zhuhai building asked to over one million credit dim lights cards Following complaints, the Zhuhai live poultry The number of credit cards in Center Tower management supply still circulation in the last quarter of agreed to “adjust” the building’s suspended 2016 has grown by 2.7 percent exterior lighting over a quarter earlier P3 MDT REPORT P5 P5

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WORLD BRIEFS Taxi woes Taiwan Seeking to revive its long-dormant aerospace industry, Taiwan yesterday launched a USD2.1 billion investment in the production of air force jet trainers to be designed HK couple slams police and manufactured on the island to counter Chinese military and diplomatic pressure. More on p11 conduct in letter to gov’t ap photo P2, 20 OPINION EDITORIAL

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte berated more than 200 policemen accused of a variety of offenses, threatening on national television yesterday that he would send them to a southern island to fight militants dreaded for beheading captives. The policemen from metropolitan Manila are accused of a range of offenses, including extortion, illegal arrests and personal drug use. More on p13 ap photo

Thailand’s king has named a new supreme patriarch to head the country’s Buddhist order, ending a deadlock that left the position empty for more than three years. The law was changed in December to allow the king sole authority to appoint the supreme patriarch.

Australia An Australian senator and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump announced yesterday

he will start a new marques renato political party to appeal to disenfranchised conservatives. Bernardi told the Senate he had resigned from the party to start his new Chinese judge says Trump is party called Australian Conservatives. More on p12 an enemy ‘of the rule of law’ P11 More on backpage 08.02.2017 wed

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he Public Security Police (PSP) issued a com- How can the police keep someone, anyone, in short period of time while the couple was held for Tmunique last Friday (Feb 3) through the offi- custody for 5 to 6 hours and say “no one was de- over 5 hours pending investigation. cial government channels to the media. The same tained?” What’s more, is that new facts - some alarming - text was made publicly available on the Govern- Detention is a deprivation of liberty. Someone are finding their way to us. ment Information Bureau (GCS) website. who is (either legally or illegally) coerced to stay A source familiar with the case told the Times In the press release, they made serious accusa- in a confined place and not authorized to leave is that the police officer at the scene of the incident tions against “an English media outlet” for the deprived of liberty, and is therefore under deten- (somewhere about Wynn Palace) communicated sake of “clarifying” what they labeled a “false” tion. to the couple that for HKD3,000 the taxi driver news report over an incident involving a Hong Detention, as used in the report, is the accura- would be willing to “let go” of the accusation of Kong couple and a taxi driver who insanely over- te term, a legal expert told us, “particularly when “privacy violation,” just prior to escorting everyo- charged the two tourists for a taxi ride from the they had their identification with them, and the ne to the station, because, naturally, the couple Venetian to Wynn Palace on January 30 (the 3rd police does not claim that they refused to provide refused the preposterous proposal. day of the Year of the Rooster). such identification. Actually, only lawful deten- We also learned that the couple, as advised by Since we are an “English media outlet” we set tion would warrant a deprivation of liberty.” their lawyer, filed a complaint to the Tourism De- out to check the said reporting and came to the In this trade, we are used to people blaming the partment, which redirected them to the Traffic “astonishing” conclusion that all facts stated are press, the messenger, because we are normally the Bureau (DSAT), claiming that the latter is the en- true and that the PSP’s communique essentially bearer of unfortunate news. But we are shocked tity which supervises taxi operations. confirms it. (Our comments have been inserted in to see this kind of behavior from a police force, In the meantime, the “bad apple” is out there the square brackets.) gratuitously attacking the reputation of a media free to pursue his greedy unlawful activity - as far “The taxi driver concerned admitted that he organization that was simply doing its job. as we know. What did the police do? What does overcharged the above-mentioned woman [the Fi- So, we contacted the couple who confirmed “handling the case appropriately” mean? We don’t lipina wife], and our Force has handled the case that all the facts reported by the “English media know, but we want to know. appropriately [how?]. On the other hand, inves- outlet” “are true.” Moreover, the husband, a Bri- Pursuant to the applicable law, the police shall tigation found that the content of the video clip tish national, considers the PSP communique to “guarantee the fundamental rights and liberties of only showed the malpractice [!] of the taxi driver be intriguing, very confusing, and misleading. citizens” as well as assuring “respect for the law.” concerned and did not target on [sic] the perso- “Is this common police practice in Macau?” he Since they chose to participate in this public de- nal privacy of the driver [!!]. After a comprehen- asked perplexed, while informing us that, “We bate, we seek a clarification on how these goals sive analysis [?], it was concluded that the abo- have replied to the Police Statement… and sug- were implemented in the reported case. ve-mentioned incident [violation of privacy?] did gested that they review their report to correct the We also seek clarification from the police as to not constitute a criminal offence and no one was inaccuracies.” whether they are talking about us, Macau Daily detained in the incident,” reads the PSP press re- The police failed to mention that there were Times, which reported the incident. They failed to lease. complaints filed with them (namely overcharging display the courage or decency to name the “En- So the big question is what is the police “denying” and violation of privacy); they failed to mention glish media outlet” and such lack of transparency or “clarifying” exactly?! that the taxi driver was at the station for a very looks poor on any police force badge.

he same taxi driver who Tovercharged a Hong Kong family last week also tried to Rogue taxi driver attempted to extort HKD3,000 from the two tourists. A source familiar with the case told the Times that the extort HKD3,000 from tourists police officer at the scene (outside Wynn Palace) told the Hong Kong couple that the taxi driver would not ve the police station until press charges against them around 6:30 p.m., and we left the police station in the com- in exchange for a HKD3,000 bloomberg “compensation.” pany of our lawyer,” said the When the couple refused the Hong Kong resident, who is proposal, the agent escorted also a British national. everyone to the station. He said they were distres- The couple – who planned sed by the heated argument to spend the third day of the in the station, during which Chinese New Year in Macau the police presented them – said the taxi meter had not with legal books written in been engaged and asked the Portuguese and Chinese. driver to turn it on, as pre- “We don’t know what viously reported by MDT. they’re denying,” he said, ad- However, the driver decli- ding that the authorities had ned, claiming that there was told them that they would be no meter over the Chinese detained that night and wou- New Year period and that the ld meet the magistrate before fee would be MOP100. This Dec. 1, 2015, agency photo shows a local taxi driver driving along a street at night. We blurred his ID, since it is unrelated to this case the morning. On Thursday, the husband “To deny that we were de- wrote a two-page letter of ver, the office redirected Taipa Police Station via poli- ced to have her fingerprint tained there [is absurd]. No- complaint to the Hong Kong them to the Transport Bu- ce van at around 1:30 p.m. on impressions taken, and that body spends five hours in a office of the Macau Govern- reau (DSAT). January 30, where the hus- they had refused to comply. police station […] volunta- ment Tourism Office. Howe- The couple was escorted to band said his wife was for- “We weren’t allowed to lea- rily,” he lamented. LV

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Light pollution ght problems at the Zhuhai Center New whole- Tower […], the Macau Environmen- tal Protection Bureau has informed sale market the Zhuhai Environmental Protec- tion Bureau […] and has received a to open in Q2 Zhuhai Center Tower reply,” the DPSA said in a statement. “[Zhuhai authorities] arrived on The Civil and Municipal the scene to investigate [the com- Affairs Bureau (IACM) plaints], and the operators of the said that the city’s asked to dim lights new wholesale market, Zhuhai Center Tower will adjust the which is currently under brightness of the light.” renovation, will open in According to Macau locals living in the second quarter of the one of the affected areas, the Zhuhai year with twice as many Center Tower lights have been noti- renato marques renato sales booths as the current ceably dimmer in the past few days market. IACM president compared to the previous week. José Tavares said all Last week’s Chinese New Year ce- booths at the new market lebrations may account for this dif- have already been rented ference. out. In a written inquiry The cooperation mechanism, or to IACM, lawmaker Kwan “working group”, between Macau Tsui Heng questioned the and Zhuhai is used for the coordina- future of the new market’s tion of environmental policies in the management model. José cities’ administrations. Tavares responded that the In an interview with the Times last authorities will review the week, the Chairman of the Green management model after Environment Protection Associa- 2022. tion of Macau, Lun Veng San, tes- tified to the importance of the coo- Daniel Beitler from the Zhuhai Center Tower and form of light pollution, particularly perations, saying it could be used Illegal graffiti that the building operators have in the Sai Van Lake area and parts for the negotiation of joint policies in Tap Seac acau’s Environ- agreed to “adjust the brightness of of Taipa. to reduce inter-territory light pollu- mental Protection Bu- the light.” The DPSA said that the coopera- tion. Gallery reau (DSPA) informed The DSPA contacted Zhuhai au- tion mechanism between Macau The Macau-Zhuhai cooperation the Times in a written thorities late last month in response and Zhuhai had been utilized to mechanism has been criticized in The Tap Seac Gallery Mstatement yesterday that Zhuhai to complaints from Macau residen- express the concerns of local resi- the past, with others claiming that premises were vandalized municipal authorities are investi- ts that the light emitted from some dents. the scope of the cooperation is limi- on February 2, with three gating the intensity of light emitted buildings in Zhuhai constituted a “Regarding the glare and spotli- ted. walls smeared with paint. The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) has reported the incident to the Judiciary Economy Police (PJ), which is now New Dóci Papiaçám play investigating. No arrests have been made so far. Slight money supply PJ said that the culprits, inspired by typhoons and once identified, will be growth in December charged with aggravated other turmoil destruction of relics and can be sentenced to a maximum of five years in ccording to statis- sector increased 6.2 percent prison. The IC said repairs A tics released this week to MOP174.8 billion. will cost approximately by the Monetary Authority of As a result, total deposits MOP20,000. Macao, the broad money su- within the banking sector pply continued to grow in De- increased 0.7 percent from a cember 2016. Total deposits month earlier to MOP942.1 Call for domes- increased while total loans billion. The shares of MOP, declined, meaning that the HKD, RMB and USD in total tic helper mar- overall loan-to-deposit ratio deposits were 21.7 percent, ket opening of the banking sector declined 47.4 percent, 4.5 percent and from a month earlier. 23.2 percent, respectively. Lawmaker Mak Soi Meanwhile, the non-perfor- Domestic loans to the Kun is calling for the ming loan ratio, an indicator private sector increased government to open of bank asset quality, remai- 1.8 percent from a month Macau’s domestic helper he patuá-language theater discovers that he has won a prize ned relatively stable in De- ago to MOP422.7 billion. market to Guangdong Tgroup Dóci Papiaçám di Ma- in a Hong Kong lottery, which he cember. MOP123.9 billion was MO- Province, according to cau has started rehearsals for cannot claim because a typhoon The currency in circulation P-denominated, MOP277.3 a report by TDM. In a this year’s show, which will be signal has been hoisted in Macau for that month grew 1 per- billion was denominated in written inquiry to the presented at the upcoming edi- and the ferries have stopped, the cent from November while HKD, MOP3.3 billion was government, Mak praised tion of the Macau Arts Festival. playwright Miguel Senna Fer- demand deposits dropped denominated in RMB and the government’s work in The group has based this year’s nandes told Tribuna de Macau. by approximately 8 percent. MOP17 billion was denomi- livelihood policies, before play on the latest turmoil over While no new members have Quasi-monetary liabilities in nated in USD. These repre- adding that the Chinese the weather bureau’s erroneous joined the troupe this year, the Macau rose 3.8 percent in the sented 29.3 percent, 65.6 central government has hoisting of the typhoon signal, play marks the return of Ange- same period. percent, 0.8 percent and 4 already permitted an among other topics. la Ramos, who has been absent In terms of money supply, percent of the total, respecti- unlimited number of The play, which will be pre- from patuá plays for more than the shares denominated in vely. domestic helpers from sented as a musical, will be held 10 years, as a main character. MOP, HKD, RMB and USD Analyzed by economic sec- Fujian and Guangdong to at the Grand Auditorium of the The Macau Meteorological were 30.6 percent, 54.3 per- tor, loans to “gaming” and work in the region. Mak Cultural Center (CCM) on May and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) cent, 4.2 percent and 8.6 per- “electricity, gas and water” remarked that the Macau government has only 19 and 20, and will explore the has been under fire for incor- cent, respectively. increased at the respective released this information controversy surrounding the rectly predicting and assessing Resident deposits increased rates of 1.3 percent and 0.7 to the city’s Labour Affairs topic in a satirical way. typhoons, such as Typhoon 2.6 percent from the prece- percent compared to the pre- Bureau, meaning that Named “Sórti na Téra di Tufám” Nida last August. The SMG said ding month to MOP518.9 vious quarter, whereas “in- many local families who (Luck in the Land of Typhoon), the weather did not justify a T8 billion while non-resident formation technology”, “ma- need domestic helpers are the play tells the story of an un- typhoon signal, a decision that deposits dropped 6.2 percent nufacturing industries” and still unaware of the policy. lucky individual who was fired was strongly contested by resi- to MOP248.3 billion, accor- “restaurants, hotels and simi- He urged the government from his company on the same dents. In other occasions, classes ding to the Monetary Autho- lar” dropped by 9.1 percent, to make the information day that all his colleagues were were suspended in milder wea- rity. Additionally, public sec- 8.4 percent and 5.7 percent, public through multiple promoted. At the same time, he ther. tor deposits with the banking respectively. channels. 08.02.2017 wed

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FSS increases front as the non-venomous Indo-Chinese Rat Snake. employer Snake spotted on The snake is usually found along the grassy banks of contribution reservoirs and the edges of cultivated fields or ponds. Starting this February, the standard employer Taipa waterfront “I would advise people to contribution for social security will be MOP90. leave [the snakes] alone,” The Social Security Fund (FSS) announced that he said. “If your dog or cat the contribution would be doubled from MOP45 mous. Information on the is bitten, take them to the on January 1 this year. The FSS reiterated region’s snakes is posted vet. If a person is bitten they yesterday that all employers are required to pay this new amount to contribute to their casual on the website of the Macau should take a picture of the workers’ social security. Under the Executive Biodiversity project, which snake and go to the doctor. Order, the contributions for casual workers is managed by the Science If the snake is killed [in the from January 1 are MOP90 for employees and Environment Resear- incident], take the snake who work more than 15 days a month, where ch Lab of the University of too.” employers’ and employees’ portions are MOP60 Saint Joseph. However, he added that it and MOP30 respectively. For employees who Dr Ruan Du Toit Bester of is very unusual for people or work fewer than 15 days a month, employers’ the Royal Veterinary Center animals in Macau to be trea- and employees’ contributions are MOP30 and told the Times that most of ted for snakebites. MOP15 respectively. Macau’s snakes are spotted While he is aware of at least in Coloane during the sum- one case of a person being mer. Many of them hiberna- bitten, it remains a very rare IC extends deadline te during winter, and some occurrence. may only be seen in the mor- “We never hear news about for subsidy program ning when they venture out these cases,” he said. to bask in the sun. The various species that The application deadline for the “2016 Subsidy “Snakes are mainly seen in can be found in Macau inclu- Program for the Production of Original Coloane, especially around de the non-venomous Indo- Animation Short Films” has been extended the [hiking] tracks and the Chinese Rat Snake, Malayan to 5 p.m on April 12. The Cultural Affairs white houses there,” he said. Banded Wolf Snake and the Bureau (IC), which organizes the event, “Some of the snakes in Ma- Taiwan Kukri Snake. said the extended deadline allows 45 more days for applicants to prepare the necessary cau are quite poisonous and The territory is also home documents. Successful applicants will receive In this photo provided by a reader, a snake can be seen in Taipa it can be dangerous if they to the mildly venomous a subsidy of up to MOP240,000 for the bite you.” Mangrove Water Snake, the production, promotion and marketing of the t least one snake was re they are more commonly Ruan Du Toit Bester advi- dangerous Green Pit Viper animated films. The “2016 Subsidy Program Aspotted along the wa- spotted in the greener parts sed that people refrain from and Taiwan Cobra, and the for the Production of Original Animation Short terfront of northern Taipa of Coloane. disturbing the snakes where extremely venomous Many- Films”, which launched last December, is part on Saturday, a concerned lo- There are several species possible. banded Krait (also known as of the “Subsidy Program Series for Macau’s cal informed the Times. This of snakes in the MSAR, He identified the snake the Taiwanese Krait), whose Cultural and Creative Industries”. is some distance from whe- some of which are veno- spotted on the Taipa water- bites can be fatal. DB ad wed 08.02.2017

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of live poultry, as well as the cen- tralization of the poultry slaughter processes. Gov’t plans to expedite Chan also revealed that the Ci- vic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) has arranged for industry officials to visit refrigerated pro- replacement of live poultry supply duct companies in China, where they can observe the process of food preservation and ensure the ecretary for Admi- mainland authorities regarding hygiene of any refrigerated pro- nistration and Justice So- avian flu cases, and is taking steps ducts supplied to the territory. nia Chan said yesterday to ensure that all poultry importa- Chan also said that according to that the government may tion can be safely resumed. government forecasts, the whole- Sexpedite the process of replacing The government said in a state- sale market for refrigerated pro- its live poultry supply with chilled ment that it is “maintaining com- ducts could be transferred to the poultry. munication with the industry to cross-border industrial zone in the Chan was speaking to the press provide support and gather their second half of 2017. on the sidelines of a meeting of the views and needs regarding the She added that the government Standing Committee of the Legis- restructuring of this industry.” is carrying out preparatory works lative Assembly. The statement reaffirmed the for the relocation of the facilities She added that Macau has been importance of expediting the re- and that sector professionals have in direct communication with placement of the current supply already carried out site visits.

and classic films when it Capitol Theater to reopen this year reopens, houses 380 seats. In 2015, vendors ope- rating inside the Capitol acau’s former William Kuan, an in- have a base for the cultu- Kuan said the renova- mall voiced their opposi- MCapitol Theater is vestor in the theater, no- ral and creative sector,” tion works would not al- tion to the building’s im- scheduled to reopen in ted that judicial procee- said Kuan in a TDM re- ter the size of the current pending transformation mid-2017 after under- dings for the old theater port. building. into a cultural and crea- going renovation. are set to end. “With the water and Movie projection equip- tive facility. The reopening of the “The litigation among electricity supply in pla- ment could still be found However, the commi- renovated theater, origi- the shop owners on the ce, it’ll only take two to in the old theatre, which ttee claimed that a se- nally scheduled for 2016, ground floor is finishing. three months to finish had been in a dilapida- ttlement had since been was delayed due to legal After it finishes, there the work. We’re hoping ted condition for many reached. disputes among shop will be a large-scale and to reopen the cinema in years. The renovation will re- vendors over managerial comprehensive renova- the middle of this year,” The cinema, which portedly cost MOP20 rights and ownership. tion project. Then we’ll the investor added. will screen local movies million.

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he number of cre- Tdit card in circula- tion in the last quarter of 2016 has grown by 2.7 percent over a quar- ter earlier to a total of 1,059,382 cards, the Monetary Authority of Macau informed in a statement. According to the same statement, the number of MOP, HKD and RMB - denominated cards were of 747,153, 91,571 and 220,658 respectively, with the biggest growth registered in the increa- se of HKD-denomina- ted cards (4.5 percent). Rising also were the According to the same total. dual and triple-curren- statement the limit of Credit card receivables cy cards, with MOP-de- credit granted reached amounted to MOP2.5 nominated cards rising MOP25.3 billion at end- billion while the rollo- year-on-year by 12.2 December 2016, up 5.4 ver amount totaled percent, while the HKD- percent from end-Sep- MOP740.5 million, ac- denominated cards tember 2016. counting for nearly 30 grew by 13 percent. In Credit card turnover percent of receivables. the same period, the grew 7.2 percent quar- Meanwhile, credit card number of RMB-deno- ter-to-quarter to MOP5 repayments, in which minated cards soared billion, with the cash payments for interest 23.2 percent, increa- advance turnover rea- and fees are included, sing at a rate much fas- ching MOP216 million grew 1.6 percent from ter than other denomi- and being accountable the previous quarter to nations. for 4.3 percent of the MOP4.9 billion. 08.02.2017 wed

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commented Cameron McKni- Gaming | VIP vs. mass-market ght of Well Fargo Securities. Buckingham Research Group Gaming and Lodging Analyst Christopher Jo- Analysts quarrel over nes concurred, adding that Wynn’s approach in its first Cotai foray has brought the operator’s market share in source of Macau recovery Macau to 13.7 percent; its hi- ghest in around five years. Other analysts, such as Ma- Daniel Beitler If the theory that VIP grow- cau-based Grant Govertsen, th is driving Macau’s recovery argue that the discrepancy in ross gaming reve- is correct, observers would the classification of VIP and nue (GGR) growth expect resorts more closely mass-market sectors between is being driven by tied to the VIP sector to ou- the DICJ and the gaming ope- a surge in VIP re- tperform their rivals. Ac- rators obscures the true res- Gvenue rather than the mas- cording to industry analysts pective weightings. s-market, say some analysts, Well Fargo Securities and “It cannot be stressed enou- indicating that despite go- Buckingham Research Group gh that the headline growth vernment efforts to promote Gaming and Lodging, this is rates in 4Q16, which showed the mass-market sector, the exactly what is happening. VIP […] growing significantly gambling industry remains While two large-scale inte- faster than mass tables […] reliant on big players from grated resorts opened in Co- are, simply put, backwards,” mainland China. Others con- tai last year in time for the he wrote, arguing that casino tend that mass-market grow- fourth quarter, the VIP-focu- operators classify some mass- th is behind the recovery. sed Wynn Palace has outper- market tables as VIP to cir- According to information formed expectations in its cumvent the smoking ban. published on the website of fourth quarter earnings, whi- “In other words, and con- the Gaming Inspection and le “family-friendly” The Pari- trary to misconstrued weekly Coordination Bureau (DICJ), of total GGR for the quarter. nue. sian Macao has fallen short of data points, the strength seen gaming revenues from VIP However, due to discrepan- The change recorded over them. in the fourth quarter of 2016 baccarat – by far the most cies between how gaming the fourth quarter of the pre- “We’ve consistently noted was not primarily driven by popular game of fortune in operators and the DICJ clas- vious year, 2015, saw VIP re- over the past two months that VIP. It was driven by mass,” Macau – accounted for more sify the two segments, many venues (+13 percent) surpass Wynn is highly leveraged to added Govertsen. “This is than MOP33 billion in the analysts argue that VIP ga- mass- market revenue (+7 VIP and that the VIP segment very important in the context fourth quarter of 2016. This mers are responsible for just percent) and overall gaming has been accelerating and dri- of what we see as a sustainab- represents about 55 percent 46 percent of gaming reve- revenue (+10 percent). ving Macau market growth,” le mass market led recovery.”

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delegation from Macau immersive and interactive ccording to double-digit decline A is in London for inter- Virtual Reality Slots iGame: ACalifornia’s Varie- in the company’s sha- national gaming event “ICE Kleopatra VR,” Join Games ty, citing rumors from re price following the Totally Gaming”, which ends Malta said in a statement. bloomberg Hollywood, billionaire employee detentions. tomorrow. According to CalvinAyre, casino owner James According to various The delegation includes software company BtoBet Packer is looking to media reports, lawyers senior officials from eight will also present a campaign sell his stake in film have asserted that commercial gaming orga- dedicated to its player-cente- production and finan- Crown failed to disclo- nizations and is led by Jay red solutions. cing firm, RatPac. se to investors the level Chun, the president of the The campaign features If confirmed, the of risk associated with Macau Gaming Equipment three tools: artificial intelli- move will be Packer’s the arrests. The com- Manufacturers Association gence for players, marketing latest effort to remove pany’s stocks dropped (MGEMA). tools like augmented reality his assets from over- a further 1.1 percent on Participants from Macau in- and virtual assistants, and a seas holdings in order Friday in reaction to clude Aruze Gaming Macau recommendation engine that to double down on his the rumored lawsuit. Ltd., gaming magazine Inside aims to give players the best domestic casino ope- James Packer Packer, who increa- Asian Gaming and the Macao possible gaming experience. rations in Australia. sed the amount of di- Gaming Show. “Having the player at the However, a RatPac ther major investor operates several inte- rect control he has The delegation plans to ex- center, independent of the representative denied in RatPac, recently grated resorts in Ma- over the board of Aus- plore advances in artificial channel he uses, has become the possibility of a sale agreed to sell his stake cau, such as Studio City tralia’s Crown Resorts intelligence (AI) and virtual fundamental for licensees and told Variety that after he was named as and City of Dreams. last month, recently reality (VR) and how these nowadays. They need all data “James [Packer] is not a potential U.S. Trea- The decision was withdrew the company impact gaming. sources integration and a sin- going anywhere.” sury Secretary un- predated for several from a Las Vegas casi- Software casino provider gle point of contact to trace “James is very in- der President Donald months by an ongoing no project . Join Games Malta Ltd. will all customer activities,” said volved. He and Brett Trump. controversy in main- This repositioning is also launch its Kleopatra VR BtoBet CMO Sabrina Soldá [Ratner] are partners An industry insider land China, in which part of Packer’s stra- at the three-day event at Ex- in a statement. [… and] nothing gets allegedly told Variety 17 Crown employees tegy to refocus his ef- Cel in east London. Event organizer Clarion done without the two that there are parties were detained on ga- forts on the domestic The Kleopatra VR has been Events claimed that last of them. They are very potentially interested ming charges. casino market, chiefly described as “the industry’s year’s edition, according to good friends.” in buying out both Pa- The rumors of a wi- a large integrated re- first immersive and interac- an independent audit, had a RatPac was co-foun- cker and Mnuchin’s thdrawal from RatPac sort planned for Sy- tive virtual reality slots iGa- record turnout of more than ded by Packer and U.S. stakes. coincide with news dney’s inner-city su- me.” 28,500 visitors and organiza- director Brett Ratner. Crown Resorts, whi- late last week of a po- burb of Barangaroo. “2017 marks an important tions from approximately 150 Its track record inclu- ch Packer owns, sold a tential multimillion- He told Australian step up in innovation […] to- nations. des films such as Gra- USD800 million stake dollar lawsuit leveled media last month that gether with our technology There are up to 500 exhi- vity, Suicide Squad in Melco Crown Enter- against Crown. The he wants the resort to partner Parallel66, we will bitors at this year’s event, a and The Lego Movie. tainment Ltd in May lawsuit could seek make Sydney residents deliver at ICE the world’s first quarter of which will be first- Steve Mnuchin, ano- 2016. Melco Crown compensation for a “proud”. DB reveal of the industry’s first time participants. 08.02.2017 wed

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worked for months on a fix. Cisco has declined to comment on that case, saying only that it tries to fix Snowden-era corporate paranoia problems quickly. By 2020, spending on open- source and self-built switches and other network technologies will ac- creates networking startup boom count for at least 20 percent of the global data center market, up from less than 2 percent last year, accor- Jordan Robertson ding to researcher Gartner Inc. Big Switch Networks Inc., Cumulus

f all the lasting effects bloomberg Networks Inc., Pluribus Networks of Edward Snowden’s Inc. and SnapRoute are among leaks, there’s one photo the companies cultivating a niche that leaves a particularly that’s putting pressure on leaders Ostrong mark. In it, U.S. federal em- Cisco and Juniper Networks Inc. ployees in T-shirts and blue jeans and their proprietary code, said are seen intercepting network Naresh Singh, an analyst at Gart- equipment from Cisco Systems ner. Inc. at a shipping facility. The feds The giants are already under in the photo, their faces obscured, pressure from software-based were reprogramming the machi- networking alternatives like nes to spy on people’s activities. SnapRoute’s, and the adoption The image captured a deeply held of open-source tools from mega paranoia within Silicon Valley’s users, such as Facebook and Gold- biggest internet companies: In an man Sachs, poses an even bigger era of increasingly sophisticated threat to their businesses, Singh nation-state hacking, how can we said. Cisco said some companies trust that network infrastructure balk at using open-source network isn’t compromised before it’s dro- equipment, citing maintenance pped off at the company loading “complexity and hidden costs.” docks? three years, according to resear- founded by a former manager a potential competitor because SnapRoute founder Jason For- This fear has created a sense of cher CB Insights. “We’ve lost con- of Apple’s global data center ne- Cisco Chief Executive Officer Chu- rester said the idea for his star- urgency for Apple Inc., Google, fidence in the vendors in the wake twork. The startup makes a chea- ck Robbins has said the company tup came from a key discovery he Facebook Inc. and other techno- of the Snowden revelations, and per, simpler network switch than needs to be “part of every techno- and his colleagues at Apple made logy giants that have been devi- that is a weakness and an opportu- the ones Cisco sells. And unlike logy discussion that our customers when they began designing their sing their own alternatives to Cis- nity,” said John Kindervag, a vice most switches, it’s open-source, want to have.” own networking software and swi- co, which controls more than half president at market analysis firm allowing customers to look for The high cost of traditional ne- tches. Forrester (no relation to the of the market for network equi- Forrester Research. bugs, performance glitches or ba- tworking products was the main market research firm) left Apple in pment. After the photo was pub- One company that’s benefiting ckdoors that might allow a gover- reason for Amazon.com Inc.’s 2015 but declined to talk in detail lished, Cisco filed a public com- is SnapRoute Inc., which was nment to peek inside. investment into creating its own about his work there. “Switching plaint with the White House, ar- SnapRoute plans to announce equipment. “It was cost that cau- wasn’t as hard as Cisco and others guing that spying by the National a $25 million round of funding sed us to head down our own led customers to believe,” he said Security Agency was hurting U.S. Cisco filed Tuesday from AT&T Inc., Micro- path,” James Hamilton, vice presi- at SnapRoute’s offices in an in- companies. Cisco told Bloomberg a public soft Corp., Lightspeed Venture dent and distinguished hardware dustrial part of Palo Alto, Califor- it doesn’t work with governments Partners and Norwest Venture engineer for Amazon Web Ser- nia, located 10 miles from Apple’s on backdoors for its products and complaint Partners. The startup counts Face- vices, said at a conference in No- campus. maintains tight checks on its pro- book among its customers. vember. “Networking gear is really Switches from SnapRoute are cesses and supply chain to assure with the White Facebook is also a founding expensive.” $30,000 to $40,000 cheaper than customers of their security. member of the Open Compute Besides looking to save a lot comparable brand-name models, While Cisco’s dominance isn’t in House, arguing Project, which develops and sha- of money on premium equip- Forrester said. And whereas swit- danger of slipping any time soon, that spying by res open-source data center desig- ment, companies are placing a ches from Cisco and other big su- the industry’s creeping concerns ns. It launched the project in 2011 higher value on transparency. ppliers can have tens of millions of over cybersecurity have created an the National after revealing details about a data Cisco guards its code and desig- lines of code, SnapRoute’s has just opening for new businesses and center it built in Prineville, Oregon, ns, making them difficult to repair 22,000, he said. This means fewer equipment-design skunkworks in- Security using only Facebook-designed ser- when things break. Bloomberg Bu- features, so SnapRoute may not side large companies. In the three vers, power supplies and backup sinessweek reported in September be an attractive option for some years since the Snowden leaks, ne- Agency was systems. Alphabet Inc.’s Google, that a web hosting company filed companies. But the simpler code tworking software and equipment hurting U.S. Apple, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for bankruptcy protection after a makes it easier for customers to startups raised USD6.35 billion, a and Microsoft are now members. series of Cisco switches failed and sift through in search of hidden 47 percent increase over the prior companies So is Cisco. It’s playing along with a major customer left, while Cisco spying devices. Bloomberg

corporate bits Qatar Airways breaks longest flight record ap photo Qatar Airways launched its tion with 42 seats in Business mentous occasion for Qatar new record-breaking Auckland Class and 217 seats in Eco- Airways and provides another service on Waitangi Day, one nomy Class. accomplishment to celebrate of the country’s most signifi- Passengers travelling to and in this our 20th year flying the cant days of the year. from Auckland in Business flag internationally for Qatar.” The first Qatar Airways flight Class can experience comfor- Jeremy Clarke-Watson, New touched down just after sunri- table, fully-flat beds in the sky Zealand Ambassador to the se on the North Island of New with 78 inches of seat pitch. State of Qatar, added: “Wel- Zealand. The aircraft also features an coming Qatar Airways to New The Doha-Auckland route – inflight entertainment system Zealand, through this direct which takes 17 hours and 30 with up to 3,000 entertain- service, is a significant event minutes and covers a distance ment options on individual in the New Zealand Qatar re- of 14,535 kilometers – is the screens in all classes. lationship – opening up greater world’s longest commercial Qatar Airways Group chief people to people and busi- flight. executive Akbar Al Baker, ness to business connections Celebrations to commemo- who travelled on board the between our two countries.” rate the inaugural flight began inaugural flight, said: “Arriving Auckland is Qatar Airways’ first with a traditional water salute in Auckland on Waitangi Day, new destination to be launched as the Qatar Airways Boeing and achieving the title of wor- this year. The airline added 14 777 taxied down the runway. ld’s longest flight for the return new destinations to its lineup in Qatar Airways said its Boeing record-breaking service, […] 2016 and plans to launch more 777 has a two-class configura- makes this an even more mo- in 2017/18. 08.02.2017 wed

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Australia, China vow to deepen ties on trade

Kristen Gelineau, Sydney “Australia reassures China that we ter Malcolm Turnbull over a refugee are a reliable partner and that we will resettlement deal struck by the pre- ustralia and China pledged continue to place a strong trade and vious Obama administration. A yesterday to deepen their ties on economic relationship as one of our Australia is strategic to America’s everything from trade to tourism, a push in the Pacific against a more show of unity that comes at a delicate assertive China. The U.S. and Austra- time in Australia’s relationship with lia have increased their military coo- China’s chief rival for Pacific power, peration as part of the Pacific pivot, the United States. We agree to with American Marines now rotating Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, send a clear through a training hub in the nor- who is visiting Canberra for talks with thern port city of Darwin. his Australian counterpart, touted a message — that Bishop took pains to say the rela- free trade agreement the two nations tionship between China and the U.S. signed a year ago as a success, while it is important to was one of the most significant in the vowing to take a “firm stand” against world. protectionism. firmly commit to “We look forward to there being a “At the time when we face an inter- an open world deeper, more positive engagement national situation that is full of un- between the U.S. and China, and certainties, we agree to send a clear economy. Australia will do all it can as a strong message — that it is important to Wang Yi strategic partner of both countries to firmly commit to an open world eco- encourage that deeper, constructive nomy,” Wang told reporters through engagement for the benefit of our re- an interpreter. “It is important to highest priorities,” Bishop said. gion and beyond,” she said. steer economic globalization toward The vows of cooperation come just Wang said China’s relationship with greater inclusiveness, broader shared as Australia’s relationship with its the U.S. has long withstood difficul- benefits and in a more sustainable longtime ally, the U.S., is hitting its ties, and that the countries’ interests way.” lowest point in decades. Australia remain intertwined, particularly in Australian Foreign Minister Julie was disappointed, though not sur- trade. Bishop said Australia is committed prised, by President Donald Trump’s “For any sober-minded politician, to ensuring the free trade agreement decision to pull the U.S. out of the they clearly recognize that there can- with China continues to grow, and 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership not be conflict between China and said the countries plan to cooperate trade pact. Relations soured further the United States because both will more on tourism, regional infrastruc- after a tense phone call between lose,” Wang said. “And both sides Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister ture, innovation and energy. Trump and Australian Prime Minis- cannot afford that.”AP

Foreign reserves fall to Vatican debated whether to invite China to organ six-year low after outflows meeting

sing the yuan’s exchange rate to

give Chinese exporters an unfair ap photo price advantage. Economists say bloomberg that while that might have been true during the previous decade, market forces now are pushing the yuan lower and it would fall further if Beijing weren’t interve- ning to prop it up. The People’s Bank bases the yuan’s state-set exchange rate on a basket of currencies that is belie- ved to be dominated by the dollar. That required Beijing to intervene Msgr. Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, head of the Pontificial Academy of Sciences to keep the yuan in line with the dollar as the greenback rose over hina’s foreign exchange re- to move money out of the country. the past two years. atican officials are from executed prisoners. Cserves have fallen to a six-year That prompted Beijing to step up The latest data suggest the capi- Vdefending their de- But he said yesterday the low following outflows of capital scrutiny of proposed foreign in- tal outflow might be slowing but cision to invite a Chine- Vatican wanted to stren- that prompted Beijing to tighten vestments and ban some activities the change is modest, economists se delegation to an organ gthen reformers in Chi- controls on outbound investment. by individual investors. said. trafficking conference, na, which has declared Reserves declined by about “The Chinese government and The data suggest capital outflows saying the positives of en- that the practice ended in USD13 billion in January to $2.99 the PBOC are now facing a tre- last month were about $45 billion, couraging reform outwei- 2015. trillion but still are by far the wor- mendous battle to stem further down from December’s $61 ghed negative criticism “We believe truly that ld’s biggest, central bank data significant capital outflows while billion, according to Julian Evans- that the Holy See was hel- they want to change, and showed tyesday. The reserves also trying to maintain confidence Pritchard of Capital Economics. ping whitewash Beijing’s that they are changing,” have fallen by $992 billion from in the yuan and prevent any sig- “Outflows may start to pick-up use of organs from execu- he said. a peak of $3.99 trillion in June nificant further drop in the yuan again later this year if, as we ex- ted prisoners. The Chinese delegation 2014. exchange rate,” said Rajiv Biswas pect, the U.S. dollar begins to Monsignor Marcelo San- is headed by the former The People’s Bank of China is of IHS Global Insight in a report. strengthen again,” Evans-Prit- chez Sorondo, chancellor vice minister of health, spending the reserves to shore up U.S. President Donald Trump chard said in a report. “But for of the Pontifical Academy Dr. Huang Jiefu, who is the exchange rate of China’s yuan promised during his campaign now at least, the jitters surroun- of Sciences, said there was proposing a U.N. global after expectations it would decline to declare Beijing a currency ma- ding capital outflows late last year no way to know if China task force for organ traffi- led companies and small investors nipulator, accusing it of depres- have subsided.” AP is still harvesting organs cking oversight. AP wed 08.02.2017

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to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia following his death last year. Chinese judge says Trump is He said Trump had set a poor example and lost respect for having “led the way in insul- ting a judge, with the vice pre- an enemy ‘of the rule of law’ sident and his political party swarming to his defense [and] in a country known as the most democratic and most respect- ap photo ful of the rule of law.” “The president who wou- ld curse a judge and the thug who would kill a judge are both public enemies of the rule of law,” He wrote, referencing the recent murder of a retired judge in southern China. “Who cares that you control the armed forces and have nuclear weapons at your dis- posal. Your dignity has been swept away and you are no di- fferent than a scoundrel,” He wrote. Trump had been considered by many in China as preferable to Democratic Party candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was seen as taking a harder line toward Beijing. However, Trump has also raised concerns over his comments on Taiwan, trade and other issues seen as di- verging from long-established Gerry Shih, Beijing Supreme People’s Court Jud- cial defeat should bear the loss leaders. Those comments have U.S. policy toward China. ge He Fan’s blog post came af- silently rather than lash out at reignited a debate on the topic The divisive U.S. presidential judge in China’s top ter Trump went on Twitter on the judge in question. within China’s legal communi- campaign and seeming chaos court has labeled Saturday to denigrate James The widely reported contro- ty, which is in general tightly of Trump’s first three weeks in Donald Trump an Robart as a “so-called judge” versy surrounding Trump’s ban bound to uphold the party line. office have also provided the enemy “of the rule whose “ridiculous” decision follows recent remarks by Chi- He, an expert on the Ameri- ruling Communist Party with ofA law” over his insults direc- opened the country to poten- na’s top judge that the concept can justice system, did not voi- new grist for its claims that ted at a U.S. judge who tempo- tial terror attacks. of judicial independence was ce his thoughts in that debate, China’s authoritarian one- rarily blocked the president’s In his post, dated Sunday, He an “erroneous Western ideal” although he frequently offers party system is the best way travel ban, saying Trump had wrote that under the U.S. sys- unsuited to China — seen as opinions on matters foreign for the country to ensure eco- set a poor example as head of tem’s separation of powers, a a demand for obedience from and domestic. He published a nomic growth and social sta- the world’s leading democracy. president who is dealt a judi- the ruling Communist Party’s lengthy and widely read paean bility. AP

eeking to revive its built in the 1980s, along Slong-dormant aeros- with even older U.S.-ma- pace industry, Taiwan Taiwan seeks to revive aerospace de Northrop F-5s. yesterday launched a Prior to Tsai’s election USD2.1 billion invest- fortunes with jet trainers last year, the former ru- ment in the production ling Nationalist Party of air force jet trainers to government had been be designed and manu- behind us, but we also considering broad coope- factured on the island to suffered serious brain- ration in the project with counter Chinese military ap photo drain,” Tsai said. “We foreign companies, which and diplomatic pressure. do not have another 30 might have helped coun- President Tsai Ing-wen years to waste. Now, the ter pressure from China, presided over a cere- government is adamant which considers the is- mony in the central city in leading its people to land its own territory to of Taichung to inaugura- regain the prestige of its be unified with by force if te the project, which she defense industry.” necessary. hopes will aid Taiwan’s To aid the development, That approach was security and stem the the Taiwanese military’s abandoned amid calls by flow of engineering ta- main research base, the Tsai and others to revive lent overseas. The push National Chung-Shan and nurture the local in- to develop new home- Institute of Science and dustry. made equipment is seen Technology, has recei- Taiwan’s IDF fighters as growing more urgent ved a 21 percent budget remain in service and are against the backdrop of increase in the past year now undergoing upgra- rival China’s increasingly alone, Tsai said. Domes- des, although they remain rigid approach to Tsai’s participants. China. help upgrade the high- tic manufacturer Aeros- inferior to China’s newest independence-leaning Taiwan has largely Although Taiwan has tech island’s precision in- pace Industrial Deve- generation mainstay, the government. abandoned the aircraft since bought fighter jets dustries. lopment Corp. will also J-10, an indigenously de- “Building fighters lo- industry since it develo- from the U.S. and France, “Taiwan’s locally made participate in the project, veloped model, and the cally is not a dream, it is ped its Indigenous De- Tsai said failure to deve- fighter industry has been which aims to deliver its J-11, which is a copy of an action. We not only fense Fighter, or IDF, in lop the domestic industry stagnating for almost 30 first aircraft by 2020. Russia’s Su-27. Taiwan’s want the fighter to take the 1980s following diffi- would be a “major disas- years. Not only has our The new planes, 66 of air force fleet also boasts off, but also want the in- culties in obtaining mili- ter” for the island demo- aerospace industry been which are on order, will the advanced French Mi- dustry to upgrade and tary hardware abroad as cracy’s security. She said outperformed by other replace the locally-made rage 2000 and the U.S. take off as well,” Tsai told a result of pressure from the project would also countries that had lagged AT-3 Tzu Chung trainers F-1 Fighting Falcon. AP 08.02.2017 wed

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Australia Rod McGuirk, Canberra “completely uncalled” for in a conversation with an ally such n Australian senator and as Australia. Aoutspoken supporter of “This doormat might be a good Senator says will start President Donald Trump an- gift for Cory Bernardi, given that nounced yesterday he will start as he’s such a big fan of Donald a new political party to appeal to Trump,” Xenophon said. disenfranchised conservatives. Bernardi won in an election new conservative party Cory Bernardi decided to last July that saw a record num- abandon Prime Minister Mal- ber of Australians vote for an- colm Turnbull’s conservative ti-establishment parties that Liberal Party as the ruling coali- splintered the conservative vote. tion trails further behind the Bernardi’s former government center-left Labor Party in opi- colleagues accused him of being ap photo nion polls seven months after a traitor, saying he was obliged elections. to serve the party on whose po- Bernardi told the Senate he licy platform he had been re-e- had resigned from the party to lected. start his new party called Aus- The 47-year-old had long been tralian Conservatives. among the Liberal Party’s most “We will be united by the de- conservative figures. He was de- sire to create stronger families, moted from a senior party posi- to foster free enterprise, to limit tion in 2012 for suggesting legal the size and scope and reach of recognition for gay marriage cou- government while seeking to ld lead to legalization of bestiality rebuild confidence in civil socie- and polygamy, offending many ty,” Bernardi said. same-sex marriage advocates. Bernardi’s defection came on Bernardi recently spent three the first day that Parliament has months in New York seconded met since Trump’s inaugura- to the United Nations and met tion. Trump associates. He owns a Senator Nick Xenophon, lea- red hat with a Trump-like slo- der of a minor party Nick Xe- gan: “Make Australia Great nophon Team, marked the oc- Again.” casion by bringing a doormat Bernardi said yesterday the emblazoned with Trump’s face major political parties had fai- and with the message: “Austra- led Australians. lia: not your doormat.” “The level of public disen- Xenophon has taken exception chantment with the major par- to a terse phone call between ties, the lack of confidence in Trump and Turnbull when they our political process and the first spoke as national leaders concern about the direction of Australian Senator Nick Xenophon arrives at the Senate entrance at Parliament House in Canberra, holding a doormat featuring last month. Xenophon said our nation is very, very strong,” an image of United States President Donald Trump, yesterday Trump’s reported language was Bernardi said. AP

Thailand Myanmar million kyats (USD769) in cash was also found in the vehicle. Buddhist monk arrested Myanmar is a major pro- Australian ducer of methamphetami- with four million meth pills ne, usually smuggled from sentenced to death the northeast to neighbo- ring countries. It is also the world’s second biggest

for drug killing ap photo producer of opium, from which heroin is derived. “This is not a normal Thai court counts and DNA pe to Asia and net case, and when we were in- A yesterday sen- evidence from millions of dollars. formed that the monk was tenced an Austra- bloodstains and Thailand rarely arrested, we were all sho- lian man to death weapons linked carries out the cked,” said Kyaw Mya Win, for the murder Bagnato to the death penalty. a township police officer. of a countryman crime. American Police had an ear- Asked about the case, the who was an alle- Tyler Gerard, 22, ly break in their director general of the Re- ged confederate in who confessed investigation be- ligious Affairs Ministry, a drug smuggling to involvement cause the guards Soe Min Tun, acknowled- gang. in the abduction who witnessed the ged some surprise. The Pattaya Pro- and aided poli- abduction helped “It is not a very common vincial Court on ce, was senten- police identify the case, but not impossible found Antonio ced to three years getaway vehicle, to happen. What will ha- Bagnato, 28, guil- imprisonment. which was rented ppen to the monk is that ty of killing former Other accomplices and had a GPS sys- A Buddhist monk reads a local newspaper he will have to give up his Hells Angels mem- who were seen by tem. Tracking the monkhood right away and ber Wayne Schnei- guards at the hou- route of the vehi- Buddhist monk has off that the monk was car- face trial as an ordinary der in November sing estate whe- cle led police to A been arrested in rying an illegal haul. person,” he said. 2015 after he and re the attack took Schneider’s buried Myanmar after authorities Maung Maung Yin said an Police said they were still accomplices beat place were not body. found more than 4 million anti-drug task force found questioning the monk yes- and kidnapped the apprehended. Pattaya is a seasi- methamphetamine pills in 400,000 pills in the monk’s terday. victim from his lu- Thai police say de town notorious his car and in his monas- car. A subsequent search Last year, Myanmar offi- xury villa in the re- Bagnato murdered for corruption and tery, police said yesterday. of his monastery turned up cials seized 21 million me- sort area. Bagnato Schneider because prostitution, and Officer Maung Maung Yin 4.2 million pills along with thamphetamine pills with fled to Cambodia of a dispute over its visitors and ex- said the monk was stopped a grenade and ammuni- a street value around $35.5 where he was ar- their drug traf- patriate residents Sunday as he drove in nor- tion. A statement from the million near the border rested soon after ficking network, include underwor- thern Rakhine state, which office of Myanmar’s lea- with China in the biggest the crime. which was said to ld figures from borders Bangladesh. Au- der, State Counsellor Aung such seizure in recent me- Eyewitness ac- stretch from Euro- many countries. AP thorities had been tipped San Suu Kyi, said that one mory. AP wed 08.02.2017

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Jim Gomez, Manila Philippines hilippine Presi- dent Rodrigo Duterte angrily berated more than 200 allegedly er- Duterte angrily scolds 228 Pring policemen on national TV yesterday and said he would send them to a southern island to fight extremists dreaded for police officers on TV their beheadings. Duterte’s expletive-filled ou- tburst against the officers at til my presidency ends, then Manila’s presidential palace let’s go into a gunbattle,” said was his latest tirade against a ap photo the president, who started his police force that he has called six-year term in June. “rotten to the core.” He re- Duterte abruptly ended his cently banned the national po- talk to lead a Cabinet meeting, lice from carrying out his anti- drug campaign after a group of officers used the crackdown as a cover to kidnap and kill a South Korean man in an extor- Sorry, I won’t tion scandal. think twice, you The 228 policemen from me- tropolitan Manila are accused would really of a range of administrative and criminal offenses, inclu- be the ones ding extortion and illegal ar- rests. Some have tested positi- to go down in ve for drug use, regional police extrajudicial spokeswoman Inspector Kim- berly Molitas said. killings. Duterte, a longtime crime- busting city mayor and govern- Rodrigo Duterte ment prosecutor who ran after erring policemen and soldiers but asked the policemen to before he rose to the presiden- In this photo provided by the Presidential Photographers Division, President Duterte berates erring policemen during an audience at the wait for him under the sun. cy last June, said he had wan- Presidential Palace grounds in Manila More than 7,000 suspected ted to punish the policemen drug dealers and addicts had by ordering them to clear the been killed in Duterte’s an- murky Pasig River by the pre- here,” Duterte told the police- “I will create a battalion just go down in extrajudicial killin- ti-drug crackdown before he sidential palace of water lilies, men, who were made to stand to keep track of your move- gs,” said Duterte, who stood prohibited the 170,000-strong but that the river was clear of in the sun before him outside ments because it has been the beside top police officials. police force from serving as the lilies. the Malacanang palace. “If you sad experience of this country Some rogue policemen have main enforcer of the campaign So he ordered them instead die there, I’ll tell the police not that the most vicious criminals mulcted street vendors and or- last week amid the scandal to prepare in two weeks for a to spend to bring you here and are mostly ex-police or some- dinary Filipinos, while others over the South Korean busi- two-year deployment to Basi- just bury you there.” times, ex-military men,” he have killed drug dealers, sei- nessman’s murder. lan Island, the birthplace of the Duterte said the policemen told the policemen, their heads zed and sold their metham- Troops will be tapped to tempo- brutal Abu Sayyaf extremist can opt to resign but warned bowed, threatening them with phetamine, a strongly addicti- rarily replace the policemen, Du- group, where he said some po- them about getting involved in death if they venture into cri- ve stimulant locally known as terte said, prompting human ri- lice stations have been blown criminal syndicates like some me. shabu, then pocketed the mo- ghts groups to express alarm due up by the terrorists. former police and military per- “Sorry, I won’t think twice, ney, Duterte said. to what they say is the military’s “If you survive, come back sonnel. you would really be the ones to “If you’re mad at me, wait un- equally notorious image. AP

New Zealand English has ‘sensible, polite’ talk with Trump

ew Zealand’s Pri- told Radio New Zealand sident has some views pulling out of a regional me Minister Bill En- that his 15-minute call about China, particular- trade deal.

N ap photo glish said yesterday he with Trump the pre- ly over trade, over the The White House said told President Donald vious day was a “sensi- South China Sea,” En- in a statement that Trump during a phone ble, polite discussion” glish said. Trump affirmed “the call that he disagreed that affirmed the good He said Trump told U.S. commitment to with his travel and re- relationship between him it was important strong and active en- fugee ban but that the the countries. that countries work to- gagement in Asia” and conversation remained English said he told gether to ensure Nor- thanked New Zealand amicable. Trump he disagreed th Korea did not cause for its contributions to Last week Trump had with the contested tra- trouble. international peace and a testy exchange with vel ban but didn’t berate Australia and New Zealand security. Australia’s Prime Mi- him over it. are part of the “Five Eyes” English said Trump nister Malcolm Turnbull “I’m not there to scold intelligence-sharing pro- also talked about the over a deal Australia him, although a lot of gram with Canada, Britain importance of U.S. bor- reached with the Oba- people might like us to and the U.S. der security. ma administration to do that,” English said. English said he told “The US has something resettle refugees in the English told the radio Trump it was important of a view that none of U.S. Trump later twee- station that they also that the U.S. maintain those pressures exist in ted that the deal was discussed China and its presence and inte- New Zealand,” English “dumb.” North Korea. rest in the Asia-Pacific said. “But actually they New Zealand’s Prime Minister Bill English delivers his budget speech to By contrast, English “Clearly the U.S. pre- area, particularly after do.” AP analysts and reporters in Wellington 08.02.2017 wed

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The body often would be left behind, or there would be a pool Amnesty: As many as 13,000 of blood in the cell for other pri- soners to clean up. “We can tell from the sound of the prisoner as he dies behind us. hanged in Syria prison since 2011 He dies a meter away. I don’t see anything, but I see with my ears,” said Alshogre, who at age 17 mo- the province since 2011. torture and mass killings. In the ved among nearly 10 detention “The horrors depicted in this re- past, they have denied reports of facilities in Syria for two years ap photo port reveal a hidden, monstrous massacres documented by inter- before he was taken to Saydnaya. national human rights groups, Alshogre survived nine months describing them as propaganda. in the prison, paying his way out Detainees The chilling accounts in yes- in 2015 — a common practice. He were told terday’s report came from inter- suffered from tuberculosis and views with 31 former detainees his weight fell to 35 kilograms. they would and over 50 other officials and Two cousins detained with him experts, including former guards in western Syria didn’t survive, be transferred and judges. dying a year apart in a military According to the findings, de- intelligence detention facility. to civilian tainees were told they would be The younger one died in Alsho- detention transferred to civilian detention gre’s arms, deprived of food and centers but were taken instead so weak he was unable to walk to centers but to another building in the facility the bathroom on his own. and hanged. Still, Alshogre said nothing cou- were taken “They walked in the ‘train,’ so ld have prepared him for Sayd- instead to they had their heads down and naya. At one point, Alshogre was This combination of two photos shows Omar Alshogre, a 21-year-old Syrian former were trying to catch the shirt of called out by his guards “for exe- detainee, now living in Stockholm, Sweden. The left picture is of Alshogre taken on another building the person in front of them. The cution,” he said. He was brought January 2017 in Stockholm. The right picture is of Alshogre in July 2015 in Antakya, first time I saw them, I was hor- before a military trial and told Turkey, a month after he got out of Syria’s Saydnaya prison in the facility rified. They were being taken to not to raise his gaze at the judge, the slaughterhouse,” Hamid, a who asked him how many sol- and hanged former detainee, told Amnesty. diers he had killed. Sarah El Deeb, Beirut Amnesty has recorded at least Another former detainee, Omar When he said none, the judge 35 different methods of tortu- campaign, authorized at the hi- Alshogre, told The Associated spared him. Death in Saydnaya yrian authorities have kil- re in Syria since the late 1980s, ghest levels of the Syrian gover- Press the guards would come to was always present, “like the air,” Sled as many as 13,000 people practices that only increased sin- nment, aimed at crushing any his cell, sometimes three times a Alshogre said. Once when he was — possibly more — since the start ce 2011, said Lynn Maalouf, de- form of dissent within the Syrian week, and call out detainees by deprived of food for two days, a of the 2011 uprising in mass han- puty director for research at Am- population,” Maalouf said. name. cellmate handed him his food ra- gings at a prison north of Damas- nesty’s regional office in Beirut. While the most recent data is Alshogre said a torture session tion — and died days later. cus known to detainees as “the Other rights groups have found from 2015, Maalouf said there would begin before midnight in “This is someone who gave me slaughterhouse,” Amnesty Inter- evidence of massive torture lea- is no reason to believe the prac- nearby chambers that he cou- his life,” he said. Another cellma- national said yesterday. ding to death in Syrian detention tice has stopped since then, with ld hear. “Then the sound wou- te died of diarrhea, also common In a new report covering the pe- facilities. In a report last year, thousands more probably killed. ld stop, and we would hear a in the prison. riod from 2011 to 2015, Amnesty Amnesty found that more than “These executions take place af- big vehicle come and take them “Death is the simplest thing. It said 20-50 people were hanged 17,000 people have died of tor- ter a sham trial that lasts over a away,” said Alshogre, who spent was the most hoped for becau- each week at Saydnaya Prison ture and ill-treatment in custody minute or two minutes, but they nine months in Saydnaya. Now se it would have spared us a lot: in killings authorized by senior across Syria since 2011, an avera- are authorized by the highest le- 21, he lives in Sweden. hunger, thirst, fear, pain, cold, Syrian officials, including depu- ge rate of more than 300 deaths vels of authority,” including the Speaking in an interview from thinking,” he added. ties of President Bashar Assad, a month. Grand Mufti, a top religious au- Stockholm via Skype, Alshogre “Thinking was so hard. It and carried out by military police. Those figures are comparable to thority in Syria, and the defense described how he was forced to could also kill,” said Alshogre, The report referred to the killin- battlefield deaths in Aleppo, one minister, she said. keep his eyes closed and his back who keeps a photo of one of his gs as a “calculated campaign of of the fiercest war zones in Syria, Syrian government officials ra- to the guards while they abused tormentors on the wall of his extrajudicial execution.” where 21,000 were killed across rely comment on allegations of or suffocated a cellmate. home. AP

Egypt says remittances, foreign inflows jump after float

Ahmed Feteha Bloomberg News separa- into $111 million in pre- before the 2011 uprising tely that most of Sunday’s float terms and half that against President Hosni emittances from foreign inflows were in lo- amount in today’s terms. Mubarak. bloomberg REgyptians working cal-currency debt. “Investors were testing The newfound confiden- abroad are surging and fo- “In the past few weeks, the waters in November ce in the economy was reigners bought more than we’ve been seeing persis- and December with small demonstrated last month USD250 million in local tent and growing inflows investments. Now we’re when Egypt sold $4 billion assets on Sunday alone, across equities and fixed seeing relatively bigger in international bonds at further signs of growing income,” Aboul Naga said tickets,” said Mohamed a lower cost than initial confidence in the nation’s late on Monday. Abu Basha, an economist guidance, having attrac- economy after it floated Foreign investors have at EFG-Hermes, the Arab ted bids worth more than the currency and secured a been gradually returning world’s largest investment three times the amount $12 billion IMF loan. to Egyptian assets since bank. “Now we can say raised. The sale ensured Expatriate workers sent currency controls were investors are becoming that Egypt covered its fun- home $4.6 billion in the abandoned in an effort to more convinced by Egypt’s ding gap this year, boosting fourth quarter of 2016, end a crippling foreign- story.” confidence in the Egyptian up 12 percent from a year currency shortage and Yet foreign holdings in pound, Abu Basha said. earlier, and most of it help secure IMF assistan- Egyptian debt remain Foreign reserves also transferred after the pou- ce. Foreign holdings of very low, suggesting there rose to USD26.4 billion in nd was floated on Nov. 3, T-bills grew to 10.2 billion is “plenty of potential for January, their highest le- the central bank said in a pounds ($552 million) in more inflows,” Abu Basha vel in more than five years. statement yesterday. Rami December. That’s up from said. Foreigners held Aboul Naga said they now Aboul Naga, assistant sub- 989 million pounds in about 60 billion Egyptian cover 5.7 months worth of governor at the bank, told October, which translates pounds worth of T-bills imports. Bloomberg A currency exchange store in Cairo wed 08.02.2017

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Elaine Ganley, Paris France Fillon reiterated he would wi- thdraw if he were charged — but rancois Fillon yes- questioned whether the financial terday defiantly refused prosecutor’s office handling the to drop out of the race to case was the proper jurisdiction. be France’s next presi- Presidential hopeful A statement by the prosecutor’s Fdent despite an investigation into office said it was competent. whether well-paid political jobs Officials of the far-right Natio- he gave his wife, son and daugh- nal Front party, including leader ter were genuine, a scandal that Fillon refuses to drop out Marine Le Pen, also are under in- has knocked him from his perch vestigation for their use of aides as favorite in the April-May vo- in the European parliament. ting. sidential campaign, Fillon put Fillon laid out for reporters in The conservative politician who the accent on cutting back on some detail his own facts about served as prime minister from ap photo government spending. A key the accusations. 2007 to 2012, the chief workhor- campaign promise this year is to “Yes, I employed my wife as an se under then-President Nicolas slash half a million public-sector aide,” Fillon said. He said she Sarkozy, has long had a repu- jobs. was paid an average 3,677 euros tation as low-key, reliable and Fillon’s popularity has dropped per month over 15 years. “Her standing for moral rectitude, in the past two weeks following salary was perfectly justified be- making the corruption scandal allegations by the Canard En- cause her work was indispensa- particularly shocking to his par- chaine newspaper that his Wel- ble to my activities as an elected ty, supporters and the French as sh-born wife Penelope was paid official,” he said. a whole. On Monday, two weeks 830,000 euros (USD900,000) Fillon said the scandal grew out after revelations first surfaced, he over 15 years without doing any- of a political conspiracy to take scrambled to save his candidacy. thing to earn the salary. The Pa- him out of the race, and make it a “I have nothing to hide,” ris prosecutor’s office last week face-off between far-right leader Fillon told a news conference expanded its investigation to in- Marine Le Pen — whose family he aimed at stanching the blood-le- clude Fillon’s son and daughter. blasted as “untouchable” — and tting and conspiring within his Francois Fillon Some conservative lawmakers Emmanuel Macron, an untested party about who might replace have pressed for him to step former banker and Socialist Par- him as candidate. “All acts des- his wife, while noting that it is as long as they actually do the down to improve the party’s ty maverick whom Fillon called a cribed [in the media] are legal not illegal and he is not the only jobs for which they are paid. chances of winning the election. “guru.” and transparent.” politician to have done so. “What Prosecutors are trying to de- The first vote is on April 23, and Fillon did not say who would be Determined despite unending was acceptable yesterday [...] is termine whether Fillon’s family the top two finishers compete in behind such a plot. attacks, Fillon, stressing his 32 not today,” Fillon said. members did the jobs of parlia- a runoff on May 7. If Fillon’s bid “Nothing will change my mind” years in politics, vowed to stay in “It was a mistake. I deeply re- mentary aides. The preliminary to win confidence while wading about running, Fillon said. To the race. “Nothing will turn me gret it and I present my excuses probe involves suspicions of em- through a legal investigation fails members of his own The Repu- from my duty to be candidate in to the French.” bezzlement and misappropria- to work, the election could beco- blicans party, he said twice, “I’m the presidential election,” he said. French politicians are allowed tion of public funds. me an unusual face-off without a not the candidate of a party” but Fillon apologized for employing to hire family members as aides As prime minister and in his pre- strong right, or no right at all. of the French people. AP

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Sports betting England’s home of Super Bowl generates mixed cricket joins climate results for Nevada odds makers fight to preserve sport

two teams would remain under 59. Winning bettors were lined up to ap photo ap photo cash their tickets until about 1 a.m., and the lines formed again later in the morning, he said. It could have been worse for the state’s 196 sports books. A record would have been set if the Patriots had kicked a field goal to win in overtime at 31-28, Pregame. com founder RJ Bell said in state- ment. That score would have ended with no winners or losers on the side (-3) and total (59). Jessica Shankleman than experienced over “That would have resulted in the almost three decades most bets in Vegas history being re- ngland’s home running to 2010, ac- funded,” Bell said. Eof cricket said cording to the U.K.’s Bettors also won big Sunday on it’s joining the fi- Met Office. several proposition bets — wagers ght against climate England & Wales offered on unique and various cases change to avert more Cricket Board con- — including on whether the game damage from severe tributed more than would go into overtime. That bet weather that has al- 1 million pounds to paid 7-1. ready cost millions of clubs hit by flooding “Every year, the general public bets pounds and wrecked in 2016 and has ear- to go into overtime,” said Jay Kor- historic grounds whe- marked an additio- negay, who runs the sports book at re the sport is played. nal 1.6 million pou- the Westgate Las Vegas. “So, for the Marylebone Cricket nds for this year, it A man looks through Super Bowl proposition bets at the Westgate Superbook Race and Sportsbook in Las Vegas longest period of time, we’ve always Club signed an agree- said. The Corbridge won on that prop, but this is the first ment with EDF Ener- Cricket Club in Nor- time that we actually had to pay out. gy Plc that shifts its thumberland, the Regina Garcia Cano, Las Vegas the casinos cleared in 2014. I guess it was a long time coming.” electricity consump- northernmost county Caesars Palace sportsbook director Kornegay said he had no complain- tion to 100 percent of England, was just as Vegas oddsmakers thought Frank Kunovic said the hotel-casino ts Monday, but he acknowledged renewable energy, one of the 57 affected Lthey might be headed for a big raked in a decent amount of money that he saw “glimpses of having a according to a state- and was forced to de- payday, but the New England Patrio- from bettors, but would have had a banner day” that ended with just an ment released yester- molish a 130-year-old ts — thanks to a successful two-point much better day if the Patriots mis- average one. day. The club’s Lord’s club house following conversion that led to the first-ever sed the two-point conversion that At the Wynn Las Vegas, the game cricket ground made Storm Desmond. Super Bowl overtime — left them tied the game. The play resulted in was pretty much a wash. Johnny the move after new fi- Even though the with mixed results instead. a seven-figure swing for Caesars’ Avello, the longtime oddsmaker gures showed storms London-based Maryle- Gamblers wagered a record bottom line when MVP quarterback and sports book director at the casi- and flooding linked bone Cricket Club USD138.5 million at Nevada casinos Tom Brady’s favored Patriots went no-resort on the Strip, said he took to climate change wasn’t hit by Des- on the big game, almost $6 million on to beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-28. a lot of six-figure bets and about 60 caused more than mond, it wants to rai- more than last year. The unaudi- Most bettors wagered for the Patrio- percent were on the Patriots. What 3.5 million pounds se awareness of the ted tallies released Monday by the ts to win by more than 3 points and helped the Wynn’s take was that it (USD4.3 million) of impacts that climate Nevada Gaming Control Board the game’s total points to exceed 59. also took a lot of money on the un- damage across 57 cri- change could have on showed sports books made a profit “Our saving grace was that we had der. cket clubs in a single the sport, said Russell of more than $10.9 million on the a lot of people on the under,” Kuno- “There were so many things that stormy month. Seymour, sustainabi- action, about $2.4 million less than vic said, referring to the people who happened in the game,” Avello said. “We know that cli- lity manager for MCC, in 2016 and a far cry from the $19.6 bet that the total points scored by the “Everything happened.” AP mate change made the in a phone interview. record wet weather in Lord’s new Warner December 2015 consi- Stand is currently derably more likely,” being replaced and U.S. President Bill Clin- said Piers Forster, di- will be fitted with so- Man charged by police in All ton, Tiger Woods, and rector of the Priestley lar panels for both Oprah Winfrey. International Center electricity and hot wa- Blacks’ bug case in Sydney Gard could face up to 12 for Climate, in a sta- ter as well as a ground month in prison if convic- tement released by a source heat pump to ted. The charges provided group of civil society provide heating and olice have charged for five days - with news and well respected by us.” some closure in the case, groups called The Cli- cooling for the buil- Pa security consultant emerging on the morning “However, as with all ca- Australian Rugby Union mate Coalition. “U.K. ding, he said. with public mischief af- of the match. ses before the courts, the- chief executive Bill Pulver weather will always Climate-induced ter an investigation into At the time, New re has to be a due process said in a statement. bowl us the odd goo- changes to weather allegations a listening Zealand Rugby said a de- [...] and it is not right or “The ARU and the Wal- gly, but climate chan- could also “substan- device was planted in the vice similar to that used proper for us to make any labies were never accused ge is making them tially” change the All Blacks’ meeting room by law enforcement and further comment as this of any wrongdoing, howe- harder to defend game of cricket itself at a Sydney hotel before spy agencies was found in could jeopardize the out- ver, it was still important against.” by tipping the advan- a Bledisloe Cup test last a chair in the room which come of the case.” that this matter reached Storm Desmond tages for a bowler or August. was being used for sensi- The man has been iden- a conclusion to provide in December 2015 batsman, he said. New South Wales state tive tactical and planning tified as Adrian Gard, a complete reassurance to brought severe ga- “In the morning if police issued a statement discussions. New Zealand director of the Brisba- all fans that the organiza- les and heavy rainfall it’s bright and sunny yesterday saying the won the match 42-8. ne-based security and tion and the team had no across Britain, cau- it might be easier for a 51-year-old man would All Blacks coach Steve investigations company part in any of this,” Pulver sing power cuts and batsman to score runs appear in a Sydney local Hansen, in a statement, Bodyguards Internatio- said. “There may be some flooding thousands of and then in the after- court on March 21. said the charge “seems bi- nal. The company has questions that remain but people out of their ho- noon if it’s cloudier, New Zealand mana- zarre and unbelievable.” worked for the All Bla- certainly today’s news is mes. That winter was humid or overcast, gement discovered the Hansen said the man cks in Australia for more welcome news that an in- the second wettest those conditions are listening device on Mon- who was charged worked than 10 years, and has dividual has been called since records began better for a bowler, day, Aug. 15, but repor- for the All Blacks and “is had other high-profile to account over this inci- in 1910, with rainfall for example,” he said. tedly didn’t notify police someone who is trusted clients including former dent.” AP 160 percent heavier Bloomberg THE Police: Naked man steals taxi, Station08.02.2017Air quality wed BUZZ drives through posh park Roadside 55-75 Moderate Police say a naked man stole a taxi and re- Police say the suspect drove through Rit- cklessly drove through a crowded park in a tenhouse Square, hit three parked cars and High posh section of Philadelphia. crashed into a curb before being apprehen- Density 60-80 Police say the man attacked a woman who ded. Residental was getting out of a cab yesterday [Macau The suspect was taken to a hospital. His con- Moderate time]. The driver of the taxi says he then got dition is unknown. The woman who was at- Area opinion out to help the woman, and that’s when the tacked is expected to be OK. No one else was man undressed and stole his cab. hurt. Ambient 40-80 Moderate Macau Matters dsmg source: Richard Whitfield Italy WORLD BRIEFS

More Taxi Woes Mafia stronghold of Pakistan has extended the deadline On February 1, the Macau Daily Times ran an for its 1.5 million article about a British/Philippine tourist couple Corleone has new registered Afghan who spent 6 hours in the Taipa police station refugees to return after taking a video of a taxi driver who tried to home, saying they can remain through the end charge them MOP100 for a trip from The Vene- ‘godfather’ saga of this year. Authorities tian to the Wynn Palace. This case raises many have not said what they serious issues for the Macau government and plan to do once the the local tourism industry. deadline expires. When they arrived to deal with the disturban- ce, the taxi driver alleged to the police that the couple had taken a video of him, and so the police took everybody to the local station. It ap photo then took six hours to finally determine that the video did not capture any images of the driver so that the whole allegation was false. The tou- rist couple then decided to not press charges of false allegation against the driver, I guess for Israel The United fear that the whole mess would just continue. Nations’ Mideast envoy This all happened on the 3rd day of the Chine- said yesterday a new se New Year, a peak tourist time, and yet there Israeli law legalizing seem to have been no English-speaking police dozens of unlawful or casino staff available at the initial scene nor West Bank settler in the police station to quickly resolve the pro- outposts crossed a blem. For better or worse, English is the global A crucifix towers over Corleone, the ancestral home and surname of the title characters in “The Godfather” “very thick red line,” lingua franca, and it seems ludicrous to me that films while Israeli rights no English speakers were available to act as groups said they would fight to overturn the interpreters. Surely, the casinos and the police Colleen Barry, Milan ther in the Catholic Church. avoid creating conflict arou- measure in the Supreme do not assume that all tourists speak Cantone- A godfather “must be the nd the sacrament of baptism. Court. se or Putonghua. he Mafia stronghold of guarantor of the faith, must The elder Riina was captu- Moreover, no legal help was available for the TCorleone has produced set an example with his ac- red in 1993 after years as a tourists. The police only showed them the law another godfather saga, but tions. I am not aware that the fugitive, and is serving a life in Chinese and Portuguese. Again, in a place this one is unlikely to end up young man has ever expres- sentence after being convic- ap photo so reliant on international tourism, surely a sys- as a movie. sed words of repentance for ted of several murders. The tem of emergency legal aid should be in pla- A bishop in Sicily is contes- his conduct,” Pennisi said, in younger Riina served an ei- ce, even during public holidays? There must ting a parish priest’s decision comments confirmed by his ght-year sentence for Mafia be many tourists getting into “hot water” during to allow the son of Italy’s office. association, and was not per- their visits and most will have no idea of local most notorious mobster to Pennisi’s position is in clo- mitted to return to his home- laws or how to find a local lawyer to represent Former French become his niece’s godfather se alignment with the Vati- town, Corleone, to live upon France them. president Nicolas during a baptism ceremony can. During a trip to Cala- his release six years ago. I am reliably informed that the couple tried Sarkozy was ordered in December. bria in 2014, Pope Francis to contact both the Hong Kong/Macau British Instead, he was assigned yesterday to stand Archbishop Michele Pen- and Philippine consulates and neither place declared that all mobsters to live in the northern city trial in an inquiry into had anybody on duty to answer calls. Given nisi was quoted last week are automatically excom- of Padua, where his release alleged campaign the very substantial British and Philippine pre- by the news agency ANSA municated from the Catho- terms restrict his movemen- finance fraud during sence in the region this seems totally unaccep- as saying that neither he nor lic Church. More recently, ts, forcing him to obtain per- his failed 2012 re- table. From personal experience I know that the Vatican hierarchy had the archbishop in southern mission from a judge to tra- election bid, the Paris the Australian consulate is useless, and it is been informed the Corleone Reggio Calabria-Bova, Giu- vel for the baptism. prosecutor’s office said. disheartening to learn that the same can be priest’s plans to allow Giuse- seppe Fiorini Morosini, has Corleone is the ancestral More than said for the British and Philippine consulates. ppe Salvatore “Salvo” Riina requested permission to sus- home and surname of the Lithuania 1,000 NATO soldiers My wife tells me that there is always somebo- — the son of Salvatore “Toto” pend the practice of assig- title characters in “The God- being stationed in dy to answer phone calls at the US Consulate, Riina — to become a godfa- ning godparents in a bid to father” films.AP Lithuania sends a and she is a US Warden and is available (on clear signal that the a voluntary basis) to assist US citizens having alliance stands “strong difficulties here. The and united” in the Next, I am very concerned about this who- Baltics in the face of le legal situation of taking people’s photos. I decisive moment AP Photo/Matt Slocum Russian aggression, the cannot read the law and I am very concerned Lithuanian president about its concept and implementation. Is it a said yesterday. blanket ban, so that anybody who appears in my streetscape photographs can charge me? Or is it something specific to taxi drivers, in whi- ch case I ask why do they deserve this special ap photo protection? I cannot understand any reasona- ble rationale for why I cannot take photos of people in public places performing public ser- vices - are you telling me that I can be charged if I take a photograph of a taxi driver assaulting a passenger as evidence of his/her criminal Peru A major corruption scandal behavior? shaking politicians It is very widely understood, and there is across Latin America overwhelming evidence, that there are very se- continued spreading rious problems with taxi services in Macau. Yet across the region the government seems to bend over backwards yesterday as Peru’s and is willing to seriously damage Macau’s re- attorney general putation as a tourist destination, the core of our announced he would economy, just to protect just a few “bad apple” seek the arrest of taxi drivers and taxi owners. It is well beyond former President the time that major changes were made. 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