Author: Renato Marques, MDT
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DSEDJ brushes off responsibility over rainstorm signals
The Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ) refuted yesterday any responsibility over the timing of weather condition warnings for parents and schools. Speaking to the media ... -
Gov’t claims no increase in requests for help on students’ mental health
The director of the Centre of Psycho-pedagogical Support and Special Education from the Education and Youth Development Bureau (DSEDJ), Chow Pui Leng, said to the media ... -
Public Funding | Sonia Chan admits discrepancy between laws and reality
The laws that regulate the use of public funds granted to associations are currently obsolete and ineffective, the coordinator of the Office for the Planning and ... -
Crime | Non-resident worker steals motorcycle for ‘fun’
A 60-year-old non-resident worker from the mainland working as a security guard for a commercial store has been detained by the police after taking a ... -
Crime | Man accused of domestic violence for threatening wife
A 65-year-old man, a local resident working as a driver, is being accused of domestic violence after he allegedly repeatedly threatened and abused his wife, the ... -
Crime | Bad Taobao purchase goes up in flames
A group of three youngsters became involved in a case of arson after one of them decided to burn a pair of sneakers he had ... -
Covid-19 | Health authorities disregard EU travel ‘white list’
Local health authorities are not taking into account the inclusion of Macau on European Union’s (EU) list of countries and regions, which are safe for travel ... -
Easing border restrictions with Hong Kong to be a progressive system
As the neighboring region Hong Kong reaches 14 consecutive days without new Covid-19 cases in the community, questions arise about how the government will ease the ... -
Elections 2021 | CAEAL approves 13 of 16 lists for direct elections, six are under consideration
The Electoral Affairs Commission for the Legislative Assembly Election (CAEAL) has so far analyzed 16 candidate lists submitted for the Legislative Assembly (AL) elections in September. ... -
Lawmakers demand support for cross-border workers, students
Lawmakers Ho Ion Sang, Ella Lei, and Wong Kit Cheng expressed concerns on Wednesday over the recent border-crossing regulations requiring commuters to take Nucleic Acid Tests ... -
Ng Kuok Cheong urges gov’t to postpone gaming licenses tender for another two years
Lawmaker Ng Kuok Cheong has urged the government to postpone the public tender for new gaming licenses for a period of two years in a statement ... -
Lawmakers urge gov’t to act on flooding, illegal wastewater dumping
Several lawmakers used the period before the agenda yesterday at the Legislative Assembly to call on the government to find real solutions to prevent flooding in ... -
Pereira Coutinho loses appeal to plenary on rejected law proposal
Lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho once again made a proposal to establish a regime that would allow workers associations to represent and fight for workers’ rights, only ... -
Authorities are ‘bending the rules’ to claim illegal assembly, Scott Chiang says
Pro-democracy activist and candidate to this year’s Legislative Assembly elections, Scott Chiang, thinks that judiciary authorities were bending the rules when they found him guilty for ... -
Covid-19 | Gov’t prepares for mass testing
Although mass testing for Covid-19 for the whole population is not yet a certainty, local health authorities have not dismissed the possibility, stating that a plan ... -
400 residents booked for Covid-19 test after dining at local restaurant
Around 400 people have registered with the Health Bureau as having dined at the restaurant, where the non-resident worker (TNR) who was identified as a close ... -
Covid-19 | New batch of around 10,000 mRNA vaccines arriving this weekend
A new batch of approximately 10,000 mRNA vaccines from BioNTech will arrive at Macau over the weekend, the medical director from the Conde de São Januário ... -
Covid-19 | Health authorities change strategy, stop reporting light AEFI
From last weekend, local health authorities have stopped reporting light adverse events following immunization (AEFI), the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center informed in a statement. ... -
Foreign guards left out in career progression mechanism
The new career statute of the prison guards does not include any mechanism for the progression of foreign prison guards. They will continue to be limited ... -
Bus with local tourists crashes in Yunnan; one seriously injured
A tour bus has reportedly crashed and rolled over during a tour at Yunnan province. Onboard was a tour group that included 10 local residents. ... -
2020 GBA air quality report shows improvement, gov’t says
The air quality report jointly produced by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Pearl River Delta Regional Air Quality Monitoring Network recorded an improvement in air quality in 2020 ... -
Patuá Theatre, Macanese gastronomy newly listed in Intangible Cultural Heritage of China
Macau’s Patuá-language Theatre has been included among the distinguished list of cultural artefacts on the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the People’s Republic of China, the Times ... -
CPU members hold varied opinions on Urban Master Plan
A total of 19 members of the Urban Planning Committee (CPU) submitted to the CPU yesterday their opinions on the draft of the Urban Master Plan. ... -
Changes to health code causing disruption, elderly and children most affected
Yesterday’s implementation of stricter guidelines, enforcing more rigorous health code checking in most establishments, including hotels, restaurants and food and beverage establishments, bars and similar venues ... -
New Macau accuses gov’t of rushing proposal that ‘shakes Macau’s foundations’
The New Macau Association (ANM) is categorically against the proposal, recently addressed by the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) third standing committee, that aims to ease the conditions ... -
New mandate at AL is a decision from citizens, Sou says
The possibility of being re-elected for a new mandate as a lawmaker at the Legislative Assembly (AL) is a matter that requires evaluation and is a ... -
Covid-19 | SAFP warns all public services to reinforce prevention measures
The Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau (SAFP) has issued a notice calling on all public services and government departments to place increased attention on ... -
Crime | Stolen credit card data cases continue to rise
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has received another four complaints related to illegal use of credit card data for the acquisition of goods or services on the ... -
Covid-19 | Age ceiling for BioNTech jab to be reduced from 16 to 12 years
Adolescents aged 12 years and above will soon be included in the group of people eligible to be inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccine in Macau, health ... -
Urban Master Plan | Experts express contradictory opinions on how it safeguards local heritage
Conflicting opinions on how the new Urban Master Plan safeguards Macau’s heritage and identity became the basis of a debate held during an event organized by ... -
University Rankings | MUST and UM continue in Asia’s 100 best in 2021
The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) and the University of Macau (UM) continue to place among the 100 best university institutions in Asia, according ... -
Pansy Ho continues to reduce participation in MGM Resorts International
The co-chairperson and executive director of gaming operator MGM China Holdings Ltd (MGM) Pansy Ho is continuing on her path of reducing MGM’s participation in the ... -
IC holds meeting to prepare for typhoon season
Anticipating the peak of the typhoon season in Macau, the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) held a meeting with officials in charge of several cultural and heritage ... -
MP delegation visits Beijing’s judicial bodies to discuss cooperation, security
A delegation from the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) led by the Prosecutor-general, Ip Son Sang, has recently toured Beijing, visiting several judicial bodies including the Supreme ... -
Crime | New shop assistant burgles shop safe box to repay debt
A 24-year-old male local resident, recently hired by a store in Cotai, was found to have taken HKD60,000 from the workplace safe box, the Public Security ...
