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Indonesia, Australia sign new security agreement
Often-testy neighbors Indonesia and Australia signed a new security agreement yesterday to mend a relationship badly damaged by allegations last year that Australia was listening to ... -
World briefs
CHINA Six people died and 21 others were missing after a landslide hit a village in southwestern China, Chinese state media reported yesterday. The official Xinhua ... -
Small group of IACM employees to be transferred to ID
A small group of employees working under the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) will be transferred to the Sports Development Board, as part of IACM’s ... -
Donations to Red Cross for Yunnan earthquake approaching MOP20m
An arts association and a private enterprise donated HKD30,000 and MOP20,000 respectively to the Macau Red Cross yesterday for the earthquake that took place in Ludian ... -
Taxi association opposes entrapment and surveillance devices
The Macau Association of Taxis has argued against the introduction of an entrapment operation and the installation of surveillance devices in vehicles, citing concerns about stigmatizing ... -
New Macau marches against ‘small circle’ election on Sunday
The New Macau Association (ANM) has announced that it will organize a demonstration on August 31 at the Ruins of St. Paul, coinciding with the Chief ... -
PJ attempts to get hold of referendum database
The Judiciary Police (PJ) tried to get hold of the unofficial referendum database, asking political activist Jason Chao to hand it over to authorities. Activist Scott ... -
briefs: CTM network attacked
A temporary failure occurred across CTM’s mobile data network yesterday afternoon, with the service delayed for about one hour. The breakdown happened at around 12:30p.m., with ... -
Low financial input into science popularization
Eight public departments cooperated on the release of a report yesterday regarding their financial input into the popularization of science in Macau in 2013. The figures ... -
2013 Medical vouchers to expire Sunday
Sunday (August. 31) is the last day that residents will be able to print and use 2013 medical vouchers. The Health Bureau provides printing and re-issuing ... -
Consul-General of Angola accused of sexual harassment
The Consul-General of Angola in Macau, Mr Pedro da Silva Feijó Sobrinho, has been accused of sexual harassment by a former consulate employee. According to a ... -
IC holds music sharing session
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) is organizing a “Music Sharing Session” tomorrow to present the work begun in jazz workshops launched in this year’s Macau International ... -
CONSTELLATIONS | Joan Miró’s surrealism meets dancers on stage
Spanish dance company Aracaladanza is taking to Macau Cultural Center’s stage this weekend, presenting a show inspired by famed Spanish painter Joan Miró. “Constellations” is set ... -
Portuguese-speaking countries should export food to China, IPIM says
The president of the Institute for Macau Institute for Trade and Investment Promotion (IPIM) said Tuesday in Maputo, that Portuguese- speaking countries (PLP) could strengthen their ... -
Angola|Government grants new oil concessions to Sonangol
The government of Angola has awarded concession rights for oil exploration rights in onshore areas of the Lower Congo and Kwanza basins to state company Sonangol ... -
Chery Automobile opens first factory in Brazil
Chinese group Chery Automobile is opening its first factory in Brazil and also the first outside China, following investment of US$400 million, the Brazilian press reported. ... -
Real Estate Matters | The 20 Biggest Property Investment Mistakes
Juliet Risdon is a Director of JML Property and a property investor. Having established the company in 1994, JML Property offers Investment Property & Homes. It ... -
project poker | Strategy tip: Playing live tourneys
When playing in a live tourney that has a good structure, this would be a strategy that I would apply: assuming that there are many amateurs ... -
Vietnam casinos may get local gamblers in state revenue push
Vietnam is drawing closer to allowing its citizens to gamble in the nation’s casinos as the government tries to boost revenue and compete for regional gaming ... -
Corporate Bits | Melco invites youth volunteers to distribute mooncakes
It is a tradition for employees of Melco Crown Entertainment to donate their mooncakes given by the company to the Macau community every year before the ... -
HONG KONG | Occupy Central activists to protest Beijing poll plan
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists plan to rally on Sunday against China’s proposal for electing the city’s next leader that campaigners expect will fall short of their ... -
HK graft cops raid pro-democracy media boss’s home
Hong Kong anti-corruption police yesterday searched the home of a pro-democracy media magnate who is an outspoken critic of Beijing. Wielding search warrants, officers from the ... -
SOUTH KOREA | A flavor out of favor: Dog meat fades
For more than 30 years, chef and restaurant owner Oh Keum-il built her expertise in cooking one traditional South Korean delicacy: dog meat. In her twenties, ... -
Girls from Brazil’s favelas find escape in ballet
More than 20 girls from a rough Sao Paulo neighborhood known as crackland are learning the graceful art of ballet. The time they spent focused on ... -
Meta and mad, ‘The Congress’ is a trip
Very soon, this whole structure that we all love so much will be gone,” prophesies Danny Huston’s wide-grinning movie studio head in Ari Folman’s “The Congress.” ... -
EBOLA OUTBREAK | UN: Cases could eventually reach 20,000
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than six times as many as doctors know about now, the World Health Organization ... -
Author’s ode to crosswords is right on the mark
If you love solving crosswords, you know how it feels to be in the fraternity. There’s the rush of matching wits with a mysterious puzzle-maker, the ... -
Grande’s ‘My Everything’ is everything
This is how you follow up an impressive debut: simply step into the recording booth, and be amazing yet again. Maybe it’s easier said than done, ... -
UKRAINE | President: ‘Russian forces have entered’
Ukraine’s president called an emergency meeting of the nation’s security council and canceled a foreign trip yesterday, declaring that “Russian forces have entered Ukraine,” as concerns ... -
NEWS OF THE WORLD | Girls from Brazil’s favelas find escape in ballet
Past the graffiti-covered overpass and subway tracks, in a slum penned in by high-rises, 8-year-old Gabriela Aparecida fixes her curly hair into a bun as she ... -
this day in history: 2005 Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans
Hurricane Katrina is pummeling New Orleans with howling gusts and blinding rain, after sweeping ashore over the southern Louisiana coast. The storm has knocked out power ... -
Friday, August 29, 2014 – edition no. 2140
* Vietnam casinos may get local gamblers * ANM marches against ‘small circle’ election on Sunday * IACM’s restructuring process is underway * Low financial input ... -
Offbeat | Utah approves winery in town with polygamous sect
A town on the Utah-Arizona border largely controlled by Warren Jeffs’ polygamous sect moved closer to opening its first commercial winery, a new venture and a ... -
GOLF | Venetian Macau Open | Ernie Els looking to get more wins next year
With a career spanning over two decades, renowned South African golf player Ernie Els is looking to get more wins under his belt next year, he ... -
Platini: Europe deserves 1 extra World Cup place
Europe deserves an extra team at the next World Cup, UEFA President Michel Platini said yesterday. Platini pledged to ask FIFA for the extra spot because ...
