Yearly Archives: 2022
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Unemployment rises to 12,400
The number of the unemployed has risen to 12,400, up 500 from the previous period, according to data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC). Among ... -
Hotel occupancy at 44% in January
The average occupancy rate of guest rooms was 44%, a growth of 3.7 percentage points year-on-year. However, data from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) shows ... -
Concerns over quarantine facilities in AL
Several lawmakers have expressed concerns yesterday regarding the Covid-19 situation in the neighboring regions and its potential impact on Macau. While expressing support for the recent ... -
Woman arrested for stealing chips from casino table
A woman has been arrested on charges that on 20 occasions she stole casino chips straight from the gambling table, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed yesterday. The ... -
Property moguls defendants in corruption case trial
Property developers William Kuan Vai Lam and Sio Tak Hong have been confirmed as additional defendants in the ongoing corruption trial of Li Canfeng, the former director ... -
Septuagenarian passes out with carbon monoxide poisoning
A 70-year-old female resident became unconscious during a shower and was diagnosed with carbon monoxide intoxication, the Health Bureau (SSM) has announced. The victim was found ... -
Lawmaker calls for more transparent Macau sports team operations
A lleged nepotism in the selection of athletes to represent Macau in international competitions must be eradicated, lawmaker Ron Lam requested in his latest written inquiry. ... -
Polytechnic Institute becomes university: 30% student increase
Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) will change its name to Macao Polytechnic University today, and the schools of higher education will become colleges, the Executive Council announced ... -
First Macau-funded clinic to open in Hengqin by April
The Macau-owned Zhuhai Hengqin Zhenlin Comprehensive Ambulant Clinic will start operations in April, offering additional choice of medical treatment and rehabilitation services for Hengqin and Macau ... -
As tensions simmer, China demands US action to improve ties
China’s top diplomat called on the U.S. yesterday to take steps to improve ties, as tensions simmer over Taiwan, trade and other issues. Foreign Minister Wang ... -
The name of the plum
Your experience is just like your name,” President Xi Jinping told Mi Xuemei after hearing her story at an annual session of China’s top legislature, the ... -
Ukraine slows Russian advance as talks are underway
Outgunned but determined Ukrainian troops slowed Russia’s advance and held onto the capital and other key cities — at least for now. In the face of ... -
Ukraine war forces United Arab Emirates to hedge
The United Arab Emirates campaigned hard for a seat on the U.N. Security Council in the country’s international push to highlight the 50-year anniversary of its ... -
1950 Communist spy jailed for 14 years
A top nuclear scientist has been jailed for fourteen years at the Old Bailey for spying for the Soviet Union. Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs, 38, a ... -
US-EU sanctions will pummel the Russian economy
The Biden administration, in extraordinary and rapid cooperation with allies over a period of three days, has doubled down on its vow to impose “severe sanctions” ... -
Ukraine’s 20 Paralympic athletes have yet to arrive in China
None of the 20 athletes from the Ukrainian Paralympic team has reached Beijing with the Games opening at the end of the week, the International Paralympic ... -
North Korea says it tested cameras for spy satellite
North Korea said yesterday it tested cameras to be installed on a spy satellite, a suggestion that it’ll likely soon conduct a banned long-range rocket launch ... -
Russia closes its airspace to 36 nations, websites attacked
Russia has closed its airspace to carriers from 36 nations, including European countries and Canada, responding in kind to their move to close their respective airspaces ... -
Ukraine war tests growing China-Russia partnership
Three weeks ago, the leaders of China and Russia declared that the friendship between their countries “has no limits” as they met in Beijing on the ... -
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 – edition no. 3961
* Commuter’s Covid — Over 8,000 people to be tested in Border Gate vicinity after regular commuter from Zhuhai tests positive * AL | Lawmakers concerned ... -
Ukraine War: Lithuania wants Russia probed for war crimes
VILNIUS — Lithuania says it wants the United Nations’ highest court to investigate alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russia and Belarus. The ... -
Record-breaking weekend on visitor arrivals
Macau has recorded, so far, the best tourism arrival results for this year with a daily score-bar rising over 30,000 visitors per day for three consecutive ... -
70-year-old falls from height, sustains head injury
A man around the age of 70 fell from two meters over the weekend when he was redecorating at a Christian church. He was sent to ... -
IPIM rejects all but one residency application in 2021
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has rejected all but one application for Macau residency in 2021 for various programs running under IPIM’s umbrella, ... -
Centaline estimates property prices rebound by more than 5% next quarter
Real estate company Centaline Property Macau estimates the Macau property market will gradually pick up and property prices may rebound by more than 5% in the ... -
Woman blackmailed with nude pictures
A female non-resident worker from the Philippines has been blackmailed for USD1,500 with nude pictures secretly taken when she was having a video call with the ... -
MUR and ICBC sign loan contract for Lot P temporary and home swap housing project
Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China -Macau Limited (ICBC Macau) have signed a contract over the weekend for the ... -
CE: Current SAR gov’t efforts fully recognized by Xi Jinping
Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng said this weekend that the current government had been fully acknowledged by President Xi Jinping and the Central Government. “Over ... -
Ho Iat Seng instructs finance secretary to mull extra consumption subsidy
Commenting on the overall global economic outlook, Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng advised that Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong has been undertaking ... -
Wynn: Proud Supporters of Rallying the Nation’s Olympic Spirit
To implement the Macao SAR government’s policy to develop the sports industry, Wynn continues to collaborate with related sectors to provide opportunities for local youngsters to ... -
Hong Kong’s success in fending off contagion comes back to haunt
For two years, Hong Kong successfully insulated most of its residents from COVID-19 and often went months without a single locally spread case. Then the omicron ... -
Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions
Vladimir Putin put his nuclear forces on increased alert yesterday in an unprecedented escalation of tension with the West since the collapse of the Soviet Union ... -
Trump talks Putin, grievances as GOP focuses on midterm wins
Leading Republicans spent much of three days avoiding Donald Trump’s chief grievances or ignoring him altogether as they unified behind a midterm message designed to win ... -
1986 Swedish prime minister assassinated
The Swedish prime minister has died after being shot in a street ambush in central Stockholm. His wife was wounded. Olof and Lisbeth Palme were attacked ... -
Ukraine invasion puts Russia’s elite sports status at risk
Russia spent upwards of $50 billion to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, then concocted the most elaborate doping scheme in history — all to ...
