The Judiciary Police (PJ) have arrested a former vice-principal for allegedly cheating the government out of MOP 20 million in subsidies several years ago when she was at the helm of a local school, in suspected collusion with an engineering company, for the installation of new facilities and the launch of new courses at the school, most of which never got off the ground.
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Twelve men were detained for questioning by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Monday for sharing a child porn video on Facebook, and 10 of them admitted to committing the crime.
The Macao government is confident that the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines will be delivered to Macao early next year.
A man who spoilt 320 facemasks with saliva and mucus in February has been given a 10-month jail term suspended for two years.
An off-duty radio communications officer of the Macao Public Security Forces (FSM) was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) on Sunday, while a passer-by involved in the case was arrested for a range of alleged crimes such as insulting the police.
A male mainlander was arrested for illegally entering Macao and three suspects were arrested for assisting him in obtaining false documents and a fake nucleic acid test (NAT) certificate so that he could gamble in local casinos.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 9th Macau Literary Festival will be shorter than previous ones, the organisers announced on Tuesday.
The Macao government will purchase 1.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines covering the city’s whole population as each person will need two shots in order for the vaccine to be effective.
The government has been studying details on how to implement the mainland-style community-based Covid-19 control measures in Macao – in case it confirms new local Covid-19 cases.