Author: Renato Marques, MDT
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Crime | Civil servant loses over MOP230,000 in cryptocurrency investment scam
A woman in her twenties has reportedly lost the equivalent of 232,617 patacas in a scam involving investments in cryptocurrency, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed yesterday ... -
Taxi driver involved in drunk driving accident, abandons motorcyclist
A 38-year-old taxi driver has been accused of three crimes associated with a traffic accident involving a motorcyclist in which he was driving under the influence ... -
Association celebrates 4th anniversary with a step towards UNESCO listing
The Macau Guia Ciruit Promotion and Development Association (APDCGM) is holding an art exhibition as part of its promotional activities to highlight the Guia circuit, and ... -
Policy Address | Angela Leong wants to lower criminal responsibility age to 12 years
Lawmaker Angela Leong has proposed that the age of criminal responsibility in Macau be lowered to 12 years old. The proposal was made during the plenary ... -
Policy Address | National security in spotlight sparking divergent opinions
National security was one of the topics that sparked debate and opinions from the lawmakers during the debate on the Policy Address 2021 (LAG2021) for the ... -
Policy Address | Crime to be tackled with education and technology
Lawmakers are concerned about the increase of some types of crimes over the past nine months. Topping the concerns are the sexual abuse of children as ... -
Policy Address | IPIM case halted over 600 applications from progressing
The court case involving the unlawful granting of residency by several high-ranked officials from the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) has caused over ... -
Pedro Chiang’s lawyer says news of detention for extradition is a fallacy
The lawyer representing businessman Pedro Chiang has clarified the news aired on some local media outlets that his client had been arrested in Portugal and is ... -
Sun Yingsha and Ma Long crowned in WTT Macao
Sun Yingsha in the female section and Ma Long in the male category won the World Table Tennis Macau (WTT Macao) event yesterday evening. After five ... -
New bill aims to increase mobility for permanent teachers
A new bill that aims to amend Decree-Law 67/99/M, which establishes the general rules for teaching staff at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), as ... -
WTT Macao | players outside Top 8 kick off tournament
The first-ever World Table Tennis (WTT) event kicked off yesterday at Macau’s Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. Doing the honors of the event opening were the players ... -
CTM to invest MOP2b in 5G infrastructure
Telecommunications company Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau (CTM) is ready to invest around 2 billion patacas in the city’s 5G network, the company’s Vice President for ... -
Local entrepreneur and artist join forces to take art into daily life
The man behind local skate and snowboard shop EXIT, Jolian Chan, and the famous artist Konstantin Bessmertny have joined forces to present a new concept that ... -
Our Desk | Policy versus Execution
Mid-November is historically the time for the year’s review and assessment and, in regard to Macau, for the government to announce the new policies to be ... -
Macau ‘King’ Huff dethroned by stewards’ decision
British touring car racer Rob Huff received a late penalty from the racing stewards panel, which resulted in the loss of his 10th Macau Guia Race ... -
GT Cup: Polemic decision hands victory to Ye Hongli
The stewards panel’s polemic decision on the results of Saturday’s qualification race, which pushed Hong Kong’s Darryl O’Young back in the starting grid by 10 places ... -
Charles Leong wins first-ever F4 race in Macau
Macau racer Charles Leong has fulfilled predictions and won the Macau Grand Prix Formula 4 (F4) race. Leong showed clear dominance as the fastest driver on ... -
Macau ‘King’ Huff dethroned by Stewards’ decision
British touring car racer Rob Huff got a late penalty handed by the racing Stewards panel which resulted in the loss of his 10th Macau Guia ... -
Charles Leong wins first-ever F4 race in Macau
Macau racer Charles Leong confirmed the prospects and won the Macau Grand Prix Formula 4 (F4) race. Leong showed clear dominance all over the weekend in ... -
Policy Address | 5G not for all, CE warns
The implementation in Macau of the fifth-generation wireless network (5G) is one of the projects that the government is paying significant attention to regarding the infrastructure ... -
Crime | Student assaults teacher as revenge for bad grading
A 23-year-old university student, a resident from the mainland who is studying at a higher education institution located in Taipa, is being charged in connection to ... -
On the road to GP: Interview | Charles Leong, Macau F4 racer | ‘I am looking forward to winning the Macau F4 race’
Macau race driver Charles Leong will be contesting this year’s Macau Grand Prix (GP). Already a customary participant of the Formula 3 GP, Leong will be ... -
Gaming debt leads to a series of crimes
A 41-year-old woman from the mainland has faced serious complications after lending HKD200,000 to a man, also from the mainland, whom she met on an ... -
Formula 4: On the road to gp | The first step into the limelight
In a year where the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of everyone no matter where they are located, turning traveling into an exhausting task or ... -
Policy Address | Ho sees Covid-19 vaccine as a way back to normality
The Chief Executive (CE), Ho Iat Seng, said that the economic recovery of the local economy, and with it, the solution for the problems and pressures ... -
Policy Address | Gov’t not cutting any social support to the population
The government has not reduced any of the social support measures to the citizens in the Policy Address for 2021 (LAG2021), the Chief Executive (CE) Ho ... -
Mega sports event allowed to be held per month in 2021, two per gaming operator
Sports tourism is one of the major policies that has come from the Policy Address of 2021 (LAG2021) and is set for concrete implementation this year. ... -
Policy Address | CE warns residents to brace themselves for 2021
The current economic and social situation is not likely to show significant improvement in the next year, forecasted Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng during yesterday’s ... -
On the road to gp | Interview | Nicholas Lai: Living a childhood dream
An illustrious unknown for those unfamiliar with the local motorsports’ panorama, Macau’s Nicholas Lai is set to move from the virtuality of the racing simulators to ... -
77-year-old dies by suspected suicide in nursing home
A 77-year-old local resident has reportedly committed suicide by hanging in the bathroom of his room at a nursing home located in Taipa, the Judiciary ... -
Grand Prix kicks off with car show
The 67th edition of the Macau Grand Prix was officially inaugurated on Saturday with the launching of a racing car show at Tap Seac Square. As ... -
Vintage car show enlivens St. Lazarus District
A vintage car show presenting several generations of the famous Celica and Supra car models from Japanese manufacturer Toyota enlivened St. Lazarus District area on Saturday ... -
Lawmakers probe gov’t on budget defiance to Basic Law
Lawmakers of the First Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) have questioned the government regarding the 2021 budget bill, which presents a deficit due to ... -
Education suffers MOP1 billion cut in 2021
The education sector will face a 1 billion pataca cut in 2021, as per the 2021 Budget bill presented by the government. The bill, currently under ... -
Macau to showcase debut of Table Tennis ‘Champions League’
Macau will be the stage for the world debut of a brand-new international table tennis competition, the World Table Tennis (WTT). The event was presented yesterday ...
