SRI LANKA With election results still incomplete, Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declares victory over the country’s former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was seeking a political comeback eight months
The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) stated yesterday that no Macau residents were found on Thai hospitals’ casualty lists following the bomb attack on Monday evening in Bangkok. As of
Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, recognized in her address the irreplaceable status of traditional medicine in modern medical use, which she stressed, should be “carefully regulated and integrated into the
The Health Bureau (SSM) is still assessing the use of a new drug intended to treat Hepatitis C patients, according to the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam.
DSAT has completed its midterm review of the city’s transport system and the department is aiming to reduce the city’s annual increase in the average number of vehicles from five
The Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) concluded a series of briefing sessions to local college students yesterday, which covered various sectors’ professional accreditation systems. These sectors included medical, legal, pharmacy
In a bid to help bring teenage hermits back into society, as well as to rid youth of Internet addiction, S.K.H. Macau Social Services Coordination Office rolled out its proactive
Willy N. Ocier, chair of the listed Premium Leisure Corp. (PLC) and vice chair of Belle Corp., said City of Dreams (COD) is confident that operations will improve in the
Amazon isn’t the only company that is using data on employees to improve productivity. A New York Times article over the weekend portrayed Amazon’s work culture as “bruising” and “Darwinian” in part because of
After nearly a two-month selection process, including approval by the Singapore government, a total of 43 Sands China dealers will go to the sister integrated resort at Marina Bay. Over
Figures from the Brazilian Foreign Agro-business Trade Statistics System (AgroStat), cited by the daily newspaper Estado de São Paulo, showed that in the month under review China bought products worth
The number of tourists who visited Cape Verde in the first half of the year exceeded 278,000, an annual increase of 2.0 percent, while overnight stays increased 3.5 percent to
The Museum of the Bible, now under construction in Washington, will feature ancient artifacts and treasures from the Holy Land under a new deal with the Israel Antiquities Authority. An agreement
Golden Resorts Group’s two-storey VIP room, located at Hotel Lisboa, is said to have shut down. The closure has meant 21 job cuts, Ming Pao reported, citing market sources. The
Thunderstorms yesterday complicated recovery efforts from last week’s massive explosions at a warehouse in China’s Tianjin port that killed at least 114 people, left 57 missing and exposed dangerous chemicals — including
Another slump on China’s main Shanghai stock index amid renewed concerns over the state of the world’s number 2 economy weighed on global markets yesterday. The index plunged 6.2 percent to
From London’s trendy Shoreditch to a downtown revitalization project in Las Vegas, pop-up shopping malls have become all the rage among urbanites keen to sample craft beer and buy designer
Chinese police have arrested 15,000 people on suspicion of cybercrimes as the government tightens its control over the Internet, the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday. Police throughout the country have
Thai police said yesterday investigators believe a man seen in security video wearing a yellow T-shirt and carrying a backpack set off the explosion at a central Bangkok shrine that
An Indonesian passenger plane that went missing two days ago was destroyed when it slammed into a mountain, killing all 54 people on board, the country’s top rescue official said. More
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