Doctor loses 1.17 million patacas in hospital job scam involving exorcism: police

A local woman has been arrested for cheating a 27-year-old female local doctor out of a total of 1.17 million patacas by claiming that she could help her get a job in a local public or private hospital, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.The suspect’s husband has also been arrested for his alleged involvement in the scam.According to Choi, the victim works as a doctor, but she did not say where the victim works.Choi identified the

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt mulls mandatory measles shots for non-local workers

The Health Bureau (SSM) is considering mandatory measles shots for non-resident workers, Lam Chong, director of the bureau’s Disease Prevention and Control Centre, said yesterday.Lam made the remarks during a press conference at the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre about the measles situation in Macau.Lam pointed out that Macau was officially declared measles free in 2014, when it was one of the first four countries and regions in the Western Pacific region to have eradicated

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Man assaults wife’s boyfriend with 15.7-cm-long knife: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man on Monday night for assaulting his estranged wife’s boyfriend during a dispute over the separated couple’s two daughters, PJ spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Choi said the suspect is a 46-year-old man surnamed Zan. He told the police that he is unemployed. The victim is a 52-year-old man surnamed Lei who told the police that he is businessman. The two men are local residents.According to Choi, both told

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass 2 finance leasing bills to boost sector’s development

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill regulating the city’s finance leasing sector, with the aim of promoting its development.Yesterday’s plenary session also passed a bill on tax benefits encouraging the establishment of finance leasing firms.The two bills will come into effect the day after their respective promulgations in the Official Gazette (BO).Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac (left) speaks during yesterday’s plenary

March 21, 2019 | BY admin

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Liaison chief urges Macau to grab ‘historic GBA opportunity’

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Fu Ziying said yesterday that the central government attaches “unprecedentedly” high importance to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) development, adding that the GBA is bringing “unprecedented historic opportunities” to Macau’s future development.Fu made the remarks while delivering a keynote speech at a GBA seminar held by the local government’s Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR)

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers reject peer’s 2 ‘protest motions’

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday rejected a peer’s two “protest motions”, one against how the government tackles the issue of illegally employed non-local professional drivers, and the other against the government’s plan to sign a reciprocal driving licence recognition agreement with the mainland authorities in due course.The motions were presented by directly-elected lawmaker-cum-political activist Sulu Sou Ka Hou. Both motions were roundly condemned by several lawmakers.

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for assaulting friend, causing intestinal perforation: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man last Tuesday for hitting his “old friend” during an argument after they got drunk, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lai said the suspect is a 69-year-old man surnamed Ku. The victim is a 65-year-old man whose surname was not released. Both told the police that they are local retirees.They said that they share the same hometown and have been “old friends” for many years.A Judiciary Police (PJ) officer

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for 373,000 pataca burglary: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a mainlander for breaking into a flat in a low-rise residential building in Estrada Marginal do Hipódromo in Areia Preta district on January 14, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the suspect is a 33-year-old man surnamed Li who told the police he is a delivery man on the mainland. The surname of the victim was not released.Lai said that the Judiciary Police received a burglary case from the Public

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Man punches his mother, 82, in dinner row: police

A 65-year-old local man punched his 82-year-old mother in the face in their flat last month, causing her nose to bleed, as he was unhappy with the dinner that she had prepared, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.The woman was hospitalised for three days after the attack, Lai said.On the evening of February 13, the man, who works as a cleaner, returned to the family flat in Coloane to have dinner with his mother, Lai said.PLEASE READ THE

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Lawmakers pass social worker licensing bill

The Legislative Assembly (AL) yesterday passed a government-initiated bill on the mandatory accreditation and licensing of social workers, according to which a person has to be first accredited by the government as being fully qualified as a social worker before he or she can apply to obtain a three-year licence from the local authorities to work in the profession.Currently, Macau does not have an official accreditation and licensing system for social workers.The bill’s outline was passed

March 20, 2019 | BY admin

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Police bust ‘spa’ prostitution gang operating since 2014

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have busted a gang which in 2014 started to run a prostitution racket in a spa in Taipa and during the weekend operation PJ officers arrested 13 suspected gang members and took 151 people in for questioning, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai announced during a special press conference yesterday.Clinical check-upsThe 151 people who were taken in for questioning included prostitutes, sex service clients, a doctor and a nurse, according to Lai, who said that the doctor and nurse

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainlander nabbed for threatening wife seeking divorce: police

A 53-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for sending his wife threatening text messages, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said at a regular press conference yesterday.Lai identified the suspect as a 53-year-old mainlander surnamed Yan. The victim is a 55-year-old unemployed local woman whose surname was not released.According to Lai, the couple got married on the mainland in 2010. However, Yan left his wife at the end of that year. The victim was unable to find her husband.PLEASE

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Scooter rider faces charge of negligent homicide: police

The police have transferred a local male scooter rider who killed an 85-year-old local woman in Avenida de Sidónio Pais in a traffic accident on Sunday to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) on a possible charge of negligent homicide, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Kam Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.Kam identified the suspect as a 30-year-old salesman surnamed Wong.According to a police announcement on Sunday, the accident happened near Flora Garden on Sunday

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Graft buster urges govt to prevent nepotism

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) urged the government yesterday to ensure that public servants do not take direct or indirect advantage of their official status in the pursuit of their personal interests. The city’s graft busters issued the appeal in a statement on the outcome of an investigation into alleged nepotism by the former and the current policy secretaries for administration and justice, Florinda Chan Lai Man and Sónia Chan Hoi Fan. Both had been accused by Macau’s

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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