Monthly Archives: July 2022
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Lawmaker hopes for clear criteria for business resumption
The criteria for the reopening of businesses should be clarified, to give business owners and operators a clearer idea, lawmaker Leong Sun Iok has said. After ... -
Group calls for details of general subsidy scheme
A deputy of a local group has called on the government to release details on the proposed general subsidy scheme, with the budget already passed by ... -
3G, 4G licenses renewed up to 2028
3G and 4G telecom licenses of CTM, Hutchinson, China Telecom and Smartone have been renewed, according to several dispatches in the Official Gazette. The 3G service ... -
Taiwan holds drills amid Pelosi visit concern, China tension
Taiwan’s capital staged air raid drills yesterday and its military mobilized for routine defense exercises, coinciding with concerns over a forceful Chinese response to a possible ... -
China adds science laboratory to its orbiting space station
China added a laboratory to its permanent orbiting space station yesterday as it moves toward completing the structure in coming months. The Wentian laboratory was launched ... -
Pope set for historic apology for school abuses in Canada
Thousands of Indigenous people converged yesterday on the small Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear a long-awaited apology from Pope Francis for generations of abuse ... -
1956 Egypt seizes Suez Canal
Egypt’s president, Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, has announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal Company to provide funding for the construction of the Aswan High Dam. ... -
Feds suing poultry producers over unfair worker practices
The Justice Department is expected to file a lawsuit against some of the largest poultry producers in the U.S. along with a proposed settlement seeking ... -
MGM’s Emerald Villa wins top prize at International Property Awards
The Emerald Villa of MGM Cotai has won the 5-star accolade, the highest level of award, in the category of Best Hotel Interior Macau – Asia ... -
Nigerian Amusan gets world record on wild night in hurdles
First she set the record. Then she won the medal. Even if the order was awkward, Sunday night at world championships was beautiful for Nigerian hurdler ... -
Facing headwinds and history, Marcos makes policy speech
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his first State of the Nation address yesterday with momentum from his landslide election victory, but he’s hamstrung by history ... -
Slovakia may consider giving Ukraine Russian-built warplanes
Slovakia may consider donating its fleet of Soviet-era MiG warplanes to Ukraine, the Slovak defense minister said yesterday. Standing alongside his British counterpart Ben Wallace, Slovak ... -
‘State capitalism’, the private sector and the CPC in China (I)
The economic system in China has been described as one of “state capitalism,” i.e. a market economy predicated on competition among state-owned enterprises. However, the system ... -
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 – edition no. 4060
* Rent woes — SMEs on the brink as they struggle to tide over rent payments amid suspended operations * Struggling F&B workers desperate for resumption ... -
Legal grounds founded for gov’t to wiretap social media contacts
Following the passing of a law allowing interceptions of communications, the government has set up a legal ground for it to request communication records from social ... -
Manila to boost assistance following viral clip of nationals grappling for food packs
The Philippines’ Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is preparing to assist the country’s Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) in case the department sends additional ... -
Handful of Filipinos allegedly face verbal bullying while in NAT queue
A handful of Filipino nationals have allegedly been verbally harassed while queuing for the three-day mandatory nucleic acid test (NAT), a mandate that created dissent on social ... -
Filipinos and condo workers stop daily NAT
Filipino passport holders as well as condominium management workers have been removed from the list of key groups that need to undergo daily nucleic acid tests ... -
NAT venues Gov’t preparing to swap schools for city parks, garden areas
Local health authorities are preparing to use city parks and gardens as venues for nucleic acid testing (NAT). During yesterday’s daily press briefing of the Novel ... -
Gov’t launches one of 2 lab modules to join space station
China yesterday launched one of two laboratory modules to complete its permanent orbiting space station. The Wentian was launched from tropical Hainan Island with a large ... -
Construction workers added to key group for NAT, with new key area
All construction workers are required to take a SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid test (NAT) every day starting from now, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced ... -
Lawmaker suggests improving NAT services
Lawmaker Lei Chan U expressed hope that the Macau government will improve nucleic acid testing (NAT) services to ensure that Covid-19 pandemic prevention needs are met. ... -
Beijing court rules against woman who wanted to freeze eggs
A Chinese court has overruled a rare legal challenge brought by an unmarried Beijing woman seeking the right to freeze her eggs. The Chaoyang Intermediate People’s Court ... -
Evergrande CEO, CFO resign amid probe into subsidiary
Struggling Chinese real estate developer China Evergrande has announced that its chief executive and chief financial officer have resigned after initial findings in a probe found ... -
S.Korea to lift ban on N.Korea TV, newspapers despite tensions
South Korea plans to lift its decadeslong ban on public access to North Korean television, newspapers and other publications as part of its efforts to promote ... -
Rights groups urge Sri Lanka not to use force on protesters
International human rights groups on Saturday urged Sri Lanka’s new president to immediately order security forces to cease use of force against protesters after troops and ... -
Russia FM visits Egypt, part of Africa trip amid Ukraine war
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was in Cairo for talks yesterday with Egyptian officials as his country seeks to break diplomatic isolation and sanctions by the ... -
Haiti 315 kids, adults shelter at school to escape gang war
Hundreds of children and adults sheltered at a high school in Haiti’s capital Saturday after fleeing shooting in a neighborhood where fighting between two rival gangs ... -
1978 First ‘test tube baby’ born
The birth of the world’s first “test tube baby” has been announced in Manchester. Louise Brown was born shortly before midnight in Oldham and District General ... -
Verstappen wins French GP as Leclerc crashes, Hamilton second
Defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen won the French Grand Prix yesterday after Charles Leclerc crashed out as Ferrari’s woes resurfaced, falling 63 points behind the ... -
Wiebes wins on Champs Elysees as women’s Tour returns
Lorena Wiebes of the Netherlands sprinted to victory yesterday in the first stage of the women’s Tour de France which returned after a 33-year absence. The ... -
Church apologies: Top leaders say sorry for historical sins
When Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous groups on Canadian soil this week, he will make another effort toward healing harms inflicted at church-run residential schools — ... -
Three killed, one wounded in Philippine university shooting
At least three people, including a former Philippine town mayor, were killed and another was wounded in a brazen attack yesterday by a gunman in a ... -
All in the same boat, they say
The mandate that all Filipino nationals should undergo mass testing has led to public outcry, fueled frustrations and disappointment among many, and several have been perturbed ... -
Monday, July 25, 2022 – edition no. 4059
* Walls have ears — Legal grounds to wiretap social media contacts founded * Manila on deck | PH gov’t to boost assistance following viral clip ...
