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IACM plans to open botanical garden
The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) revealed that it plans to integrate part of the Seac Pai Van Park with the Ecological Zone of Alto ... -
CRIME | Nine missing illegal immigrants found
Mainland authorities have found the nine passengers who went missing after a speedboat capsized in the waters off Hengqin. The Macau Customs Service said that it ... -
STUDY | Medical vouchers prevented fatalities, should be given to TNRs
A study conducted by a scholar from Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has shown that medical vouchers provided annually to Macau permanent residents have ... -
Food oil importer accuses IACM of ruining business reputation
In a statement released by Tai Heng Foods yesterday, the Macau importer that represents the embattled Taiwanese food oil producer Chang Guann Company has criticized the ... -
BRIEFS | SJM workers protest and MGM staff complain to DSAL
SJM staff are staging another protest tomorrow, with employees going on strike and handing in sick leave certificates, Portuguese newspaper Hoje Macau reported. Feiji Loi, from ... -
APEC China’s vice premier Wang Yang to take part in Tourism Ministerial Meeting
Chinese vice premier Wang Yang is in Macau to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 8th Tourism Ministerial Meeting (TMM8), which will be held tomorrow. ... -
China auto sales slow in August
China’s auto sales growth decelerated further in August to 8.5 percent while sales of SUVs surged by nearly a third. Drivers in the world’s biggest auto market ... -
New Jersey lets MGM keep half of Borgata casino
New Jersey casino regulators on Wednesday let MGM Resorts back into the Atlantic City casino market. The Casino Control Commission voted to let MGM reclaim its ... -
Corporate Bits | Cotai Jazz & Blues Festival 2014
The Cotai Jazz & Blues Festival 2014 is coming back for its third year at The Venetian Macao’s outdoor lagoon area Oct. 9-12, 2014, featuring the ... -
Real Estate Matters | Should I Still Be Investing In Macau Property ? Are prices too high now?
It’s a question that we are asked almost every day; prices are high, is it too late to buy property in Macau? Surprisingly its not a ... -
Project Poker | Risk and reward off the table
I am a long-distance runner and have in fact run several marathons before. In fact this year I ran a marathon for the eighth consecutive year; ... -
China funds reconstruction of fishing port in Mozambique
The government of Mozambique Wednesday in Maputo signed a framework agreement with China with a view to granting a loan of USD120 million for reconstruction of ... -
Angola | Japan grants funding to combat drought
The government of Japan will support the Angolan program to combat the effects of drought affecting 1.8 million people since 2012 with a contribution of USD1.2 ... -
Angola’s first satellite schedule to start operating in 1Q 2017
Angosat, Angola’s first satellite, is expected to be placed in orbit and become operational in the first quarter of 2017, the Angolan Secretary of State for ... -
Authorities shackle Uighur scholar’s feet for a month
For more than a month, Chinese authorities have shackled the ankles of an outspoken minority Uighur scholar accused of separatism while he awaits trial, his lawyer ... -
CONSERVATION | In Hong Kong, you can find a home where cows and buffalos roam
Shai Oster To city dwellers worried about mice and rats, spare a thought for Hong Kongers confronting half-ton feral beasts. A few miles from some of ... -
Activist’s attorneys plan no show in court
A scheduled trial for a Chinese human rights activist Yang Maodong may not proceed today after his lawyers said they would not attend the court proceedings ... -
Fighters back from Iraq, Syria are threat
China and its Central Asian neighbors face increased terrorism threats as their own nationals return home after fighting in Iraq and Syria, the head of a regional ... -
BRIEFS | China fines Audi, Chrysler on monopoly charges
Chinese authorities have fined automaker Audi USD40.5 million and Chrysler USD5.2 million on charges of violating anti-monopoly law in a sweeping probe of the auto industry. ... -
THAILAND | Rights group calls on junta to end repression
An international human rights group yesterday called for Thailand’s ruling military to end what it says is a “disturbing pattern of repression” in the country since the army ... -
MYANMAR | 1 march, 11 sentences for activist
By marching through the traffic-choked streets of Myanmar’s busiest city, handing out leaflets that lambasted the new nominally civilian government, Htin Kyaw showed how much the country has ... -
USA | Obama relying on Mideast allies to counter Islamic State
President Barack Obama is relying on Middle East allies including Saudi Arabia as linchpins in escalating the offensive against Islamic State extremists with airstrikes on both ... -
SOUTH AFRICA | Judge: Pistorius can’t be found guilty of murder
The judge in Oscar Pistorius’ trial said yesterday he can’t be found guilty of murder but that he was negligent in the killing of girlfriend Reeva ... -
UK | Cameron rushes to fend off Scottish independence
The British political establishment descended on Scotland on Wednesday to plead for a united United Kingdom, after polls suggested the once-fanciful notion of Scots voting to break from ... -
This Day in History | 1970 – Hijacked jets destroyed by guerrillas
Palestinian militants have blown up the three planes they have been holding at an airfield in the Jordanian desert. The 40 hostages were taken from the ... -
Offbeat | Report: Progress slow in Nazi art restitution
The Jewish Claims Conference says 15 years after the first international agreement on the restitution of Nazi-era looted art, more than half of the countries that ... -
The Bundesliga is back: Some things to know
With defending champion Bayern Munich and runner- up Borussia Dortmund already dropping points, Bayer Leverkusen is setting the early season pace in the Bundesliga. Here are ... -
Protests about N. Korea flag ahead of Asian Games
Asian Games organizers have taken down the flags of competing nations flying over South Korean streets following protests about the inclusion of North Korea’s flags. The ... -
BRIEFS | Falcao wants to make loan at United permanent
Radamel Falcao says he wants to play for Manchester United “for many years” after joining on a season-long loan from Monaco. United is the Colombia striker’s ... -
War gives inspiration to Gaza’s artists
The themes and reality of war impose themselves on Gaza’s small but vibrant arts scene, and the latest conflict has been a powerful inspiration for its ... -
News of the World | War gives inspiration to Gaza’s artists
Palestinian filmmaker Khalil Mozayen’s latest work was already complexly layered — a movie within a movie about a director and screenwriter producing a film about an ... -
‘Last Days in Vietnam’ shows Saigon’s fall
There are many differences between America’s troubled exit from Iraq and its ramshackle retreat from Vietnam. But the U.S. flight from Saigon as seen in Rory ... -
No surprise the surprise U2 album shines
Everything about U2’s new album “Songs of Innocence” is unexpected. Like its very existence, for one, after the Irish rock band dropped it on iTunes users ... -
Friday, September 12, 2014 – edition no. 2149
* Barra Public Transport Interchange construction to start soon * In Hong Kong, you can find a home where cows and buffaloes roam * Study: medical ... -
THE BUZZ: Armed men seize Donetsk ice hockey club offices
The professional ice hockey club in the war-torn city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine says armed men have occupied its offices. The Donbass Donetsk club says ...
