Qatar 2022 | Valcke: No FIFA compensation to clubs for 2022 date switch

  FIFA will not compensate European clubs for disrupting their season by rescheduling the 2022 World Cup, according to the governing body’s secretary general. Jerome Valcke also ruled out apologizing for a

South African Commonwealth bid officials head to London

Bid officials from Durban will present their plans for the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Monday. The South African city is set to be the first African host. Durban, a possible future

Vox Parva: Spirit of a century-old missionary remains in Ka Ho

What can be considered immortal in this secular world? Would it be a celebrity, a 100-story high-rise building, or a UNESCO façade visited by millions of people every week? All

Thursday, February 26, 2015 – edition no. 2258

* Public housing fiasco | Architect criticizes practice of awarding contracts to low bidders * Asian Film Awards nominees announced * Amnesty concerned with academic freedom * HK budget offers relief to protest-hit

Online exclusive: Sex, lies and espionage: How the FBI pushed a professor to spy

When Dianne Mercurio first knocked on Dajin Peng’s door, he was searching the Internet for the best way to kill himself. Mercurio, an FBI agent, had other ideas. Mercurio knew

The Buzz | Spain’s Rajoy raises 2015 growth forecast to 2.4 percent

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says Spain’s economy will grow by a better-than-expected 2.4 percent in 2015, claiming it as strong evidence that the country has emerged from the severe economic

World briefs

AFGHANISTAN Gunmen in southern Afghanistan kidnap 30 members of the Hazara ethnic community, in what appears to be the latest in a series of attacks on Shiites in the predominantly

US States predict inmates’ future crimes with secretive surveys

These programs are part of a national, data-driven movement to drive down prison populations, reduce recidivism and save billions. They include questionnaires often with more than 100 questions about an

New Macau Association | Younger and older generations parting ways

Macau’s pro-democracy group, the New Macau Association (ANM in the Portuguese acronym) used to be, according to its former president Jason Chao,  “a fan club for lawmakers Au Kam San

Resident caught slapping Zhuhai bus driver

The mainland Public Security Department has taken a Macau resident into custody after he was alleged to have slapped a bus driver in a traffic dispute. It was reported by Jornal

Gaming | New decline in casino shares

Bloomberg has related the slump to statements made by the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture hinting at restrictions on mainland Chinese tourists to ease overcrowding. Alexis Tam has said that

Statistics | Big spenders have left the building

According to the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), the spending of overnight visitors totaled MOP11.06 billion, down by 17.7 pct year-on-year.  Conversely, that of same-day visitors increased by 4.2 pct

One Shot News

Figures from the Public Security Police showed a further decline in the number of people crossing the borders yesterday. Until 9pm, 398,679 people crossed Macau’s checkpoints, including 204,758 inbound and

Police to step up patrols on noise ‘blackspots’

The Public Security Police (PSP) revealed on Monday that it will prepare a list of “blackspots” where people have complained about loud noises. In a TDM radio program, some residents explained

CRIME | Security guard caught stealing from museum

The Judiciary Police (PJ) has taken a 27-year-old security guard from the mainland into custody after he was alleged to have stolen money from the safety deposit box of the

Education | Local writers tour schools to share reading experiences

The Macau Foundation revealed in a statement that about 3,000 students took part in these lectures, which adds to the existing “Writing Comments about Reading of a Text for Secondary

Work safety | Harsher fines proposed for construction safety breaches

“The regulations on construction safety and hygiene were made in 1991. We are now drafting the regulations on occupational safety and health. The penalty will be adjusted. We already have

A bite of Macau in London

Macau may be a “tiny territory on the southern coast of China,” but its culinary tradition is great and reaches faraway places, and now a London-based group has started to

Seac Pai Van residents fear becoming ‘second Sin Fong’

A group of proprietors from the public housing estate in Seac Pai Van have handed a petition to the Macau government, expressing their concerns regarding the construction quality of their

Opinions call for inspection against public housing irregularities

Kou Ngon Fong told TDM that people are “in fluke psychology” and do not have a proper knowledge of the law. “The government should routinely patrol every kind of

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