‘Galaxy Macau Chill Coffee’ festival spotlights culinary tourism

The three-day “Galaxy Macau Chill Coffee” Macau Coffee Cultural Festival opened on Friday at the eponymous integrated resort in Cotai, providing a free showcase and sales platform for 60 exhibitors, including more than 40 local small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs), aiming to highlight the integration of tourism and gastronomy. Organised by Galaxy Entertainment Group (GEG) through its “GEG SME Series”, the festival ran from Friday afternoon to yesterday evening at Hall ABC of the

January 19, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Sinulog Festival brings colour & beats to Macau

Members of Macau’s Filipino community danced in the sun in colourful self-made garb in honour of the child Jesus (Santo Niño) yesterday afternoon, swaying to the beat of drums and proudly proclaiming “Viva pit Señor! [Hail the Lord, Holy Child, listen to our prayers!*]” as the Sinulog Macau Festival 2026 took place.The annual festival is organised by the Santo Niño de Cebu in Macau Association, with the parade, the event highlight, seeing groups again dancing from Praça da Amizade

January 19, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau police log over 14,600 traffic accidents in 2025, down 5.6 pct

The Public Security Police (PSP) announced in a statement on Friday their Traffic Police Department recorded 14,638 traffic accidents last year, representing a decrease of 5.63 percent from the 15,510 accidents recorded in 2024. On average 40.1 traffic accidents were recorded per day last year, against 42.4 accidents per day in 2024. According to the statement, the top three primary causes of traffic accidents were failure to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front, failure to

January 19, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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HK, Macau lower age threshold to 7 for automated immigration clearance

A joint statement released by the Public Security Police Force (PSP), Identification Services Bureau (DSI), and the Public Security Forces Affairs Bureau (DSFSM) on Friday announced new immigration clearance facilitation measures, lowering the minimum age for using automated channels from 11 to 7 years-old, starting today, to enhance cross-boundary travel convenience in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).The three local government entities, in conjunction with the Hong

January 19, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau police nab 6 for fake & illegal employment

The Judiciary Police (PJ) nabbed three local residents and three mainlanders for fake employment and illegal employment on Thursday, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference on Friday.Leng identified the three local suspects as a 64-year-old businessman surnamed Ho, a 56-year-old businesswoman surnamed Ao Ieong who is also the wife of Ho, and a 41-year-old businessman surnamed U. The three mainland suspects are a 29-year-old salesman surnamed Liang, a 39-year-old

January 19, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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6 local religious communities vow to promote social harmony in Macau

The annual World Religion Day celebration was held on Saturday, aimed at promoting interfaith understanding and social harmony through an art exhibition, workshops, and dialogue salons*.The one-day event took place at the School of the Nations in Taipa, gathering six local religious communities, comprising the Bahá’í Faith**, Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism and Taoism, showcasing the potential of religious values to translate into positive action, and highlighting their crucial

January 19, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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HK woman busted at Macau airport smuggling cannabis buds worth 17 million patacas

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested on Saturday a 31-year-old Hong Kong woman hired by a drug-trafficking gang to smuggle cannabis buds via the local airport, with the drugs seized having an estimated street value of 17 million patacas.PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon briefed reporters at the local airport on Saturday afternoon about the case.The woman was hired by the gang to smuggle the cannabis buds from a Southeast Asian country, which Leng did not identify, to an unknown final destination via

January 19, 2026 | BY admin

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China, Canada should seize momentum for healthy, stable and sustainable development of ties

Commentary         BEIJING – In a world increasingly shaped by economic fragmentation, geopolitical tensions and resurgent protectionism, Canada, like many other countries, faces a practical challenge: how to sustain growth and build resilience amid mounting uncertainty?Experience has shown that the answer lies not in confrontation or exclusion, but in steady and constructive engagement with major partners. For Canada, working with China is not optional, but

January 19, 2026 | BY admin

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Xi calls for advancing building of China-Canada new strategic partnership

   BEIJING – President Xi Jinping met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Beijing today.   Xi noted that their meeting in October last year in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, opened a new phase of positive development in China-Canada relations, and both sides conducted in-depth discussions on restoring and resuming cooperation across various fields, and achieved positive outcomes.   The healthy and stable development of China-Canada relations is in the

January 16, 2026 | BY Xinhua

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Foreign Ministry Commissioner Liu concludes 5-year tenure in Macau, bids farewell to local dignitaries

Liu Xianfa concluded his tenure as Commissioner of the Foreign Ministry in the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) yesterday and returned to Beijing with his wife Li Ping, after he had “recently” paid farewell visits to MSAR Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai, Edmund Ho Hau Wah, the MSAR’s first chief executive and now a vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Sam’s two predecessors Fernando Chui Sai On and Ho Iat

January 16, 2026 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau Red Cross receives 2.55 million patacas in donations for Tai Po inferno

Macau Red Cross President Eddie Wong Yue Kai told yesterday’s media dinner that as the deadly blaze in Hong Kong’s Tai Po District’s Wang Fuk Court estate on November 26 resulted in significant casualties, his organisation received over 1,000 donations from local residents, totalling 2.55 million patacas.Wong said that the funds will be transferred in full to the Hong Kong Red Cross to provide psychological support and related services for the inferno’s victims.Hong Kong Secretary for

January 16, 2026 | BY Ida Cheong

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‘Operation Oops!’ to hit the stage at Macau Cultural Centre in Jan-Feb

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced in a statement yesterday that “Operation Oops! A Musical”, a locally commissioned production, will be staged from January 31 to February 2 at the Macau Cultural Centre’s (CCM) Small Auditorium in Nape, alongside a “Local Programme Presentation Session” aimed at creating new opportunities for the local performing arts sector. The musical is the third work under the bureau’s Commissioning Performing Arts Productions 2024–2026

January 16, 2026 | BY Khalel Vallo

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Macau resort operator MGM announces salary rise for 99 pct of staff

Integrated resort operator MGM yesterday announced a salary increase for eligible staff, with the rise set to benefit 99 percent of employees and will be effective from March 23.“A 2.0 percent increment will be awarded for all eligible team members in which 99 percent team members will be rewarded”, MGM’s statement said, noting that for staff with a monthly salary of or less than 16,000 patacas, a standard salary adjustment of 500 patacas will be granted, representing a 2.0 percent to 4.5

January 16, 2026 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Macau police nab 2 tea & wine shop staff for HK$33 million illegal currency exchange deals

The Judiciary Police (PJ) busted a HK$33 million (34 million patacas) illegal exchange operation run by a tea and wine shop on Wednesday, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday, adding that two men working for the shop have been arrested. Leng identified the two suspects as a 42-year-old mainlander surnamed Fan and a 41-year-old local resident surnamed Chu.According to Leng, PJ officers earlier received intelligence indicating that a shop in an

January 16, 2026 | BY Armindo Neves

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