‘Aerial arts’ local community growing with new studio’s opening

A group of aerial and yoga practitioners recently opened a studio downtown in a bid to boost its community in the region. Zoe de Vilhena, who

Furor over gene-altered babies deepens with project halted

The Chinese researcher who claims to have created the world’s first genetically-altered babies revealed a possible second pregnancy had resulted from his project, highlighting the dilemmas facing

Pescod: Gov’t pivotal in boosting arts, cultural industry

Several jurisdictions across different regions are considering how to enhance their communities through cultural and creative industries, says Duncan Pescod, director of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.

Mainland, Macau ink new agreement on air transport

The aeronautical authorities of mainland China and Macau signed the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on air transport yesterday in Beijing. According to a statement issued

Policy Address | Many questions to Leong, most left unanswered

On the second day of the policy address for the Secretariat of Economy and Finance, the cascade of questions to Lionel Leong continued as in the previous

Religious persecution | Woman describes torture, beatings in Chinese detention camp

A member of the Uighur minority yesterday detailed torture and abuse she says she experienced in one of the internment camps where the Chinese government has detained hundreds

Mars touchdown: NASA spacecraft survives supersonic plunge

Minutes after touching down on Mars, NASA’s InSight spacecraft sent back a “nice and dirty” snapshot of its new digs. Yet the dust-speckled image looked like

Crime | Local student commits multiple house robberies

A 19-year-old local student has been charged with aggravated robbery after he was identified as the main suspect in two recently reported house robberies, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed

Macau Grand Prix | Severe crash won’t stop Flörsch from coming back

Seventeen-year-old racing driver Sophia Flörsch says that her severe crash during the Macau Grand Prix weekend won’t stop her from coming back next year. Flörsch’s single-seater

Dog dies due to ‘mild power leakage’

A dog was found dead nearby a lamp post at St. Augustine Square on Sunday evening. In a statement issued yesterday, CEM said that its technicians “found that a

Policy Address | Leong highlights ‘Good Effects’ of economy measures, more to come

To present in a more detailed way the economic measures planned by the government in 2019, Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong started by positively

Obituary | Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci dies at 77

Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with “The Last Emperor” and whose erotic drama “Last Tango in Paris” enthralled and shocked the world, died yesterday. He

Tired of ‘stalling’ gov’t, Sou to introduce own minimum wage bill

New Macau Association has released an eight- point statement laying out arguments for lawmaker Sulu Sou’s new minimum wage bill that will be submitted to the Legislative

Demonstrators oppose holiday amendment proposal

Some 300 residents participated in a demonstration yesterday calling on the government to withdraw the controversial “three in four” proposal. Demonstrators, despite the rain,

Policy Address | Sonia Chan announces plan to restructure gov’t departments

On the second day of the policy address for the Secretariat for Administration and Justice, Secretary Sonia Chan announced  the government’s intention to restructure more than a

Taiwan | Ruling party suffers major defeat in local elections

Taiwan’s ruling party was handed a major defeat in local elections Saturday that were seen as a referendum on the administration of the island’s independence-leaning president amid

Japan | Osaka to host 2025 World Expo, beating Russian city

The Japanese city of Osaka will host the World Expo in 2025, after beating out cities in Russia and Azerbaijan in the race to host an

New Central Library | Marreiros denies plagiarism claims

Architect Carlos Marreiros yesterday denied allegations of plagiarism regarding the façade of his project, the New Macau Central Library, which bears similarities with an award-winning auditorium built

Sonia Chan’s Policy Address for 2019 more a review of 2018

The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan was yesterday at the Legislative Assembly (AL) to present her Policy Address for the fiscal year of 2019, following

Q&A | Kris Kaminsky | General manager of Four Seasons Hotel Macao: New phase of Four Seasons targets to be city’s ‘Premier Product’

Themed “Superhero,” the hotel is expecting some 300 participants this year, with funds donated to Kiang Wu Hospital for cancer research initiatives and Evangelize China Fellowship

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