ISIS EXTREMISM | UK’s Cameron calls emergency meeting after aid worker beheaded

Prime Minister David Cameron was summoning military and security chiefs for an emergency meeting yesterday in response to the beheading of a British hostage and a threat against another. The meeting

This Day in History: 1950 – UN stages daring assault on Inchon

Inchon operates as a port for the South Korean capital, Seoul, and the offensive - the first major counter-strike of the war by the US-led allied forces and the South

Offbeat | Japan’s World War II film idol Rikoran dies at 94

Known as Shirley Yamaguchi in the U.S. and one of biggest Japanese film stars during and after World War II, Yamaguchi died of heart failure Sept. 7, according to Japanese

Incheon touts Asian Games amid worries over costs

As the port city of Incheon prepares to host the Asian Games, some are worried about what happens when the party leaves town. Aside from looming potential debt, the games will

BOXING | Mayweather remains unbeaten despite bite complaint

Floyd Mayweather worked far too hard against Marcos Maidana their last time out to have to do it again in the rematch Saturday night. Mayweather dominated Maidana from the opening bell,

Insight | China and Japan must be on good terms

We live in times where tensions in the Asia-Pacific region are rising, particularly between China and Japan. This year marked Macau’s first time at the memorial ceremonies remembering China’s victory

Monday, September 15, 2014 – edition no. 2150

* Guangdong protesters march against incinerator for 2nd day * US comedians bring laughter to town * Aussie boxing champion drops by Taipa * Incheon touts Asian Games amid worries over costs   DOWNLOAD PDF     *

THE BUZZ | Brazilian election enters dead heat as Silva loses poll lead

Marina Silva lost her lead in a Datafolha poll that shows a runoff against President Dilma Rousseff is too close to call less than four weeks before Brazilians start voting. Silva

World briefs

CHINA Consumer inflation eased in August amid signs of cooling economic growth. Prices rose 2 percent from a year earlier, down from July's 2.3 percent increase, government data show. Producer

MUSIC | Amsterdam Jazz Connection gig tomorrow

Amsterdam Jazz Connection, a Dutch project founded by Joost Swart, Sebastiaan Kaptein, and Jeroen Vierdag, are performing in Macau’s Casa Garden tomorrow. Invited by the Macau Jazz Club, they will

Barra Public Transport Interchange construction to start soon

The Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) has received 11 bids for the construction of the Public Transport Interchange (PTI) at Barra. Wong Hoi Weng, the head of GIT’s technical group, claimed that

IACM plans to open botanical garden

The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) revealed that it plans to integrate part of the Seac Pai Van Park with the Ecological Zone of Alto de Coloane to create

CRIME | Nine missing illegal immigrants found

Information suggests that a fishing boat rescued the nine missing suspected illegal immigrants, originally from the mainland. All of them are reported to be alive and well. The Zhuhai authorities have

TRAVEL | A graphic designer dedicates her life to exploring the Poles

Rebecca Lee’s entire professional life could have been focused on designing Cathay Pacific’s inflight magazine or pursuing the old tradition of Chinese painting.  However, an urge to explore the unknown

STUDY | Medical vouchers prevented fatalities, should be given to TNRs

Professor Zhang Jing Hua told Lusa news agency that there is a significant link between the date of the program’s implementation and the decrease  in the mortality rate prompted by

Food oil importer accuses IACM of ruining business reputation

In a statement released by Tai Heng Foods yesterday, the Macau importer that represents the embattled Taiwanese food oil producer Chang Guann Company has criticized the authorities of making false

BRIEFS | SJM workers protest and MGM staff complain to DSAL

SJM staff are staging another protest tomorrow, with employees going on strike and handing in sick leave certificates, Portuguese newspaper Hoje Macau reported. Feiji Loi, from the Forefront of Macau

APEC China’s vice premier Wang Yang to take part in Tourism Ministerial Meeting

Chinese vice premier Wang Yang is in Macau to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 8th Tourism Ministerial Meeting (TMM8), which will be held tomorrow. He is attending a

China auto sales slow in August 

Drivers in the world’s biggest auto market by vehicle sales bought 1.5 million passenger cars in August, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said yesterday. Total sales, including trucks and buses,

New Jersey lets MGM keep half of Borgata casino

New Jersey casino regulators on Wednesday let MGM Resorts back into the Atlantic City casino market. The Casino Control Commission voted to let MGM reclaim its 50 percent ownership of the

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