Daily Archives: Tuesday, January 11, 2022
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Breaking News: In first, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday ... -
THE CONVERSATION | What will 2022 bring in the way of misinformation on social media? 3 experts weigh in
At the end of 2020, it seemed hard to imagine a worse year for misinformation on social media, given the intensity of the presidential election and ... -
FSS reminds employers to pay contributions
The Social Security Fund (FSS) reminds employers to pay mandatory system contributions for their local long-term employees for the fourth quarter of 2021. In addition, arbitrary system ... -
Security Secretary encourages police to ‘work pragmatically’
Foreseeing that law enforcement will be increasingly challenging due to a changing environment, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak encouraged local police to keep up their ... -
Real estate | Centaline: city will see 6,000 residential transactions this year
A regional property agency in Macau forecasts that the city will see at least 6,000 transactions of residential properties this year. Centaline Property held a press ... -
Association reunites performers with disabilities for Fringe
The Comuna de Pedra arts and cultural association is once again participating in the Macao City Fringe with the second edition of Todos Fest! until January ... -
Jollibee opens third branch in Fai Chi Kei
Philippines fast food giant Jollibee opened its third branch in Fai Chi Kei yesterday, just after four months of opening its Taipa branch. The catering chain opened ... -
Crime | University student accused of sexually harassing tourist
A 23-year-old man from the mainland, studying in a local university, is accused of sexually harassing a 20-year-old mainland woman visiting Macau as a tourist, the ... -
Crime | Man detained by PJ for false crime accusation
The Judiciary Police (PJ) have detained a 33-year-old man, a non-resident worker in the civil construction sector, for having made a false criminal accusation, a PJ ... -
Ji Xianzheng inaugurated at Forum Macao
Ji Xianzheng was inaugurated yesterday as the new Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries ... -
Gov’t finally retrieves plots A3 and A4 of Nam Van
The government has finally retrieved two plots of land located at Nam Van Bay, identified as Lots A3 and A4. The two adjacent plots, totaling 8,732 ... -
UM points to Hong Kong university as benchmark for tuition fee hike
The University of Macau (UM) has justified hiking tuition fees by up to 40% by explaining that the university took into consideration tuition fees in Hong ... -
MUST survey finds local consumers losing confidence in spending
Macau consumers showed less confidence spending on commodities in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a study by the Macau University of Science and ... -
Covid-19 | Tianjin on partial lockdown after omicron found
State broadcaster CCTV said the government has divided Tianjin and its 14 million residents into three levels of restrictions, starting with lockdown areas where people are ... -
Diplomacy | Beijing accuses US of inciting Lithuania over Taiwan
Beijing yesterday accused Washington of inciting Lithuania to “contain China” in a feud over the status of self-ruled Taiwan after U.S. officials expressed support for the ... -
Diplomacy | Arab Gulf foreign ministers head to Beijing for meetings
Foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia and other Arab Gulf states are visiting Beijing for meetings with officials from the world’s second largest economy, a leading consumer ... -
Sri Lanka seeks Chinese debt restructuring amid crisis
The president of debt-ridden Sri Lanka yesterday [Macau time] asked China for the restructuring of its loans and access to preferential credit for imports of essential ... -
Philippines | Authorities report third day of record virus cases
The Philippines yesterday reported a record high number of new COVID-19 cases for the third day, logging 33,169 infections. The positivity rate, or percentage of tested ... -
Uganda | Schools reopen, ending world’s longest lockdown
Uganda’s schools reopened to students yesterday, ending the world’s longest school disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The reopening caused traffic congestion in some areas of ... -
This day in history | 1973 First Open University degrees awarded
The first graduates from the Open University (OU) have been awarded their degrees after two years studying from home. Out of the 1,000 students who sat ... -
Gaming | Newly affirmed, tribe looks at casino plans with fresh eyes
As he begins his first full year in office, the new head of a Massachusetts tribe says he intends to take a cautious approach to gambling ... -
Figure Skating | Chen wins sixth straight US championship
Nathan Chen had landed some of the most difficult jumps in figure skating, soaring through the air with a dizzying array of quads and flawlessly stringing ... -
Several with grave injuries after NYC fire that killed 19
Doctors worked yesterday to save the lives of several people gravely injured when smoke from a fire knocked them out or trapped them in their apartments ... -
The Buzz | Michael Lang, Woodstock festival co-creator, dies at 77
Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, has died. Michael Pagnotta, ... -
China Daily | Racist remarks sign of persistent xenophobia
Shelley Luther, a Republican candidate for the Texas House of Representatives, put the racism against Chinese in the United States and its neo-McCarthyism on full display ... -
Tuesday, January 11, 2022 – edition no. 3930
* Real estate rebound? — Property agency confident city will see 6,000 residential transactions this year * Gov’t retrieves plots A3 and A4 of Nam Van ...
