Monthly Archives: March 2022
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1972 TWA jet explodes at Las Vegas airport
A bomb has exploded aboard a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 at Las Vegas airport. No-one was injured in the blast which destroyed the cockpit of ... -
China’s trade up in Jan-Feb, before Russia invaded Ukraine
JOE McDONALD China’s exports rose by double digits in January and February before Russia’s attack on Ukraine roiled the global economy. Exports grew by 16.3% over ... -
Man City doubles down on United’s anguish for derby glory
Man City 4, Man United 1 A double from Kevin De Bruyne. A double from Riyad Mahrez. The double completed by City over United in this ... -
‘Squid Game Election’: South Korean campaign gets ugly
The race between South Korea’s two leading presidential candidates has seen unprecedented levels of toxic rhetoric, mudslinging and lawsuits. How bad is it? “Hitler,” “beast,” and ... -
China seeing new surge in cases despite ‘zero tolerance’
China is seeing a new surge in COVID-19 cases across the vast country, despite its draconian “zero tolerance” approach to dealing with outbreaks. The mainland yesterday ... -
Battles over book bans reflect conflicts from the 1980s
A conservative leader found fault with how “respect for our nation’s heritage” had been mostly stripped from the textbooks of public schools. “From kindergarten right through ... -
Tuesday, March 8, 2022 – edition no. 3966
* Treasure gamble — With a MOP4.7 billion price tag, the Treasure Island hotel-shopping center by Nam Van lake will debut select brands in Macau, but ... -
Latest updates: Foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia to meet
The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine will meet near ... -
China calls Russia its chief ‘strategic partner’ despite war
The Chinese Foreign Minister today (Monday) called Russia Beijing’s “most important strategic partner” amid China’s continued refusal to condemn the invasion of Ukraine. Wang Yi said ... -
Urban planners oppose plan for Nam Van plots C1 to C4
Several architects and urban planners have expressed their opposition to the plan proposed by the government for the occupancy of the plots of land C1 to ... -
New law requires use of decimal scale
Pursuant to a new law that came into effect on New Year’s Day this year, the government requires all hawkers and vendors doing business in local ... -
IAM blames outsourced third party for cutting down Vasco de Gama trees
Four Camel’s Foot Trees in the Vasco de Gama Garden in the city center have been “negligently cut [down],” the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) says, as ... -
Only 10% of all quarantine periods exempted from payment
Only around 10% of all quarantine periods undertaken in Macau’s designated quarantine venues have been exempted from payment, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) acknowledged in ... -
Melco, SJM, MGM to apply for temporary license extension
Three more casino operators have replied to the Times expressing their intention to apply for the temporary license extension announced by the government last week. After ... -
2021 GDP grows 18%
Macau’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2021 amounted to MOP239.4 billion, while per-capita GDP was MOP350,445, according to the statistics bureau. With a pickup in total ... -
Macau entrepreneur sees new possibilities for Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hengqin
In the past three years in Hengqin, I see more young people from Macau come, since the local government has created an environment to spur innovation ... -
Chinese expert mulls Chinese-style coexistence with Covid-19
A social media post by a Chinese top epidemiologist has hinted at the consideration of a Chinese-style coexistence with Covid-19, several media outlets have reported. At ... -
Galeries Lafayette to open in December
The 110-year-old upmarket Parisian department store Galeries Lafayette will open its fourth store in the Greater Bay Area at the “Treasure Island Resort World Hotel and ... -
Li Keqiang highlights patriots governing Macau and HK principle
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has highlighted the ‘patriots ruling Macau’ principle in his speech at the opening of the Fifth Session of 13th National People’s Congress ... -
Gov’t cuts economic growth goal as it tries to reverse slump
China on Saturday cut its annual economic growth target to its lowest level in decades as Beijing struggles to reverse a slump at a time when ... -
“MGM Family Carnival” Fosters Harmonious Family Ties
As a responsible corporate citizen, MGM has been supporting different groups in Macau to promote a harmoni- ous and healthy community. Earlier, MGM organized its first ... -
New US ambassador arrives in Beijing amid tense relations
New U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns has arrived to take up his post in Beijing amid heightened tensions between China and the United States over Taiwan, trade, ... -
Limited Russian cease-fire revived in Ukraine; talks planned
Russian forces will observe a temporary cease-fire yesterday in two Ukrainian cities, an official in one of the country’s two pro-Russia separatist regions said after an ... -
1975 Kidnapped heiress found strangled
The body of Lesley Whittle, the 17-year-old heiress kidnapped from her Shropshire home 52 days ago, has been found at the bottom of a drain shaft. ... -
As war rages, Paralympics open in Beijing without Russia
The Winter Paralympics opened Friday in Beijing with the Russian athletes sent home, the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get to China and an ... -
At Ukraine’s largest art museum, a race to protect heritage
The director of Ukraine’s largest art museum walked its hallways, supervising as staff packed away its collections to protect their national heritage in case the Russian ... -
China to raise defense spending by 7.1% to USD229 billion
China this weekend announced a 7.1% increase in defense spending in 2022 to USD229 billion, continuing years of robust spending on its increasingly powerful military that ... -
The US-China Trade Agreement and American semantic rhetoric
Despite the trade war between the US and China, the endless blacklists of Chinese companies in the US, along with the new Biden Administration’s anti-China stance, ... -
Monday, March 7, 2022 – edition no. 3965
* Patriots only — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang highlighted the ‘patriots ruling Macau’ principle at the annual plenary session, stating the need to implement the central ... -
‘Satellite casino’ still core of debate at parliament
The Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday had their meeting on the amendment bill to the gamling law with government officials present to answer ... -
IFTM hosts Career Day with 67 organizations
The Macao Institute for Tourism Studies (IFTM) hosted 67 organisations (including 11 from Guangdong and Shanghai) from various sectors for its 2022 Career Day yesterday in ... -
Gov’t confirms Pui Ching application received for new campus
Pui Ching Middle School have filed an application with the government for a new campus, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Elsie Ao Ieong, confirmed yesterday. ... -
Gov’t extends gaming concessions to Dec. 31, experts not surprised
The government is planning to extend current gaming concessions until the end of 2022 to accommodate the progress of the relevant law amendment, Secretary for Economy ... -
Sands, Galaxy support gov’t plan to temporarily extend casino licenses
Two out of six gambling concessionaires have responded to an inquiry by the Times, stating that they are supportive of the government’s plan to extend casino ... -
Vaccination among elderly residents rising, interest among children also growing
The vaccination rate among the senior population in Macau has recently been growing, health authorities stated yesterday during the regular press briefing from the Novel Coronavirus ...
