The Buzz | Duterte fires VP from anti-drug post weeks after offering it

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has fired the vice president from a lead role in his anti-drug crackdown just weeks after she accepted the post and vowed to make a campaign

Michael Bloomberg launches Democratic presidential bid

Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president. Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican

World Briefs

TAIWAN Filmmaker Ang Lee says China’s boycott of Taiwan’s Golden Horse film awards demonstrates how politics can take its toll on the arts. Beijing’s order to give Saturday night’s awards

Rear Window | Squaring the circle

Hong Kong is apparently at its direst crossroads, stranded between Beijing’s resolve to restore order in the SAR and the symbolic strength Hongkonger foot protesters still manage to put up

Monday, November 25, 2019 – edition no. 3423

  * Democrats claim victory in HK’s ‘barometer election’ * Sole candidate takes 89% of votes in Macau’s small election * Singapore team crowned MGM lion dance champions * The Macau International Airport is

Massive turnout in Hong Kong vote seen as protest referendum

Voters in Hong Kong turned out in droves today (Sunday) in district council elections seen as a barometer of public support for pro-democracy protests that have rocked the semi-autonomous Chinese

Largest-ever Light Festival to target international visitors

Entering its fifth year, the Macao Light Festival will be larger than ever before, covering a total of 15 locations across Macau in four different

Education | Schools may need to repay subsidies if they collapse

The Bill of the Non-Tertiary Private Education Statute has no stipulations on how government subsidies should be handled if a school collapses or becomes profitable, the

Tourism committee targets creation of diverse products

The Tourism Development Committee (CDT) is targeting the creation of more multi-destination tourism products in Macau and other cities in the Greater Bay Area, as discussed on

Visitor arrivals surpass 3.2 million in October

Visitor arrivals surpassed 3.2 million in October 2019, according to the latest data from the Statistics and Census Service, up by 1.8% year-on-year. The

Arts | Musical is a search for identity, say performers in Mr Shi and His Lover

Each and every performance rendered by the actor portraying Mr Shi in the musical “Mr Shi and His Lover”, now playing at the Macau Cultural Center,

Gastronomy | Sands China kicks off F&B culinary exchange series

Sands China Ltd. has been holding the Sands China Academy – Fostering Collaboration to Incubate F&B Talent Series since Wednesday, aiming to boost local talent in the

Briefs | Concrete falls from PSP academy building, damages cars

Loose concrete from a building belonging to the public security force has fallen to the ground and damaged three cars. Earlier this week, at the Academy of Public

Sulu Sou asks about limits on immigration

Lawmaker Sulu Sou has written an interpellation to the local government asking about Macau’s immigration policy and more specifically, about limits on immigration. In the third quarter

Courts | TSI confirms decision on expiration of four land plots

The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has confirmed an administrative decision taken by the Secretary for Transport and Public Works regarding the expiration of the concession

Government to award brand new organization for bravery

Three senior public servants and a new organization, which has not yet completed a single mission, will receive awards for their hard work and bravery today.

HK holdout protester | ‘No surrender, no regrets’

Pale and thin, a teenager wandered the nearly deserted campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University at about 1 a.m. Wednesday. He wrapped his arms around his

HK’s rich open more offshore accounts as backup plan, bankers say

Top bankers say Hong Kong’s wealthy are opening more offshore accounts to ensure they have an emergency escape route for their cash if the city’s civil

Asia needs $800 billion over the next decade to feed itself

Asia’s food and agricultural industry will need additional investments of $800 billion over the next decade to grow to a sustainable size and reach a

Google limits political ad targeting, bans misleading info

Google is severely limiting how political advertisers can target people online, a decision made after weeks of furious debate over how online platforms handle campaign messages.

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