Discussions with concerned airlines to airlift stranded Filipinos in Macau has met a setback.
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The Government Information Bureau (GCS) launched the “Government News Channel” on the Telegram messaging platform on Friday.
Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said that the risk of the COVID-19 epidemic in Macau “can be regarded” as having been reduced “for the time being”, after the city has not confirmed a new COVID-19 case for more than two weeks.
There is no “back to school” schedule for non-tertiary education yet as the date would depend on Macau and its surrounding areas’ COVID-19 situation.
During the period from February 1-16 the number of passengers and aircraft movements (takeoffs and touchdowns) at Macau International Airport (MIA) has dropped 90% and 70% respectively.
Due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, the 9th Macau Literature Festival originally scheduled for next month has been postponed.
Former president of the government’s Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute Jackson Chang will go on trial on April 27 for a raft of alleged crimes such as organised crime, corruption, money laundering and breach of secrecy.
29 of the city’s 41 casinos will reopen for business today (Thursday), while the remaining 12 casinos have applied to defer reopening their doors.
A resident has fallen victim to an online shopping scam for facemasks through social media — the Judiciary Police (PJ) warns the public to be careful when buying goods on the Internet.