
Prosecutors in Hong Kong yesterday dropped corruption charges against a prominent singer and pro-democracy activist, after initially accusing him of providing entertainment to sway voters in ... -
This day in history | 1971 Sailor’s record ‘wrong way’ voyage
A British man has become the first to sail the world non-stop in the “wrong” direction – east to west – against the prevailing winds and ... -
India | Suspected rape and killing of girl triggers protests
Angry villagers in the Indian capital held a protest yesterday outside a crematorium where they say a 9-year-old girl was raped and killed earlier this week. ... -
Afghanistan | Airstrikes pummel Taliban in south; insurgents gain in north
The Afghan air force carried out more airstrikes against Taliban positions in southern Afghanistan yesterday, as the insurgent force made additional gains in the country’s ... -
Tokyo 2020 | Perfect 10s: China’s Quan dominates for Olympic diving gold
It could have been confused for a lesson in computer coding on the scoreboard: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10. And in some ways, it ... -
Triple jump | Cuban-born Pichardo wins first gold for Portugal
Portugal has waited 13 years to see one of its own climb atop the podium at the Olympics. Yesterday, that wait came to an end. Pedro ... -
Women’s Football | Gold medal match moved to Friday night
The Olympic women’s soccer gold-medal match between Canada and Sweden has been moved from Friday morning in Tokyo to the evening in Yokohama. There were concerns ... -
Macau Racing Tips | The Rua Cinco Outubro 1600 Metres Sand 2021-08-06 | Fri | 21:25
Pearl Lucky can run a big race for his connection today. His highest rating in MJC reached 75 rating points and now he is at rating ... -
The Buzz | Xi pledges China will provide 2 billion vaccine doses
President Xi Jinping said yesterday that China will provide a total of two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the world within the year, in the ... -
Australia to spend USD813m to address Indigenous disadvantage
Australia’s government yesterday pledged 1.1 billion Australian dollars ($813 million) to address Indigenous disadvantage, including compensation to thousands of mixed-race children who were taken from their ... -
China Daily | Vaccination drive needs a shot in the arm
Another 71 locally transmitted COVID-19 infections were reported on Tuesday, showing the worrying speed of the virus’ spread. Meanwhile, an investigation into the earlier infections ... -
Friday, August 6, 2021 – edition no. 3830
* Mission in sight — Nearly 400,000 Covid tests were conducted in the city in less than 48 hours with a ‘little help’ from Guangdong * ... -
Covid-19 | CE urges people to stay calm, hopes to return to normalcy in 14 days
Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng has urged Macau to stay calm during this period of “immediate prevention status,” reassuring the city that there is no ... -
Businesses reported to have reduced employees’ schedules amid outbreak
A few businesses are reported to have already reduced the working hours of its employees due to the Covid-19 outbreak in the city and in response ... -
People forced to sleep on streets while awaiting PCR results
Following the rush to update their polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results to return to Zhuhai, many test-takers were forced to sleep on the streets overnight ... -
Covid-19 | All 29 dance group members and tour guide tested negative
All 29 members of Hou Kong Middle School who engaged in dance-related activities in Xi’an in late July have tested negative for Covid-19 for the first ... -
Gaming | SJM records 18.9% revenue increase in H1
SJM Holdings recorded an increase of 18.8% in its net gaming revenue in the first half of the year (H1) amounting to nearly HKD5.1 billion, up ... -
Women’s Federation calls for better maternal care
During this year’s World Breastfeeding Week, the Women’s General Association of Macau has expressed hopes that the government can support maternal care through policy. The Week ... -
Resident deposits in June decreases
The broad money supply fell in June with a stable share of patacas. At the same time, deposits of residents decreased compared to May, while loans ... -
China seals city as its worst virus outbreak in a year grows
China’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic a year and a half ago escalated yesterday with dozens more cases around the country, the ... -
Indonesia | Country surpasses 100,000 deaths amid new virus wave
Indonesia surpassed 100,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths yesterday, a grim milestone in a country struggling with its worst pandemic wave fueled by the delta variant, amid concerns ...
