Graft busters to probe Viva Macau loans

Local Portuguese lender BNU has requested a court in Lisbon to enforce payment of a 6.3 million euros (62.9 million pataca) debt from Maló Clinic, Radio Macau reported yesterday, quoting a report by Portugal’s Expresso weekly newspaper.The request was submitted to the court last week.The clinic is owned by prominent Portuguese dentist and health care entrepreneur Paulo Maló. PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

Bobo, the Asian black bear who lived in Macau for more than 30 years, has died due to old age, organ failure and weakness, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement yesterday, with the bureau planning to preserve the bear’s body by way of taxidermy so that he can be put on display.IACM Administration Committee Member Isabel Jorge said in a media briefing at Flora Garden in front of Babo’s enclosure that Bobo died at around 11 a.m. yesterday, and a memorial area will