Author: Paulo Coutinho, MDT
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Editorial | Uncle Stanley
Stanley Ho has been a household name in Macau and East Asia for seven decades. His trade: gambling, although, as the legend goes, he never gambled ... -
Grant Bowie resigns from MGM China top posts
MGM China has announced today (Monday) that Grant Bowie will retire from the position of Chief Executive Officer, effective May 31. In a filing with the ... -
Policy address | Macau to negotiate tourism trade with Guangdong
The Macau government plans to negotiate a resumption in the tourism trade with its counterparts in the provincial government of neighboring Guangdong. Chief Executive Ho Iat ... -
Editorial | Small to micro support
Secretary Lei Wai Nong announced yesterday the details of the new Covid-19 relief fund which amounts to 13.6 billion patacas overall, on top of the previously ... -
12th coronavirus case confirmed in Macau: report
A Spanish citizen who arrived yesterday (Monday) to Macau at around 8 pm, flying from Europe via Beijing tested positive for Covid-19. The 47-year-old businessman was ... -
The Latest: Vegas casinos and resorts to close amid pandemic
The Latest on financial markets (all times local): 10:00 a.m. The owners of iconic Las Vegas casinos such as Bellagio and Wynn Las Vegas are shutting ... -
Editorial | Eight weeks
It’s eight weeks since the first contagion of the new virus was detected in Macau. Over this period the community has given a tremendous example to ... -
Mission Hubei: 57 Macau residents arrived at Taipa airport
Fifty-seven Macau residents, out of a total of 31 households, have arrived safely today (Saturday) at the Taipa airport at around 6:20pm. They all have already ... -
Wuhan rescue mission | 60 Macau residents to land tomorrow afternoon
Tomorrow, a group of about 60 Macau residents will be brought back to the SAR from Hubei province in a rescue operation organized by the local ... -
Editorial | Small ain’t pretty
The concept of the SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) in Macau should be used cautiously because over 80 percent of our incorporations are actually small or ... -
Editorial | The dawn of a new era?
Nothing will be the same after the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus that infected mainland China and the world with an epidemic disease (recently dubbed Covid-19), ... -
New virus has infected more than 43,000 people globally
A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 43,000 people globally. The latest figures reported by global health authorities as of today (Tuesday) ... -
Italy: two confirmed coronavirus cases, Macau tourist tested negative
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said two coronavirus patients are currently in isolation in a Rome hospital and moved to cancel flights to and from China. ... -
China flying home residents of virus-afflicted region
BEIJING — China’s foreign ministry said today (Friday) it will send charter flights to bring home residents of virus-afflicted region from overseas. The one-sentence statement gave ... -
Wuhan virus death toll rises to 170, transmission a concern
BEIJING — The death toll rose to 170 in the new virus outbreak in China today (Thursday) as foreign evacuees from the worst-hit region begin returning ... -
Editorial | ‘Poster boy’ turns 20
“Patriotic education lays a solid social and political foundation for Macau to implement the ‘one country, two systems’ principle and guides its practice to always proceed ... -
Editorial | Deafening silence
Over 2.9 million people of Hong Kong cast their vote in Sunday’s district council elections, the highest turnout ever in the sister SAR’s history – in ... -
Editorial | Be bold to live
The secret of enjoying life to the full is to “get out of the comfort zone,” Jolian, a young Macau entrepreneur and skater told the Times ... -
Editorial | Carrie on
The deadline imposed by legislators and activists for Hong Kong’s government to meet demands for the withdrawal of the controversial extradition legislation and for Carrie Lam ... -
Lawrence Ho | Melco’s investment in Australia aimed at ‘taking Japan’
The chairman and CEO of Melco Resorts and Entertainment said that the acquisition of a 20% stake in Australia’s Crown Resorts is a leap in the ... -
Editorial | Atonement
The greatest difficulty China has in revisiting the June 4, 1989 episode has a name attached to it: Deng Xiaoping. The ‘architect’ of the “open door” ... -
4 questions to… Jorge Menezes: ‘This sentence turns the whole purpose of the law upside down’
Macau Daily Times (MDT) – The Court of First Instance yesterday found Scott Chiang guilty as charged but reduced the fine penalty. How do you read ... -
Editorial | Senhor Presidente
Paulo Coutinho In an interview published in these pages, lawyer Paulo Cardinal summons up the sentiment of many of us in Macau that Portugal has been ... -
Exclusive Interview | Paulo Cardinal: ‘I will not be disposed of like chewing gum’
Veteran advisor Paulo Cardinal who was dispensed by the Legislative Assembly in August last year without plausible cause breaks the silence and in an interview with ... -
Paulo Cardinal: Portugal should be vigilant on Macau
Veteran jurist Paulo Cardinal who was dismissed by the Legislative Assembly in August last year without plausible cause breaks the silence and in an interview with ... -
Exclusive interview | Consul General Alexandre Giorgini: There are ‘romantic and historical links between France and Macau’
Alexandre Giorgini is a happy man in the place he was meant to be, since coming to China was a long-time aspiration. In his maiden interview ... -
Editorial | Chief puzzle
Heavyweight politician Edmund Ho made a rare and strong public appearance last week in a checks and balances convenium of Macau representatives’ work at the “two ... -
Editorial | The great ‘bray’ area
The vagueness of the 11-chapter document [on the Greater Bay Area] suggests that officials will struggle to realize the initiative’s goals,” said recently Yue Su, China ... -
Cage (not) leaving Macau: ‘I would love to shoot here!’
It was right after his masterclass on Sunday that we were able to “flash” interview Nicolas Cage. During the one-hour class moderated by Mike Goodridge and ... -
MDT Exclusive: Mike Goodridge, IFFAM Artistic director | ‘There is a really exciting movement in China cinema’
The craftmanship of a film festival is intertwined with its city, its community, and its film industry, projecting the best international cinema in Macau and taking ... -
The fake history of BoBo | Flora memorial wrongly attributes date of bear rescue
The plaque near the statue of Bobo the Asian black bear wrongly reads that it was rescued “in the summer of 1984.” A news clipping of ... -
Macau FIA F3: Horrific accident at Lisboa bend suspended the race
FIA Formula 3 Grand Prix was halted in the first laps after a double accident at Lisboa bend. In one case, one of the cars flew ... -
Macau Motorcycle GP: Hickman, Rutter cruise to win race, three laps short
British driver Peter Hickman won the Motorcycle Grand Prix for the third time today (Saturday), followed by fellow countryman Michael Rutter. The race was interrupted at ... -
IPIM president under probe for alleged corruption, suspended from office
IPIM president Jackson Chan The President of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Jackson Chang, is under criminal investigation for alleged irregularities regarding the ... -
MDT Interview | Leonel Alves: Almeida Correia’s bid ‘positive and courageous’
Former lawmaker Leonel Alves, a heavyweight in the legal and political community, is throwing his support behind the list of incumbents at the Lawyers Association (AAM) ...
