Pacquiao eyeing World Peace for his hoop team

Manny Pacquiao has expressed interest in recruiting former NBA All Star Metta World Peace to the Filipino boxing champion’s newest venture — professional basketball. Pacquiao has become playing coach of the

MOTORSPORTS | Will Power wins IndyCar series title behind Kanaan

Australian driver Will Power won his first IndyCar Series championship Saturday, finishing ninth in the final race and claiming the season title after a career filled with agonizing misses. Tony Kanaan

Insight: Planning with human dimension

Last month in Hong Kong, there was a rally in Mong Kok protesting against the flow of mainland visitors. According to the protesters, the influx of mainlanders is so high

Ask the vet | DHLPP vaccinations in dogs

Canine Distemper The DHLPP vaccine prevents canine distemper, which is an infection caused by viruses. The infection can attack the intestinal tract, the respiratory tract and the central nervous system of

Energy | Japanese public seen as biggest obstacle to nuke restart

Japan is facing the toughest test yet in its effort to restore nuclear energy more than three years after the Fukushima disaster: scrutiny from a skeptical population. The Nuclear Regulation

Census: Orca population in Puget Sound falling

The number of whales in J, K and L pods has dropped to 78, a level not seen since 1985, According to a census by the Center for Whale Research.

PHOTO SHOP | Shoppes at Cotai Central Phase 3 open

The USD60 million investment paves the way for an expanded tenant mix that spans home decor, variety stores, Shoppes at Cotai Central opened in 2012. The mall incorporates an easily

Monday, September 1, 2014 – edition no. 2141

* Beijing rules out open nominations for next Hong Kong leader * Over 8,600 vote in unofficial referendum * New Macau rallies urging political reform * David Sylvester discloses Sands’ retail strategy DOWNLOAD PDF     *

the buzz: Filipino bishops to counter Islamic State group

Leaders of the Philippine Roman Catholic Church, Asia's largest, vowed yesterday to counter extremist religions such as that espoused by Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. Archbishop Socrates Villegas,

Indonesia, Australia sign new security agreement

Often-testy neighbors Indonesia and Australia signed a new security agreement yesterday to mend a relationship badly damaged by allegations last year that Australia was listening to the telephone conversations of

World briefs

  JAPAN China’s government yesterday called on Japan to “break clean with militarism” after Tokyo confirmed that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a note earlier this year to a ceremony honoring

Small group of IACM employees to be transferred to ID

A small group of employees working under the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) will be transferred to the Sports Development Board, as part of IACM’s restructuring process. The decision

Donations to Red Cross for Yunnan earthquake approaching MOP20m

As of yesterday, the Macau Red Cross had received donations that totaled MOP19,588,647.3 for the earthquake. The Times previously reported that the Macau Red Cross has dispatched officials to the earthquake-affected

Taxi association opposes entrapment and surveillance devices

The Macau Association of Taxis has argued against the introduction of an entrapment operation and the installation of surveillance devices in vehicles, citing concerns about stigmatizing the industry. Nevertheless, the

New Macau marches against ‘small circle’ election on Sunday

The New Macau Association (ANM) has announced that it will organize a demonstration on August 31 at the Ruins of St. Paul, coinciding with the Chief Executive election. The assembly will

PJ attempts to get hold of referendum database

The Judiciary Police (PJ) tried to get hold of the unofficial referendum database, asking political activist Jason Chao to hand it over to authorities. Activist Scott Chiang, who was also

briefs: CTM network attacked

A temporary failure occurred across CTM’s mobile data network yesterday afternoon, with the service delayed for about one hour. The breakdown happened at around 12:30p.m., with 3G service experiencing slow

Low financial input into science popularization

The figures showed that they have spent more than MOP52 million on science popularization, with 866,429 people participating in their activities. With a population of 607,500 in the fourth quarter

2013 Medical vouchers to expire Sunday

Sunday (August. 31) is the last day that residents will be able to print and use 2013 medical vouchers. The Health Bureau provides printing and re-issuing services this weekend, located

Consul-General of Angola accused of sexual harassment

The Consul-General of Angola in Macau, Mr Pedro da Silva Feijó Sobrinho, has been accused of sexual harassment by a former consulate employee. According to a TDM report, the case

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