This Day in History | 1978 | Aldo Moro snatched at gunpoint

Chief police investigator Signor Moro said 12 gunmen took part in the attack on the former prime minister as he was being driven to parliament. Police have set up dozens

Offbeat | Japan’s Suzuki sets race walk world record on home soil

Yusuke Suzuki of Japan broke the 20-kilometer race walk world record yesterday at the Asian Race Walking Championships. Suzuki won the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in his home town with

F1 | Hamilton leads 1-2 finish for Mercedes at Australian GP

Lewis Hamilton beat teammate Nico Rosberg in a one-two finish for Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday, as the team extended it 2014 dominance into the opening race of

Nature | UN – Head urges better safeguards for climate disasters

The president of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu appealed to a U.N. disaster conference Saturday for help as a powerful cyclone swept across his archipelago, driving painfully home the

Sports Views | Not every F1 season can or needs to be a classic

Anyone who tells you this new Formula One season will be a classic, packed full of thrilling uncertainties, is stretching the truth. The outcome — Mercedes’ super-quick cars again scooping

Boxing | Mayweather, Pacquiao agree to Olympic-level drug tests for bout

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao agreed to blood and urine testing ahead of their May 2 world- championship welterweight boxing match. A plan to have Mayweather, 38, and Pacquiao, 36,

Insight | Macau should lead Hengqin’s development

I have always wondered why Hengqin Island was left undeveloped for centuries. The land is obviously uneven and lumpy, which makes it harder to build there. Until the 1980s, Zhuhai

Review | ‘A Kim Jong-Il Production’ is a fascinating tale

Here’s an easy one: North Korea’s Kim Jong Il orders a famous South Korean film director and his actress wife kidnapped and brought into the country to remake a tepid

Monday, March 16, 2015 – edition no. 2270

* Vanuatu declares state of emergency after ‘monster’ cyclone * Macanese families encounter ‘lost memories’ * Macau with high degree of autonomy * F1: Hamilton leads 1-2 finish for Mercedes   DOWNLOAD PDF   * Superpowers circle

The Buzz | Virgin founder: Former cruise CEO’s lawsuit without merit

Virgin Group founder Richard Branson says a USD300 million lawsuit filed against the company by a former cruise line executive has no merit. London-based Virgin released its statement yesterday, one day

Boxing | Mayweather, Pacquiao begin countdown to the biggest fight ever

But it didn’t take long yesterday for Mayweather to put the fight into perspective in a way that only a fighter nicknamed “Money” can. “You get to this level where you’re

World briefs

THAILAND’s anti-corruption body has recommended that 250 former lawmakers be impeached, in the latest move targeting supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. National Anti-Corruption Commission spokesman Vicha Mahakun said

NPC and CPPCC meetings | Region’s role as Lusophone link highlighted in Beijing

  Macau is expected to playing an even larger role as a regional platform, as local delegates at the National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) have

Macao Water wants higher subsidy to be sustainable

  Macao Water achieved “hard-won better financial performance” during 2014, according to the company’s executive director, Felix Fan.  The company’s profit after tax totaled MOP58 million, but this result is considered

Transport | Tax increases aim at fighting soaring traffic

The Transport Advisory Committee’s first meeting of this year was held yesterday afternoon, during which members discussed possible measures to curb the city’s growing traffic. The Secretary for Transport and

Locals encouraged to pursue studies in Portugal

Meanwhile, UC representatives will begin a visit to China today to meet prospective students and provide them with information on curricula offered at its seven faculties. The university said in a

Civic and moral education | ‘One needs to love the country rationally and critically’

Macau delegates’ joint proposal to Beijing of strengthening youth national education has sparked concerns over “brainwashing” in local society. Local scholar and educator Teresa Vong suggested that the timing of

MGTO simplifies license application process

The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) will further simplify the license application process for the hospitality and entertainment sectors, which include hotels, restaurants, bars, clubs, massage and sauna houses, and

Entertainment | Behind the scenes, a Cats backstage tour

Aside from the artists’ inspired choreographic movements and ear-pleasing vocals onstage that captivates the audience, what really makes the Broadway musical show Cats, which runs until the 15th of this

New guests confirmed for literary festival

Portuguese journalist Adelino Gomes, Hong Kong writer Kelly Yang, local author Chan Im Wa and Spanish puppeteer Toni Rumbau are among the new names confirmed to be attending the fourth

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