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IPIM participates in IMEX America
Aiming to promote the strengths of Macau´s convention and exhibition industry and to attract a greater number of renowned MICE events to the region, a delegation ... -
Macau Anti-domestic Violence Coalition files report with UN on legal loopholes
The Macau Anti-Domestic Violence Coalition has filed a report with the United Nations, warning of loopholes in the domestic violence bill currently being drafted. The group ... -
DIASPORA | Associations form International Macanese Alliance
Macanese associations in Canada, the United States, Macau and Portugal have recently gathered in Toronto to establish the International Macanese Alliance (IMA). In founding a new ... -
Apple looks for big screen boost as iPhone 6 hits China
Apple’s large screen iPhone 6 Plus is finally available in the world’s biggest smartphone market and Chinese consumers don’t have to resort to smugglers. The new ... -
China and East Timor want to strengthen cooperation
The Vice President of China, Li Yuanchao said at a meeting in Beijing with former President of Timor-Leste (East Timor) Jose Ramos-Horta, that his country intended ... -
Cape Verde invests USD62m in four int’l airports
The Cape Verdean government plans to invest USD62.2 million in the four international airports in the country, by 2017, the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and the ... -
Art colony’s free-speech illusion shatters
Just a few weeks ago, oil painters in eastern Beijing’s Songzhuang art district had welcomed foreign reporters into their studios and shown off works tackling such ... -
HONG KONG | Leung: ‘External forces’ involved in protests
Hong Kong’s leader has claimed that “external forces” are participating in student-led pro-democracy protests that have occupied parts of this financial capital for more than three ... -
Beijing gives USD6 million for food in Ebola countries
China has donated USD6 million to help stave off food shortages in the three African countries worst affected by the Ebola virus, the World Food Program announced ... -
Indonesia | Joko Widodo sworn in as new president
Joko Widodo completed a journey from riverside shack to presidential palace yesterday, cheered through the streets following his inauguration by tens of thousands of ordinary Indonesians ... -
Japan | Trade, justice ministers quit amid scandals
Japan’s trade and justice ministers resigned yesterday after allegations they misused campaign funds in the biggest setback so far for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s conservative administration. The ... -
Nepal | Authorities to end rescue operation on trekking route
Nepal was wrapping up rescue operations in its northern mountains yesterday, saying all the hikers believed to have been stranded on a trekking route by a series ... -
Iraq | Suicide blast hits Baghdad Shiite mosque killing 17
A suicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 17 worshippers and wounding dozens, Iraqi officials said. The attack comes a ... -
Ebola | Nigeria virus free as WHO says outbreak can be contained
The World Health Organization declared Nigeria Ebola-free after the disease killed seven people in Africa’s most populous country. “The outbreak in Nigeria has been defeated,” Rui ... -
Islamic State offensive | US planes drop weapons, ammunition to Kurds in Kobani
The U.S. military dropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to the besieged Syrian town of Kobani, as Turkey said it would allow Kurdish fighters from neighboring ... -
This day in History: 2001 Anthrax claims third victim in US
A third person has been diagnosed in the US with the most serious form of anthrax. The unnamed Washington postal worker is being treated for inhalation ... -
Offbeat | Another month, another global heat record broken
September brought more record heat globally, and U.S. meteorologists say Earth is now on pace to tie for the hottest year ever recorded. The National Oceanic ... -
Football | Champions League preview: City looks to escape trouble; Messi, Ronaldo chasing records
This was supposed to be the season Manchester City finally made a sustained push in the Champions League. It’s not working out that way for the ... -
Swimming | Athlete tries for record breaking swim in Bahamas
An Australian endurance athlete has started an attempt to achieve a world-record 128-kilometer swim in the open waters of the Bahamas. Chloe McCardel started her solo ... -
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 – edition no. 2174
* Hong Kong CE accuses ‘external forces’ of fueling protests * Living green in Coloane * Macau Ferry Terminal renovation delayed * No secretaries to attend ... -
The Buzz: Novel on sibling with Down’s syndrome wins prize
The novel ‘O meu irmão’ (My Brother), by Afonso Reis Cabral, is the winner of this year’s LeYa Prize for Literature, worth €100,000, the publisher of ... -
Once in million years: Comet buzzing Mars on Sun
The heavens were hosting an event over the weekend that occurs once in a million years or so. A comet as hefty as a small mountain ... -
World briefs
CHINA A bear in central China has bitten off the arm of a 9-year-old boy who tried to feed it through its cage, state media and ... -
TIS opens new field, possible public access in future
The International School of Macau (TIS) unveiled its new field on Saturday, coinciding with the school’s Community Day where school staff, students, and families gathered for ... -
Reporter del Gusto | Macau Daily Times report awarded in Italy
Macau Daily Times was one of six international publications awarded the prize “Premio Reporter Del Gusto 2014” (Tasting Reporter), along with five Italian media outlets. The ... -
Clube Militar hosts gastronomy and wine Festival
Clube Militar is hosting a Festival of Portuguese Gastronomy and Wines led by chef José Júlio Vintém and his assistant Francisco Pires. The festival kicked off ... -
Ho Iat Seng calls for progressive AL reform
The Legislative Assembly (AL) president Ho Iat Seng said that while it is impossible to have full and immediate universal suffrage embedded in the legislature, he ... -
Mass moves margins, says Tracy
Edward Tracy, president and CEO of Sands China Ltd, has just delivered results for the third quarter (Q3) that show Macau’s biggest and most profitable company ... -
Flat turns into illegal inn twice
The proprietor of an apartment told the police that her apartment in the third tower of Edificio Hung On Torre in ZAPE has again been turned ... -
Pansy Ho: MGM considering non-gaming projects
When asked about the recent downturn in gaming revenue, Pansy Ho, co-chairperson of MGM China, commented on the sidelines of the GTEF press conference that the ... -
Global Tourism Forum kicks off on Oct 27
Macau will once again host the Global Tourism Economy Forum (GTEF) this year, which will take place between October 27 and 29 at The Venetian. This ... -
Briefs: One dead and four injured in Delta Bridge accident
An industrial accident took place at a construction site for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (Delta Bridge) in Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong. It led to the ... -
Harvard-linked hospital planning to open medical center in Hengqin
Massachusetts General Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, has agreed with potential partners in China to explore a joint venture to build and run ... -
Don’t bet against LVMH in China slowdown, chairman Arnault says
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, the world’s largest luxury-goods maker, is confident it can adapt to deteriorating market conditions, particularly in China, according to billionaire ... -
Corporate bits: field primed for venetian macau open this week
The Venetian Macau Open will boast one of its strongest ever fields with seven Asian Tour Order of Merit champions, led by reigning number one Kiradech ...
