Policy Adress | Administration and Justice: Lawmakers criticize top officials’ accountability system

The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, along with several department leaders from her secretariat, were present at the Legislative Assembly (AL) to

Ho suggests reviewing car maintenance regulations

Lawmaker Ho Ion Sang claimed that the government did not implement substantial actions in relation to livelihood issues, a topic the government has made many promises

Chinese tourists spend slightly more

Tourists’ total spending in Macau (excluding gaming expenses) amounted to MOP15.93 billion in the third quarter of 2017, up by 8.8 percent year-on- year and 15.9

Gaming | Cryptocurrency | Dragon Corp CEO denies involvement of Broken Tooth

The CEO of Dragon Corp., the company that wants to build a USD300 million floating cryptocurrency casino in Macau, has denied that the territory’s most notorious

Bitcoin falls on USD31 million peer hack

Bitcoin slipped from a record after the USD31 million theft of a cryptocurrency peer renewed concern about the security of digital coins. The company behind tether,

Gaming | Analyst : GGR won’t recover before 2020

Analyst Grant Govertsen has predicted that Macau’s gross gaming revenues (GGR) are unlikely to return to their pre-recession levels before the current concessionaire agreements end between

Briefs | CCM hosts Children’s Choir Annual Concert

The Macau Cultural Centre (CCM) announced it will present its Children’s Choir Annual Concert on December 17. According to a press release issued by CCM, “from

Cancellation of taxi licenses is a measure to consider, Wong says

The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak acknowledged yesterday that increasing penalties for taxi drivers’ legal infractions will be considered. The possibility of the transgressors having their taxi

Crime rate drops slightly, arson cases surge

The latest crime statistics and law enforcement data for the first three quarters of 2017 were presented to the media in a press conference held at the 

Sou case neither ‘politically motivated’ nor ‘unique’

Although it was not mentioned by any of the media who attended the press conference yesterday, Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak sought to explain and

Offbeat | Town moves man’s loudspeaker broadcast of taps to local park

A Pennsylvania town has reached a detente over a former councilman’s broadcast of taps through loudspeakers at his home, which had caused complaints and lawsuit threats. The Glen Rock

AL Plenary | War of words at the Legislative Assembly

The tensions from the last couple of weeks between newly elected lawmaker Sulu Sou and some lawmakers, (namely the appointed ones and those from the most conservative

CRIME | Three more people fall for phone scams

The Judiciary Police (PJ), in a joint police conference yesterday, reported three more phone scams, in which three people suffered financial losses.

Sands China celebrates 10 years of Venetian Macao

Sands China celebrated the 10th anniversary of The Venetian Macao yesterday, highlighted by a ceremony at the resort’s outdoor lagoon. Guests enjoyed a masquerade grand parade featuring

Education | IPM hosts delegation from Coimbra University

The Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) and a group of representatives from the University of Coimbra in Portugal recently discussed methods to strengthen ties with Portuguese tertiary

DSE detects four problematic disaster relief applications

Macao Economic Services (DSE) has found four applications for the special financial supports offered by the Macau government to the SMEs in the wake of Typhoon Hato

GP organizers will not consider canceling motorcycle race

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam says that the Macau Grand Prix organization will not consider cancelling motorcycle races during the MGP event schedule.

Media | IFJ grants affiliation to local press association

The Macau Portuguese and English Press Association (AIPIM) is now an associate member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), becoming the first Macau journalists’ association

Yemen | World Food Program fears more deaths amid blockade

The head of the World Food Program in Yemen said yesterday that millions of Yemenis face the risk of more deaths as aid deliveries cannot get to

Education | University of Macau appoints new rector

Yonghua Song has been appointed the ninth rector of the University of Macau (UM) and will assume office on January 9, 2018. The University

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