‘Albergue Wishing Well 2023 & Love Trees’ opens today

The “Albergue Wishing Well 2023 & Love Trees” event opens to the public today and runs through March 18, supporting World Cancer Day and Caritas Macau, Albergue SCM said in a statement yesterday.Echoing World Cancer Day, which is held on February 4 each year, the statement noted that the event aims to “promote love and the message of cherishing life”, as well as to wish for an early end of the COVID-19 pandemic and welcome the new year.The statement said that one can make a wish and

January 17, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Support hotline for COVID-19 infectees ends today

The Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) announced yesterday that its Support Hotline for Infected Persons on 2870 0600 will stop operating from today.An IAS statement noted that from December 14 to January 15, the hotline received more than 40,000 calls, but in the wake of Macau’s current COVID situation, the number of phone calls has dropped significantly, from dozens to about 10 in recent days.The statement said that enquiries on medical matters can be made to medical institutions directly, while

January 17, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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US repeats its mistake of releasing a devil

China Daily Editorial        In their joint statement delivered on January 11, US President Joe Biden “commended Japan’s bold leadership in fundamentally reinforcing its defense capabilities” as illustrated in the new National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy and Defense Buildup Program.Considering the fact that US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy established the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States

January 17, 2023 | BY admin

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No. of COVID-19 fatalities continues to drop, 8 deaths in 3 days

Macau’s daily number of new COVID-19 fatalities continues to decline, as eight people died of the novel coronavirus disease in three days, according to recent and yesterday’s official figures.According to three latest daily statements by the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, which were released from Friday to yesterday, Macau recorded four COVID-19 fatalities on Thursday, three on Friday, and one on Saturday.The eight fatalities recorded in the three days have raised

January 16, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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The last great adventure

When was your last great adventure? For me, it was in 2017. I had just graduated from high school and my classmates and I wanted to enjoy our newfound freedom before proceeding with a new chapter in our lives, which was either four years at university or jumping straight into the workforce. After much research and deliberation, we decided on visiting two places: Da Nang and Hội An  in Vietnam. This trip would end up being an adventure for kids who had never really had one yet.Upon

January 16, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Life is about adventures

It is important that we have adventures throughout our lives as they make things interesting and give us memories that we can carry with us forever so I believe that life should contain as many adventures as possible.While I realise that growing up my life was very different when compared to the majority of people as my family travelled the world because of my dad’s job. I didn’t go to one school for the whole of my school days, which was great as if I didn’t like one I knew I wouldn’t

January 16, 2023 | BY Lesley Wells

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Winter shelter opens, mercury forecast to be 9° Celsius

The government opened its cold-weather shelter located at Block 4 of the Ilha Verde Building yesterday as the observatory has issued a Yellow cold weather alert.The Ilha Verde Building is a subsidised home-ownership scheme (HOS) estate in the Ilha Verde district.According to the website of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), the weather station has forecast that the city’s temperature will range between 9 and 14 degrees Celsius today, while the temperature is forecast to be from

January 16, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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28-year-old woman dies burning charcoal in car

The Judiciary Police (PJ) received a report from the Public Security Police (PSP) on Saturday at 11:48 a.m. that a 28-year-old local woman, who had been found with burned charcoal inside a car in Avenida de Luís de Camões in Coloane, was rushed to the public Conde de S. Januário Hospital Centre, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said in a statement on that day.The Judiciary Police were notified by the public hospital at 5:58 p.m. on Saturday that the victim, surnamed Ieong, was certified dead after

January 16, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Blood donations ‘temporarily’ return stocks to safe level: Health Bureau

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement on Friday that blood collections in Macau have “temporarily” returned the amount of blood in stock to a safe level, which can be used by the city’s hospitals for eight days.The statement noted that the number of blood donors has been on the rise recently, with 167 people donating blood on Wednesday, which was three times the average number in the past, adding that there were also 167 donors at the blood donation centre on Thursday, with 45

January 16, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Local View Power calls for proposals: IC

The Cultural Affairs Bureau’s (IC) Local View Power is calling for proposals for “Local View Power 2023” from those interested in film production, until March 8, the bureau said in a statement on Friday.According to the statement, the call for proposals aims to promote the development of cinematography and encourage independent filmmakers in Macau to create more local films.Applicants, the statement noted, must either be legally registered local associations or Macau ID card holders aged

January 16, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Local Filipino community celebrates Sinulog

Hundreds of Filipinos living in Macau gathered at St. Augustine’s (Santo Agostinho) Church yesterday to celebrate the Sinulog festival.Annually celebrated in Cebu City, the festival is held every third Sunday in January. Associação do Santo Niño de Cebu em Macau President Violeta Duran told The Macau Post Daily in an interview last week that “Sinulog” is derived from the Cebuano word “Sulog”, which means water current movement.The Sinulog, the ritual prayer dance honouring Señor

January 16, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Golden snub-nosed monkey dies of neck wound: IAM

The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) announced in a statement on Thursday that a male golden snub-nosed monkey living in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van Park passed away from a neck wound at 10 a.m. that day.The three-year-old monkey, named “Lotus Nut” (“蓮子”) in Chinese, was born in the park on Valentine’s Day in 2020. His parents named “Eleven” (“十一”) and “Three Blacks” (“三黑”) were loaned by the Qinhuangdao Wildlife Rescue Centre for display in Macau in 2017,

January 16, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Visitors reach pandemic-record of 55,000 Saturday: MGTO

Macau recorded over 55,000 visitor arrivals on Saturday, among whom 44,025 were from the mainland and 10,084 from Hong Kong, accounting for the highest single-day number of arrivals since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) statement yesterday.Macau confirmed its first novel coronavirus case on January 22, 2020.In the past week of January 7-13, a total of 261,346 visitor arrivals were recorded, representing an average daily number of 37,335,

January 16, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Promotion aiming to boost ‘visitors’ consumption’ in local districts to start Friday

The Economic and Technology Development Bureau (DSEDT) said in a statement last Friday that with the aim of speeding up Macau’s economic recovery while boosting consumption in local neighbourhoods, it has coordinated with five local commercial associations and digital payment companies to launch the “Offers for Visitors’ Consumption in Macau” promotional event starting this coming Friday.The statement did not say how long the promotion is slated to last.The event, which will offer

January 16, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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