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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Liaison chief says Macau’s development is ‘inseparable’ from mainland

Central People’s Government Liaison Office in Macau Director Fu Ziying said yesterday that Macau’s development was “inseparable” from the mainland, adding that the central government “highly valued and cared” about Macau.Fu made the remarks while delivering a speech at a meeting of local deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and local members of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the liaison office in Zape.Chief

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Married woman cheated in online love scam: police

A local woman has fallen victim to an online love scam, in which she lost 272,600 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a regular press conference yesterday.Lai said that the suspect is a Chinese man who told the victim that he had a European passport. His surname was not released. The victim is a woman in her fifties. She told the police she is a casino worker. Her surname was not released either.According to Lai, the victim told the police that she met a man who

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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St. Joseph and his devotee in Macau

Religiously, heaven signifies the dwelling place of God. In the primary Christian sense, heaven exists wherever Jesus Christ exists with all his angels, martyrs and saints as described in this legend below.Saint Joseph of Nazareth, a Galilean, was Jesus’ earthly father, and the husband of the Virgin Mary. In the Roman Catholic Church he is the patron of the Universal church. His life is recorded in the Gospels, particularly in Matthew and Luke. The veneration of St. Joseph began in Egypt. The

March 19, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt extends SJM & MGM deals to June 2022

The Macau government has extended the gaming concession and sub-concession of SJM and MGM respectively by two years and three months until June 26, 2022, bringing them on par with the city’s two other gaming concessions and two sub-concessions.The government announced the two extensions in a statement on Friday, followed by a press conference at Government Headquarters headed by Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong Vai Tac whose portfolio oversees Macau’s vitally important casino

March 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Forum agrees with plastic carrier bag charge scheme

Guest speakers and members of the audience at yesterday’s Macau Forum agreed with the government’s proposed launch of a charge scheme on plastic carrier bags for retail businesses.The weekly debate programme is hosted by government-owned broadcaster TDM in its Macau Forum studio in Zape every Sunday. The programme has been held indoors regularly since the beginning of this year after mostly taking place in Areia Preta Park for years.The Executive Council announced last week that the

March 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Octogenarian dies after being hit by scooter

A local 85-year-old woman died after being hit by a scooter in Avenida de Sidónio Pais yesterday, the Public Security Police (PSP) said.According to the police, the accident happened shortly after 8 a.m. near Flora Garden. The scooter hit the woman when she was crossing the one-way avenue that runs from the Hoi Fu Garden estate to Praça do Tap Seac. The victim was not using a traffic light controlled crossing.The woman, who was profusely bleeding from serious head injuries, was rushed to the

March 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Dealer hurts daughter in row over bathroom: police

The Judiciary Police arrested a 42-year-old casino dealer on Wednesday for hurting her 10-year-old daughter in a bathroom row, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference on Friday.According to Ho, the case was believed to have been the result of a quarrel between the woman and her daughter over using the bathroom in their flat in Rua de Hong Chau in Taipa.Two residential estates – Hoi Yee Garden and Hong Cheong Garden – are situated in the street.PLEASE READ THE FULL

March 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Police bust HK$2.5 million chip fraud gang

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have busted a criminal gang allegedly involved in at least 20 fraud cases worth more than HK$2.5 million at a casino in Zape that had been operating since January, PJ spokesman Ho Chan Nam said at a special press conference on Friday.Ho said the gang comprised at least 10 members. Five of the suspects, all of them local men, were arrested by the police on Thursday.According to Ho, the first suspect is the alleged mastermind and a former surveillance staff member of the

March 18, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt proposes charging for plastic carrier bags

Executive Council spokesman Leong Heng Teng announced yesterday that the government has drafted a bill which if approved by lawmakers would force supermarkets and other retail businesses to charge customers for their plastic carrier bags.Addressing a press conference at Government Headquarters, Leong said that the council, the government’s top advisory body, has completed its discussion of the bill aiming to reduce the use of plastic carrier bags.Leong noted that the government has previously

March 15, 2019 | BY admin

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