Daily Archives: April 21, 2026
Advertising bill concludes AL committee review and advances to final vote stage
The new advertising bill, aiming to update Law 7/89/M, has finished detailed discussion in the Legislative Assembly (AL) Second Standing Committee and is ready to be ...CE’s call for student returnees met with cautious response from graduate
Chief Executive (CE) Sam Hou Fai recently met with more than 100 Macau students studying in Portugal to encourage them to return to Macau after graduation ...Lawmaker urges tougher penalties for child sexual crimes
Lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng is calling for stronger criminal penalties for sexual offences against minors, including mandatory prison terms and the removal of alternative sentencing such ...Oxfam warns of climate injustice as Macau marks 15 years of rice event
As extreme weather events intensify worldwide, the world’s smallest contributors to carbon emissions are bearing the heaviest consequences, according to Oxfam. And in Macau, where the ...Citi: Wynn Macau sees sharp gains in April
Wynn Macau Ltd. emerged as the top gainer in Citigroup’s latest monthly survey of premium mass table betting in Macau, capturing a 23% market share, up ...Grieving, traumatized survivors return to their homes five months after deadly fire
Keung Mak knew what he would see and he already was hurting, but he had to go back. For the first time since Hong Kong’s deadliest ...First etomidate e-liquid seizure recorded in following controlled substance classification
Macau classified etomidate and three related substances as controlled substances in last June, and as of this January, authorities had intercepted a related case, seizing three ...CE meets Chinese ambassador to Portugal during Lisbon visit
The Chief Executive (CE), Sam Hou Fai, met with the Chinese Ambassador to Portugal, Yang Yirui, in Lisbon as part of his tour of the Portuguese ...Cat accidentally turns on stove, sparks apartment fire
A fire broke out on Saturday on the 20th floor of a residential building on Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, allegedly caused by a cat ...Passenger caught concealing 7.62kg of silver pellets at Hengqin Port
A passenger was suspected of concealing 7.62 kilograms of silver pellets while attempting to enter mainland China via the Hengqin Port, and was intercepted by customs ...Five-member gang busted for passing fake notes to gamblers
The Judiciary Police have busted a five-member counterfeit currency ring from mainland China that smuggled fake notes by carrying them on their persons. The gang mixed ...Experts advise planning for death amid push for ‘green burials’
Experts have urged stronger public education on end-of-life planning and wider consideration of green burial options, as Macau faces increasing pressure on land use and evolving ...IPIM: Sam Hou Fai’s Portugal–Spain tour expected to spur new investment, partnerships
The current official tour of Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai through Portugal and Spain is expected to generate new investment prospects and business partnerships, according to ...MGM executives hold high-level Beijing talks on tourism
Bill Hornbuckle, chief executive and president of MGM Resorts International, and other senior MGM China executives recently met with China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng, alongside Xu ...Open House Macau to return in 2026 with architecture-focused festival
Open House Macau (OHM) will return in 2026, with the next edition scheduled for November 7–8 under the theme “Architectural Dialogues,” organizers announced. The annual event ...MGM to showcase banquet services and new event venue at open house
MGM is hosting the “2026 MGM Events and Celebrations Open House” media tour over three days, showcasing its banquet facilities at MGM Macau and MGM Cotai. ...China exceeds land recovery targets, sets 2030 goals
China will accelerate efforts to fully remediate abandoned historical mines during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, building on the remarkable progress made in mine rehabilitation ...Prosecutors summon Musk over allegations of child abuse images, deepfakes on X
Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris yesterday, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread ...1987 Tamil Tigers blamed for bus garage blast
More than 100 people have been killed after a bomb exploded in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. Nearly three hundred others were wounded when the device, ...Wembanyama scores 35 points in playoff debut as Spurs roll past Trail Blazers 111-98
Victor Wembanyama scored 35 points in his playoff debut and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 111-98 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game ...How Bayern Munich won its 13th Bundesliga title in 14 years
Bayern Munich wrapped up another Bundesliga title on Sunday, the club’s 13th in 14 years, after a record-breaking season that could still get better. The Bundesliga ...Iraqi captain keeps sailing amid regional war
Aboard an oil tanker plying the tense waters between the Gulf of Oman and the Strait of Hormuz, Iraqi Captain Rahman Al-Jubouri continues to work in ...Oil prices jump and stocks are mixed as the US-Iran standoff keeps the Strait of Hormuz in limbo
Oil prices climbed more than 5% while world shares were mixed yesterday as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait ...How anti-immigration policy could cost the US its AI leadership
The Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2026 was recently released – a document that deserves close attention. One finding stands out: “the number of AI researchers ...Tuesday, April 21, 2026 – edition no. 4934
* Ad Law Upgrade — Advertising bill set to advance to the AL, updating a 37-year-old law with new online ad rules and tighter influencer and ...
