Bobo dies, govt plans to preserve him for display

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

November 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Crime drops 1.8 pct in Jan-Sept: Wong

In the first nine months of the year the police recorded 10,559 suspected crimes, a year-on-year decline of 1.8 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced yesterday.Wong also said that the number of suspected violent crime cases significantly fell 23.9 percent to 452 in the nine-month period. Macau’s top security official revealed the figures during a press conference at the S. Francisco Barracks about the January-September crime statistics.Wong said that the number of reported

November 21, 2018 | BY admin

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MGP horror-smash teen recovering after ‘frightening’ OP

HONG KONG – The 17-year-old driver who survived a terrifying crash at the Macau Grand Prix (MGP was recovering yesterday after a “frightening” cervical vertebrae operation which took hours longer than expected and was fraught with the risk of paralysis.Munich-born Sophia Flörsch, whose Formula Three car was catapulted airborne over safety barriers and into a photographers’ hut at Lisboa Bent during Sunday’s race, needed a bone graft from her hip to fix a spinal fracture.Doctors said

November 21, 2018 | BY admin

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German F3 teen driver tweets after 7-hour surgery

German F3 driver Sophia Flörsch underwent a seven-hour surgery on her cervical vertebrae yesterday after her horror crash at the Macau Grand Prix on Sunday, tweeting in German last night that the surgery went well without complication.The 17-year-old said in her latest tweet that the medical team had deliberately worked slowly on the surgery to reduce any risks.Her tweet was followed by a press conference held by the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre where she had her surgery about

November 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Bobo’s health is deteriorating: IACM

The health of the city’s Asian black bear Bobo who has been living in Flora Garden for over three decades is deteriorating, a statement from the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said yesterday, pointing out that the popular ursine is suffering from “old age illnesses”.The statement said that Bobo was not eating and not moving well, and IACM staff were closely monitoring the city’s beloved bear so that he’s receiving the proper care he needs.“The average lifespan of Asian

November 20, 2018 | BY admin

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UM to confer 5 honorary doctorates

The University of Macau (UM) announced yesterday that it will confer honorary doctorates on five “distinguished” individuals, namely Aaron J Ciechanover, Lao Ngai Leong, Anthony Lau Siu Wing, Joseph Sung Jao-yiu, and Wang Anyi, for their “outstanding achievements and significant contributions to social development and education”.The Ceremony for the Conferment of Honorary and Higher Degrees 2018 will be held on Saturday, December 1, in the University Hall. At the ceremony, Lao will

November 20, 2018 | BY admin

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50 suicides in 9 months: official

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that 50 suicides were recorded in the first three quarters, 18 of them in the third quarter. According to the statement, 13 of the suicide victims in the third quarter were locals, while five were non-residents. The number of 50 suicides recorded in the first three quarters this year fell by 3.8 percent year on year.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Drug paraphernalia found near car crash site

A driver lost control of his vehicle and careened down a hillside and landed on its side in Estrada do Altinho de Ka Ho in Coloane last Saturday and suspected drug paraphernalia were found around the crash site, according to a Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson yesterday at a regular police press conference.According to the spokesperson, the police received a report at 7:44 a.m. last Saturday about the accident. When police officers and firefighters arrived at the scene, they found no

November 20, 2018 | BY admin

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2 men robbed of HK$1 million in Cotai hotel room

Two mainland men told the police they were robbed of HK$1 million at knife point by three men who also appeared to have stun guns in a casino resort hotel room in Cotai on Saturday afternoon, the Judiciary Police (PJ) have announced.According to a PJ statement on Sunday, police received a call on Saturday afternoon from two men reporting that they had been robbed by three men carrying a knife and brandishing what appeared to be stun guns in a hotel room in Cotai and that HK$1 million had been

November 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Filipina hurls knife at flat mate: police

A Filipina’s flat mate attacked her with a kitchen knife last Thursday in a shared flat in Rua de Nam Keng in Taipa, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said in a regular press briefing yesterday.According to Leng, at 11 p.m. last Thursday, the Public Security Police (PSP) in Taipa received a report about a woman who was attacked by her flat mate with a kitchen knife.The victim is a non-resident worker in her twenties, while the suspect, surnamed Geronimo, is a non-resident worker

November 20, 2018 | BY admin

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German teen driver fractures spine in F3 horror crash

Sophia Flörsch, a 17-year-old female teenage driver from Germany, suffered a fractured spine when her car flew off the track in a horrifying crash at the Formula Three Macau Grand Prix yesterday afternoon. “Five individuals were involved in the accident at Lisboa Bend,” an official statement said. Flörsch was conscious and stable after the smash when her car became airborne and hurtled into a marshals and photographers’ area at the Lisboa Bend. Japanese driver Sho Tsuboi, two

November 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Guerrieri takes maiden Guia Circuit win

Münnich Motorsport’s Esteban Guerrieri of Argentina won the Macau Guia Race 3, taking his maiden victory on the Guia Circuit. Second across the line was nine-time race winner Rob Huff of Great Britain, with Hungary’s Norbert Michelisz in third.Macau regular Gabriele Tarquini claimed the inaugural WTCR title after a 10th-place finish. The Italian carried an 18-point lead over YMR Hyundai driver Yvan Muller of France into the final WTCR race of the season, with Muller – who was sixth on

November 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Woman dragged along road by ex’s girlfriend dies

A car accident that occurred in the early morning of November 3 in Estrada Lou Lim Ieok in Taipa which involved a 28-year-old local woman who suffered a serious head injury after being dragged along the road by a car driven by her ex-boyfriend’s current girlfriend, died yesterday, according to a police statement.The incident was initially classified by the Judiciary Police (PJ) as a case of causing serious injury to the physical integrity of a person.In the early morning of November 3, an

November 19, 2018 | BY admin

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Farfus takes emotional GT Cup win

BMW’s Augusto Farfus Jr. held off race-long pressure from his Mercedes rivals to take an emotional victory in the SJM Macau GT Cup – FIA GT World Cup race yesterday.The Brazilian made a good getaway from pole position to take the lead from fellow front row starter Raffaele Marciello of Italy before the cars had turned in to the first left hander, and from there he managed to pull more than one second clear over the first two laps.Marciello managed to close in on him though and was soon

November 19, 2018 | BY admin

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