Author: Renato Marques, MDT
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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 ... -
Neto Valente accuses top judge of being ‘judge in his own cause’
The Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) president Jorge Neto Valente has accused the president of the Court of Final Appeal (TUI) and of the Council of the ... -
Lawyers’ opinions diverge over judicial ‘clash of the titans’
As the exchange of accusations and criticism between veteran Macau lawyer and president of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) Jorge Neto Valente, and the president ... -
Macau to host international table tennis event this month
Macau will host of a series of World Table Tennis (WTT) events, which will take place from November 25 to 29. According to a release ... -
Lawyers raise doubts over online legal help platform
The Macau Lawyers Association (AAM) is assessing the legality of online legal advisory platform “eAskLaw,” said the president of AAM, Jorge Neto Valente, during an interview ... -
Boao Forum | 5G technology brings new opportunities worldwide
The fifth generation of wireless communication (5G) and how this technology is promoting new opportunities in both developed and developing countries was the topic of discussion ... -
Q&A: Rodrigo Brum Deputy Secretary-General of Forum Macao | ‘Forum Macao has accomplished much, but challenges remain to coordinate member states’
Rodrigo Brum, Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao appointed by the Portuguese-speaking countries, completed his extended term at the organization this week. In ... -
Fire Services report drop in response services this year
The Fire Services Bureau (CB) has reported a drop in all its services during the first nine months of this year, partly due to the reduction ... -
IC official wins appeal over 30-day suspension
A department head from the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has won an appeal to the Court of Second Instance (TSI) over a decision by former Chief ... -
Latin American Festival adjusts to pandemic by suspending food festival
The 8th Latin American Cultural Festival in Macau kicked off yesterday with a ceremony held at the Macau Tower. This year, the festival was forced to ... -
Another typhoon threatens to affect Macau later this week
A tropical depression currently developing to the east of the Philippines will enter the South China Sea in the next few days and intensify later in ... -
Youngster accused of profiting from prostitution
A local 22-year-old male has been arrested by the Public Security Police Force (PSP) under suspicion of aiding and profiting from the work of at least ... -
PJ arrests suspect in fake loan-sharking case
A 36-year-old man from the mainland has been arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) while attempting to reenter Macau. He was detained on the suspicion of ... -
Our Desk | The Grand Prix of Ignorance
In less than a month, Macau will host the largest annual event in the city and one of the largest events in all of Asia – ... -
China to legalize gambling in 10 years, expert predicts
China could be on the verge of progressively legalizing gambling activities in parts of the country besides Hong Kong and Macau over the next 10 ... -
Teams informed 54th Motorcycle GP officially canceled
The 54th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix initially scheduled to take place in November during the Macau Grand Prix has been canceled, participants told the Times. According ... -
More local SMEs to participate in investment fair
The Macao International Trade and Investment Fair (MIF) will see an increase in participation from local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Macao Trade and ... -
Construction sector sees notable growth in companies, staff in 2019
The Macau construction sector ended 2019 with a decline in receipts of 2.3% year-on-year to MOP53.29 billion, the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) found through ... -
G2E Asia | China-US tensions could create operational problems for concessionaires
CEO and owner of Global Betting & Gaming Consultants (GBGC), Warwick Bartlett, considers it almost certain that all six gaming concessionaires will continue under the next ... -
G2E Asia | Not granting US gaming concessions an ‘act of self-harm,’ gaming expert says
The denial of new licenses for the U.S.-owned gaming concessionaires operating in Macau in the upcoming tender would be an “act of self-harm,” said the CEO ... -
IMF forecasts economy to shrink by 52.3%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has updated its forecast of the performance of Macau’s economy this year. According to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook for Macau, ... -
Exclusion of TNRs in new Hac Sa BBQ rules trigger public criticism
The announcement by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) of the rules that will regulate the reopening of the barbecue (BBQ) facilities at the Hac Sa Beach ... -
Gov’t tightens measures to Qingdao in response to an outbreak
Macau will not allow people arriving from Qingdao in Shandong province to enter the city without undergoing medical observation and a 14-day quarantine from today onwards, ... -
Defense ‘only partially pleased’ with court sentence, may appeal
The defense lawyer of the former president of the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Jackson Chang, is only “partially pleased” with the sentence ... -
Lawmaker Coutinho highlights laws requiring urgent revision
José Pereira Coutinho claims several of the region’s laws require urgent revision, beginning with the Consumer Protection Law. The lawmaker made this argument during an evaluation ... -
Local racers top F4 China races in preparation for Macau GP
Macau racers Charles Leong (Smart Life) and Andy Chang (Chengdu Tianfu International Circuit) topped the podiums of all four races of the Chinese Formula 4 (F4) ... -
Lawmakers submit new trade union bill to AL
Lawmakers José Pereira Coutinho and Sulu Sou yesterday submitted a new version of a bill that proposes to establish a Trade Union Law in Macau. The ... -
Local couple accused of perpetrating HKD10 million chips scam
A local couple has been detained on the charge of carrying out a scam involving HKD10 million in casino chips, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed yesterday ... -
Suspect detained in HKD800,000 counterfeit money scam
A 33-year-old man from the mainland was detained by the Judiciary Police (PJ) as one of three suspects involved in a HKD800,000 counterfeit banknote fraud case. ... -
Sulu Sou concerned about school subsidies
Pro-democracy lawmaker Sulu Sou is concerned about the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) lack of supervisory capacity, due to the high amount of subsidies that ... -
Macau’s platform role aligned with national ‘dual-cycle’ strategy
Macau will make good use of its role as a platform to serve China’s “dual-cycle” development pattern, the Chief Executive (CE) Ho Iat Seng, said in ... -
Gov’t disagrees with TSI decision on Taipa land plot
The government is not satisfied with the decision reached by the Court of Second Instance (TSI) on a land plot located in Taipa, the Secretary for ... -
PSP finds illegal immigrant said to have climbed Hengqin wall
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) has apprehended a 60-year-old mainland man who came to Macau illegally after he climbed the wall that separates the campus ... -
Portuguese man accused of drunk driving, ‘hit and run’
A Portuguese man in his 50s, a non-resident worker in Macau, has been found to have committed two crimes related to drunk driving and a ‘hit ...
