Cop arrested for viewing immigration records

The Public Security Police (PSP) said in a statement last night that a police officer has been caught for viewing others’ immigration records several times on an electronic devicewhile on duty.The Immigration Department is run by the Public Security Police (PSP).The suspect admitted scrutinising the records without permission.The case was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) yesterday morning, where the suspect faces a charge of abuse of power, the statement said. 

January 11, 2023 | BY William Chan

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MGTO launches special transport offers for HK residents

The Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) announced in a statement yesterday that it will launch a string of promotional initiatives and special offers for Hong Kong residents, including one on transportation services between Hong Kong and Macau slated to start on Friday.MGTO, the statement noted, has partnered with several Hong Kong-Macau transportation services to launch buy-one-get-one-free offers for Hong Kong residents with free return tickets to use on another day upon purchasing a

January 11, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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San Ma Lou pedestrian area now slated for CNY: IC

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement yesterday that its “Strolling through Almeida Ribeiro – Pilot Scheme for a Pedestrian Area” has been rescheduled from 12 p.m. on January 22, the first day of the Chinese New Year (CNY), until 10 p.m. on January 24, the third day of the CNY, and from 12 p.m. on February 4, the 14th day of the CNY, through 10 p.m. the following day, the 15th day of the CNY.The five-day event, which is co-hosted by the Cultural Affairs Bureau, Transport

January 11, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Catholic association hosts award ceremony for nativity contest

The Macao Catholic Culture Association (ACCM) said in a statement earlier this week that it held an award ceremony for the 2022 Admirabile Signum Nativity Competition on Saturday at the association’s office in Rua Formosa, with 16 Catholic schools having competed in the event.“Admirabile signum” is Latin for a “admirable sign”. It is the title of an Apostolic Letter by Pope Francis, dated December 1, 2019, on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene.The contest that, according

January 11, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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More blood donation vehicles to be deployed

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that due to the recent decrease in the number of blood donors, in order to ensure the stability of the supply in Macau, the blood donation centre will set up additional parking spots for mobile blood collection vehicles in the peninsula and Taipa, providing blood donation services to residents.According to the statement, mobile blood collection vehicles will park in Rua de Seng Tou in Taipa, Rua Nova da Areia Preta, and Rua do Dr Pedro José

January 11, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Lawmakers worry about govt’s plan to ban ART for singles, gays

Local lawmakers are concerned that the government wants to ban singles and gays from benefitting from assisted reproductive technology (ART), lawmaker-cum-restaurateur Andrew Chan Chak Mo, who heads the Legislative Assembly’s (AL) 2nd Standing Committee, told reporters yesterday.Chan made the remarks after chairing a closed-door meeting of the committee yesterday, which is reviewing in detail a government-initiated bill regulating ART services, aiming to allow childless couples to use ART but

January 11, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Retailers say turnover rises after COVID-19 test-free rules relaunched: vox pop

Four local retailers were asked by The Macau Post Daily yesterday in the Ruins of St Paul’s area about their views on the impact of the increase in Macau’s visitor arrivals and their revenues, with half saying that although the visitor flow has been improving these days, visitors’ spending power was weaker compared to the pre-pandemic years.Macau confirmed its first COVID-19 case in January 2020.With the relaunching of COVID-19 test-free entry rules by the government for people entering

January 11, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Nonagenarian dies after drinking detergent: police

A Judiciary Police (PJ)  statement last night said that PJ officers were notified by the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre at 8:20 p.m. yesterday that a man, who had been admitted to the hospital after attempting suicide by drinking detergent, was later certified dead.According to the statement, the 90-year-old victim originally from Hong Kong, surnamed Lo, lived in a flat in Taipa with his family.The statement noted that at about 5 a.m. yesterday, his family members heard

January 11, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Man scams money changer after gambling away money set aside for son’s medical fees

A mainlander was arrested for scamming a currency exchange dealer out of 45,000-yuan (53,400 patacas), Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said during a regular press conference on Monday.The 40-year-old suspect surnamed Zhao is a salesman.According to Chan, Zhao and the victim initially struck a money exchange deal on January 2 in a casino in Zape. The next afternoon Zhao asked the victim for 45,000 yuan, promising he would give him HK$50,000 in casino chips later on. After the victim

January 11, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Police nab 2 mainlanders exchanging fake money

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man said in a regular conference on Monday that two men from the mainland have been separately arrested for their involvement in two counterfeit money deception cases.Chan identified the suspect in the first case as a 24-year-old man surnamed Wang. He told the police that he’s a real estate agent.According to Chan, Wang and his accomplice struck a deal with a female tourist on Friday in a Cotai hotel lobby, according to which she was to transfer 90,500

January 11, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Continued diplomatic tradition shows China-Africa bond of brotherhood

China Daily Editorial        The ongoing visit of Foreign Minister Qin Gang to Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union headquarters and the League of Arab States headquarters from Monday to January 16 represents the 33rd consecutive year that Africa has been the destination for the Chinese foreign ministers’ first overseas trip of the year.This diplomatic tradition fully demonstrates the unbreakable and sincere friendship between China and Africa. No

January 11, 2023 | BY admin

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School classes resume, no class suspensions

Schoolchildren in Macau returned to their classrooms yesterday, when the government announced that no classes needed to be suspended in line with its COVID-19 class suspension criteria. According to the government’s current special COVID-19 measures for school teachers and students, which took effect yesterday when school classes resumed, they are required to self-test for COVID-19 with a rapid antigen test (RAT) kit and upload their negative RAT result onto the Health Bureau’s (SSM)

January 10, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Man hangs himself in hotel guestroom

A mainlander hanged himself in the guestroom of a hotel on Avenida Dr Sun Yat-Sen yesterday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement.The statement identified the victim as a 29-year-old man surnamed Zheng.According to the statement, hotel staff members entered Zheng’s guestroom as he was late checking out, only to find that he had hanged himself with a bathrobe belt in the toilet. Firefighters who arrived at the scene confirmed that Zhang was dead.According to the statement, PJ

January 10, 2023 | BY William Chan

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Hit-and-run drunken driver crashes into barriers, walls, sprinklers

A local driver crashed into seven concrete barriers, a stone wall and four sprinklers and left the scene without reporting the incident to the police on Friday, Public Security Police (PSP) Lam Keong said at a regular press yesterday. Lam said that the male suspect surnamed Lai is in his fifties. He told the police that he’s jobless.Leong said that on Friday morning the PSP received a report that a car accident had occurred in Avenida da Amizade. The police who arrived at the scene found

January 10, 2023 | BY William Chan

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