World briefs

BRAZIL Fighting to save his job, Brazilian President Michel Temer has received a huge boost from a decision by the country’s top electoral court to reject allegations of illegal campaign

Insight | Misinformed citizens are a peril to democracy

The term “fake news” has been a trending expression since the new US president was elected. Former Agence France-Presse editor-in-chief Eric Wishart, who now works on

Monday, June 12, 2017 – edition no. 2820

* Japan’s forgotten gambling addicts stand in way of first casino * Belt and road brings opportunities * Military Club celebrates 147 years * China ponders public morality   DOWNLOAD

Roger Waters, Musician: ‘I am fundamentally opposed to people being subjugated’

Roger Waters isn’t sure how much longer he will tour, or if his current one will be his last. But there’s one thing the former

Belt and Road | Portas: Macau could be ‘dynamic platform’ to foster China’s interests

The former deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, Paulo Portas said that Macau “could and should be a dynamic platform in China’s

Mandarin teaching triggers controversy

Wong Kin Mou, the director of the Department of Research and Educational Resources of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), said that the DSEJ does

US envoy in HK to push for visa-free entry

Consul General of the United States to Hong Kong and Macau, Kurt Tong, says he will aggressively push for visa-free entry to the US for Hong

Gaming | Okada suspended from board over alleged HKD135m illegal payment

Daniel Beitler* In a note posted yesterday to the JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Tokyo-based Universal Entertainment Corporation revealed their “suspicion” that the company’s chairman and director illegally

Crime | Man behind fake casino chip scam jailed

The mastermind behind Singapore’s counterfeit chip scam was jailed on Wednesday, after being convicted of 13 counts of engaging in a conspiracy to exchange fake

CTM Wi-Fi Free launched in Taipa Village

CTM Wi-Fi hotspots are now available in the merchants’ area located at Rua do Cunha and Rua do Regedor, in Taipa Village. The information was announced yesterday

Tourism | Showcase of Guangxi cultural heritage kicks off

The cultural show, “Genesis and Spirit: Showcase of Guangxi Intangible Cultural Heritage” is now officially open to the public. A performance of Guangxi Folk

Macau can benefit from China’s role in the Paris Agreement

Holding a doctorate in Public International Law from the University of Leuven (Belgium), Ana Sofia Barros has returned to Macau, a region where she lived for

Manila attack | Resort slammed for poor security measures

The operators of Resorts World Manila (RWM) are being accused of failing to employ appropriate security measures at the casino’s entrance during a fatal attack on

Briefs | Yang Chongwei to lead privacy watchdog

Yang Chongwei, the current deputy head of the Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP), was confirmed yesterday as the next coordinator of the privacy watchdog. The Government Spokesperson

Real Estate Matters | Handling humidity in your apartment

We are all subject to the rise in humidity here in Macau, when walls and ceilings are suddenly turned into something resembling a wet market on cleaning

Yahoo, Verizon agreement nears after shareholder approval

Yahoo! Inc. shareholders approved the USD4.48 billion sale of the company’s main web properties to Verizon Communications Inc., clearing the last major hurdle for a deal

Corporate bits | Sands Resorts restaurants listed in Ctrip Gourmet

The Ctrip Gourmet List has this year listed four restaurants at The Venetian Macao, one at Sands Macao, three restaurants at Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and two at

Ivanka Shoes | ‘You disappeared?’ A wife seeks her husband missing in China

First they took her husband. Then they tried to silence her. But Deng Guilian, wife of one of three China Labor Watch activists arrested while investigating labor conditions in

Economy | Trade growth rebounds in May

China’s trade growth rebounded in May in a positive sign for global demand and the cooling Chinese economy. Exports rose by a better-than-expected 8.7 percent over a year

Climate | Clean energy ambition floats on abandoned coal mine

China’s ambitions to dominate new energy technologies are unfolding at the site of an abandoned coal mine about 483 kilometers northwest of Shanghai. There, in Anhui province, Sungrow

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