hanging in the balance hk lawmaker calls for The fate of Wynn Resorts’ Boston extradition law limits project is now in the hands of A pro-establishment legislator djibouti in regulators as they review what has suggested the controversial deep debt company officials knew about bill could be retroactively applied to china sexual misconduct allegations only within the past 12 months P5 GAMING P6-7 GREATER BAY P11

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AP PHOTO Arts Festival slips up ECONOMY Europe’s sclerotic growth and political dysfunction inspire frequent P2-3 comparisons with Japan’s lost decade from the mid- with poster blunder 1990s. We’re not there yet. More on p8-9 AP PHOTO

CHINA Officials at the Sanya Championship said BUREAU AFFAIRS CHIN YIN/CULTURAL that 28-year-old Malaysian golfer Arie Irawan (pictured) died in his hotel room from “apparent natural causes,” and the PGA Tour Series- China canceled the final round of the tournament. Irawan missed the 36-hole cut Friday. The official coroner’s report had not been completed. AP PHOTO

INDONESIAN presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto called for change in a rally yesterday, talking down the government’s

economic performance AP PHOTO as competition heats up ahead of an election next week. Indonesia goes to the polls on April 17. More on p13 SOUTH CHINA SEA AP PHOTO Duterte INDIA In the city Hindus consider the center of the world, Varanasi, PM appeasement Modi has commissioned a grand promenade connecting the sacred Ganges River with the wearing thin centuries-old Vishwanath P10 temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of destruction. It’s a project dripping with equal parts symbolism and political calculation. More on backpage 08.04.2019 mon

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Mascot “Agu” unveiled during yesterday’s event

Staff reporters zed from another designer. had been reported to the IC, for reference and used a part ght from the original artist. Late last week, local media but the Bureau had “not han- of the image as a component At a promotional event yes- ULTURAL Affairs Bu- outlet All About Macau re- dled it seriously and wanted of the poster.” terday for the ‘swearing-in’ Creau (IC) President Mok ported that they had received to resolve the controversy off The IC pledged to follow up of 25 cultural ambassadors Ian Ian is in the spotlight for a “complaint” from a resident record by paying money.” the matter with a “serious at- selected by the Cultural Af- the second time in two weeks who claimed that the poster The media outlet reported, titude.” fairs Bureau and tasked with after it was discovered that for the Cantonese opera show “in the response given by the It said it has “commissioned promoting Macau culture, IC the poster for a Cantonese closing the festival had used IC, in the design phase [of the representatives to explain President Mok Ian Ian was opera performance at this elements that were not origi- poster], personnel of the Bu- and apologize to the owner.” asked about the plagiarized year’s Macao Arts Festival nally owned by the IC. reau collected a large amount Meanwhile, the IC also pro- content. had used elements plagiari- The source said that the case of Cantonese opera images mised to purchase the copyri- Mok affirmed the afore-

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mentioned stance of her bu- reau, adding that since the incident was now under of- ficial investigation, further comments or details could not be provided. The incident marks the se- cond blunder in two weeks for organizers of the Macao Arts Festival, which is overseen by the Cultural Affairs Bureau. During the announcement of this year’s festival line-up, lo- cal media discovered that the closing performance of the Macao Art Festival, “The Soul of Macao”, was an adaptation of a script originally written by the IC president. Official press information had descri- bed the script writer merely as a “Macau author”. During yesterday’s event or- ganized by the IC, a five-mi- nute short film commissio- ned by the entity premiered, reminding the public of the three large-scale events orga- Mok Ian Ian (center) and cultural ambassadors nized by the Bureau - namely the International Music Fes- nally revealed at the Bureau’s After rounds of interviews, others, whose ages ranged be- ture. Interactive games and tival, the City Fringe Festival Cultural Promotion Day ope- 25 candidates were confir- tween 15 and 85. activities attracted thousands and the Arts Festival, which is ning at Tap Seac Square yes- med as cultural ambassadors The mascot “Agu” was also of participants. just around the corner. terday. representing Macau. They are revealed. Designed by local In addition, the IC also pre- The 25 cultural ambassadors The IC had held a cultural set to undergo 90 hours of illustrator Lai Hoi Ieng, Lai sented local Cantopop sin- selected by the IC to promo- ambassador campaign that “experiential” training by ve- said the inspiration came gers Vivian Chan and Teren- te Macau’s culture were also attracted more than 400 teran cultural professionals. from marketplace storytellers ce Choi, as well as celebrated sworn in during yesterday’s applications. According to the Regarding the backgrounds from decades ago. Chinese artists Liza Wang event. Bureau, applicants were ordi- of the ambassadors, the IC A carnival was also held as and Wu Jinyan, appointed by Candidates underwent a se- nary people from all walks of noted there were students, part of the event to educate the Bureau as star ambassa- lection process and were fi- life. civil servants, journalists and participants about local cul- dors for this year’s event.

ARTS Original Renaissance works to debut in Macau this week

joint exhibition ment from the Cultural of birth in April 1452. Prints and Drawings at A presented by the Affairs Bureau, which The artist died in May the British Museum is Macao Museum of Art oversees the Macao Mu- 1519, almost exactly home to the national and the British Museum seum of Art. 500 years ago. collection of Western will bring the original “Starting from the stu- On April 13, the Sa- prints and drawin- drawings of 42 Renais- dy of the human form, turday after the exhibi- gs. There are around sance artists to Macau it explores how artists tion unveiling, British 50,000 drawings and starting Thursday, pre- brought life and dyna- Museum curator Sarah over two million prin- senting works from re- mism to their composi- Vowles will hold a talk ts dating from the be- Francesco Salviati (1510–1563), Drapery Study for a Seated Woman. nowned figures inclu- tions through the study conducted in English ginning of the 15th cen- Courtesy of Trustees of the British Museum ding Leonardo da Vinci, of movement, light and for those interested in tury to present day. The Michelangelo and Ra- shade, and costume,” learning more about the collection is available phael. The exhibition the Cultural Affairs Bu- works on display and to the public through a will seek to highlight reau wrote in its state- the techniques used by program of temporary the achievements of ment. the Renaissance artists. displays, touring exhi- Italian art during this The exhibition is part A number of other bitions and loans. period, according to or- of a series of activities exhibition activities “Italian Renaissance ganizers. being held to celebrate have also been created Drawings from the Bri- The exhibition is di- the 20th anniversary of by the Macao Museum tish Museum” will be vided into six sections: the founding of the Ma- of Art, including guided unveiled at the Macao “The Human Figure,” cao Museum of Art. tours with the curator, Museum of Art at 6:30 “Movement,” “Light,” As 2019 also marks hands-on tours to the p.m. on Thursday. Su- “Costume and Drapery,” the 500th anniversary 3D printing section of pported by the Faculty “The Natural World” of the passing of the the exhibition, drawing of Creative Industries and “Storytelling.” The great Renaissance mas- workshops, courses, of the University of sections combine to ter Leonardo da Vinci, and special activities Saint Joseph, as well as examine some of the the exhibition has been for children and the Jiangsu-based Suzhou themes that characte- especially scheduled to blind or visually-impai- Museum, the exhibi- rize Renaissance art, open in April to coinci- red. tion will run until June Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516), Three Head Studies. Courtesy of according to a state- de with the artist’s date The Department of 30. DB Trustees of the British Museum 08.04.2019 mon

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MIGRANTS Indonesian Consulate working to protect underpaid domestic workers of unpaid salaries or lower nment to improve protection, salaries that are lower than including following up on the MOP2,500,” the official said, Mutual Legal Assistance plan- as cited in a TDM report. ned between Indonesia and “This is something that the Macau. two governments have to work “There are cases that we’ve together on, putting a mini- been handling, and I am happy mum salary on paper. I have to see that the number of ca- been talking to local authori- ses is reducing day by day and ties about putting this figure in year by year. It shows that the contracts,” he added. management of reported cases Unlike Hong Kong where the has been quite effective, and minimum wage is clearly set at our cooperation with local au- HKD4,520, the MSAR has no thorities has been excellent,” minimum wage for foreign do- said the official. mestic workers. However, Tharyat is set to The Consulate provides con- leave his post at the Consulate sular services three times a next month. week to around 5,000 Indone- “I’m still working with the sian domestic workers in the Macau government on impro- region. ving the quality of [admitting] Previously, the official said workers here, particularly tho- that the consulate was ready se working as domestic hel- to work with the Macau gover- pers,” he said. LV

Taxi hits elderly wheelchair user at zebra crossing Tri Tharyat taxi driver in his 20s an ambulance which arri- HE Indonesian Consulate of the Indonesian Consulate re is an indicative minimum A hit a wheelchair user in ved at the scene, and then Tin Hong Kong and Macau in Hong Kong and Macau said wage amounting to MOP2,500, the surroundings of the Fai transferred to the Conde de is working with local authori- that the office is working on Tharyat is pushing for the Chi Kei area on Saturday São Januário Hospital Cen- ties to protect Indonesian na- specifying a minimum wage in amount to be written on paper. afternoon. The woman was ter where she was treated for tionals from being underpaid contracts, particularly those of “I observed that this practi- around 70 years old and was minor injuries and dischar- in the MSAR. domestic workers. ce has been respected becau- crossing the street at a zebra ged a few hours later. Tri Tharyat, Consul General Although the official said the- se I haven’t heard any reports crossing The PSP also noted that According to a spokesper- the driver tested negative son from the Public Security for alcohol. Police Force (PSP), the inci- The PSP said that accor- dent occurred around 4:30 ding to preliminary investi- p.m. on Saturday when the gations, the accident would Ho Iat Seng lacking ‘political woman, who was using a have been the fault of the motorized wheelchair, cros- taxi driver, who disrespec- sed the road at the pedes- ted the right of way of the skills,’ says lawyer trian crossing located at Rua elderly crossing the road. Norte do Patane. They also noted that the- AWYER Jorge The spokesperson told the re is no final report on the LMenezes said that Times that after the incident, case yet, and that it is still the current president the woman was assisted by under investigation. RM

of the Legislative As- BEITLER DANIEL sembly, Ho Iat Seng, lacks “political skills” which could prevent ONE SHOT NEWS him from being a good Chief Executive (CE). “I have serious dou- bts that the current president of the Le- gislative Assembly will make a good Chief Executive,” Menezes said during an inter- to publicly admit the his lack of skill. On the program whi- view with TDM Radio, possibility of candida- Menezes expressed ch aired on Saturday, adding, “he lacks poli- cy. sorrow at the way the Menezes also added tical skills.” The way Ho has han- two advisors had been he found it “strange” Menezes was com- dled several situations dismissed as though that after their dis- menting on the fact at the AL, such as the it was “political pru- missal from the AL, that Ho is seen as one case of lawmaker Sulu ning,” but noted his the two experienced of the most serious Sou, or the dismissal belief, contrary to legal advisors cou- of Portuguese legal others, that the dis- ld not find a job el- candidates in the elec- Mosquito season. Staff of the Working Group on the Prevention of Dengue Fever tion for the new CE, advisors Paulo Taipa missal of the two for- sewhere in Macau, hand out flyers on the Macau peninsula to advise the public on the prevention of at least for the time and Paulo Cardinal, mer advisors was not eventually having to dengue fever and the Zika virus. The mosquito presence is usually at its worst in being, as he is the first is a clear indication of related to Sou’s case. return to Portugal. RM the spring and summer months, starting from April. mon 08.04.2019

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Chan Meng AP PHOTO Kam to receive honorary degree Portugal’s University of Évora will tomorrow hold a ceremony where it will bestow Macau businessman Chan Meng Kam with an honorary degree. According to the University, the honoris causa is being given to Chan in return for services rendered toward strengthening relations between the education institution and both Macau and China. It is also related to the Belt and Road Initiative, according to Lusa agency, “which has had a huge impact, being economic [but] also cultural and technological.” Chan currently chairs the board of City University of Macau, as well as controls the Golden Dragon group. He was formerly an influential lawmaker in Macau’s Legislative Assembly, stepping down prior to the 2017 elections. Health Bureau to monitor

In this March 2016 file photo, Steve Wynn gestures during a news conference in Medford, Mass., regarding his proposed casino complex unauthorized products GAMING | MASSACHUSETTS The Macau government has notified in a statement that two healthcare products detected in Hong Kong to contain unauthorized Western medicinal Panel to vet Wynn Resorts’ fate substances were never permitted for import into the MSAR. The two products, “LegStep” and “Bello Smaze”, were found to with public hearings in mind contain substances such as the appetite-suppressant drug sibutramine. The government HE fate of Wynn Re- On Thursday, company co- told regulators he also did lators about the allegations in the neighboring region has sorts’ USD2.6 billion founder Elaine Wynn defen- not know about the specifics in 2018 because he and other appealed to residents not to Encore Boston Har- ded her decision not to disclo- of some private settlements company officials were aware buy or consume these products. bor resort is now in se to Massachusetts regula- his former boss reached with of The Wall Street Journal’s The products have never Tthe hands of Massachusetts tors a $7.5 million settlement former casino employees who reporting weeks prior to pu- been authorized for import gambling regulators after they her ex-husband Steve Wynn had accused him of sexual blication. or distribution in Macau. wrapped up a series of public made to a former employee misconduct until those details Company board members Nevertheless, the Health Bureau hearings into what company who accused him of rape. became public years later. testifying Wednesday ack- says it will monitor the circulation officials knew about allega- Steve Wynn has denied the Maddox took over after nowledged they failed to in- of these products in the territory. tions of sexual misconduct sexual misconduct allega- Wynn resigned last year vestigate after learning in The bureau said that if residents against company founder Ste- tions, which were made over following a Wall Street Jour- 2016 about a $7.5 million se- have purchased these products, ve Wynn last week. the years by several former nal story detailing the allega- ttlement Steve Wynn had paid they should not consume them Massachusetts Gaming casino workers. He told inves- tions. But he’s been with the to a former employee in 2005. and must deliver them to the Commission Chairwoman tigators in a statement that his company since its founding Board member Patricia Mul- Department of Pharmaceutical Cathy Judd-Stein said at the “multiple relationships” with and was best man in one of roy said the settlement first Affairs of the Health Services for close of the three-day inquiry company employees were all Steve Wynn’s weddings. came to the board’s atten- proper monitoring. that the panel will now deli- consensual. He said Wednesday he had tion in 2016 during a lawsuit berate privately and “take our Elaine Wynn, who co-fou- been aware of the 2008 se- brought by Elaine Wynn, who time” making a decision on nded Wynn Resorts and is ttlement as the company’s was then in a bitter feud with Fire Services whether the Las Vegas com- now the company’s largest then-chief financial officer. Steve Wynn and the company holds Open Day pany is still suitable to hold a shareholder, told regulators But he maintained he was told board. state casino license. she relied on the company’s the payment was to help a fi- Mulroy said the company’s The Fire Services (CB) Wynn Resorts hopes to open lawyers to decide what should nancially struggling employee then-legal counsel assured organized the “Fire Brigade their nearly complete resort be disclosed as the company and was on behalf of both Ste- them the incident was an Public Open Day” yesterday at the entity’s Sai Van Lake on the Everett waterfront in sought a casino license in ve and Elaine Wynn. “outlier” and that Wynn had operations center located June. 2013. Maddox said he was also personally paid the settle- on Avenida Doutor Stanley The inquiry opened Tuesday She maintained that she told made aware of at least one of ment with no liability to the Ho, inviting residents to after the commission released the company’s lawyer about a number of complaints made company. gain a deeper understanding a more than 200-page report the 2005 settlement in 2009 by spa workers at Wynn Las She also maintained the of the Services’ daily tasks. from its investigative unit and had not been aware un- Vegas about Steve Wynn’s company’s legal counsel ne- Through a series of activities, that concluded company exe- til recently about some of the conduct during massages. ver told board members the participants learned more about cutives concealed and failed other settlements her hus- Maddox, who was company allegation, from a former ca- CB’s coordination efforts, fire to take action on allegations band privately made, such as president at the time, said he sino manicurist, involved a prevention work and emergency against Steve Wynn for years. a $700,000 payment to a co- told the then-president of the rape claim, and that company responses. The Open Day The five-member panel then cktail waitress in 2008. casino to tell Steve Wynn to officials never made the board activities included a simulation questioned company leaders Matthew Maddox, the com- discontinue the behavior. aware of other settlements. rescue demonstration, as well and outside experts over the pany’s new CEO and close Maddox acknowledged he “The word ‘rape’ was never as a tour of emergency vehicles course of two days. confidante of Steve Wynn, should have informed regu- said,” Mulroy said. MDT/AP and the equipment they contain. 08.04.2019 mon

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BLOOMBERG first bridge with 5G network The Nansha Bridge opened last week in Guangdong Province, becoming China’s first bridge with a 5G network. As the latest major transport project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, the 12.89- km bridge began to provide 4G and 5G services on the day it opened, according to the State- owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. Also known as the Humen Second Bridge, the 40.5-meter-wide Nansha Bridge is the world’s widest steel box girder suspension bridge. Linking Guangzhou and Dongguan, two cities in the Greater Bay Area, the bridge is designed to relieve traffic pressure in the area. HONG KONG Vehicle crashes into feast, Lawmaker calls for cutoff date killing 3 in Guangdong for proposed extradition law village Three people were killed and pro-Beijing lawmaker Recently, these groups ex- a report issued by South Chi- Chi-wai said, “It is meanin- eight others injured after a vehicle is calling for a clear pressed concern over propo- na Morning Post. gless. The authorities across ploughed into a family feast definition of Hong sed changes to Hong Kong’s “Maybe we could exempt a the border can just frame so- on Thursday evening in south Kong’s proposed ex- extradition law that would bunch of people so they don’t mebody if they want and fa- China’s Guangdong Province. traditionA law, suggesting a cuto- allow suspects to be sent to have to worry about their bricate a charge.” The incident happened around 7 ff date for how far back it would mainland China, where they past. This is a compromise, a Hong Kong Chief Executive p.m. when a villager, under the retroactively apply to fugitives. could be subject to torture way of sacrificing a little bit Carrie Lam she last week she influence of alcohol, drove a sport The plan will allow for the and unfair prosecution. of the past for the sake of the would press ahead with plans utility vehicle into the crowd that transfer of fugitives to ju- They believe that these future,” he added, clarifying to present the bill to the legis- was dining in front of a house risdictions that the city has amendments would tarnish that his suggestion would be lature. The government wants in Pomeiling Village in the city no agreement with, such as Hong Kong’s reputation for applicable to non-violent of- to pass the proposal before of Lianjiang, municipal police mainland China, Macau or the rule of law. fences only. the current legislative session said Friday. The crash injured Taiwan. “Do we have to handle all The bill had previously ends in July. 11 people, three of whom later succumbed to injuries. Police Although pro-democrats cases in the past? Or can we sparked concern over fears “The Hong Kong SAR gover- have detained the driver and are feared that the law would lead impose a restriction intelli- that mainland authorities nment is facing legal challen- investigating the case. to Hongkongers over the bor- gently by drawing a line and would request fugitives be ges on a daily basis, but then it der being victimized, lawyer not handling cases from more handed over for political, reli- doesn’t mean that we should put Paul Tse suggested having a than a year ago?” said Tse, gious or ethnic reasons. on hold important work which Chinese clear cutoff date to address who is expected to chair a Le- Meanwhile, when commen- is for the public interest of Hong the worries of business and gislative Council committee ting on Tse’s suggestion, De- Kong,” Lam said, as citing by in- software human rights groups. examining the bill, as cited in mocratic Party chairman Wu ternational media. LV firm raises USD8.75m in Guangzhou introduces 3D printing IPO Zhuhai-based Powerbridge Technologies, a Chinese trade at funeral parlor to restore remains software application and technology services provider, special 3D printer ce was launched in early need restoration. loved ones. ter has to work non-stop received gross proceeds of Aworked next to a dis- April, the annual tomb- Yu said most of the res- “The materials can ea- for 10 to 20 hours to pro- around 8.75 million U.S. dollars play cabinet filled with a sweeping period for Chi- torations were on faces. sily deform. We have duce a facial mold. Then from its initial public offering variety of imitation body nese people to pay their “Though not large in been looking for better a beautician will step in (IPO), which the company closed parts at a funeral parlor tribute to deceased fa- number, every succes- ways to restore the ori- to put makeup on the on Thursday, two days after in Guangzhou, capital of mily and friends. sful operation brought ginal form of the decea- mold. it went public in the United southern China’s Guang- Quite a few people who utmost respect to the de- sed,” she said. Jointly developed by States. Proceeds from the IPO will be used for research dong Province. died in traffic acciden- ceased and great comfort Li Zhijian, depu- the funeral service cen- and development, sales and The city’s funeral ser- ts, fire, falls or mining to their relatives.” ty head of the funeral ter and a laboratory marketing, strategic alliances vice center is trying to mishaps were not fit for Previously, the restora- service center, said 3D under China’s civil af- and acquisitions, as well as introduce the new tech- farewell ceremonies due tion was carried out ma- printing only takes 10 fairs ministry, the 3D working capital, and general nology to help restore to damaged faces or se- nually, using plasticine, days for a much more printing service has hit corporate purposes, said the remains damaged in ac- rious deformation, whi- plaster and clay. A facial lifelike and accurate the market. Li said the company. Founded in 1997 cidents. ch aggravated the grief repair usually took 15 to face, and the texture is introduction of 3D prin- and based in southern Chinese “We want the deceased of their families and 30 days. stronger and feels more ting to funeral services city of Zhuhai, Powerbridge to leave with dignity,” friends, according to the Yu said not only the like real skin. is not only an expansion provides software application and said Yu Jiaqi, an embal- funeral parlor, which long wait but the some- After digital modeling of application scenario technology solutions and services ming expert at the fune- handles approximate- times barely satisfactory based on the deceased’s but also reflects huma- to corporate and government ral parlor. ly 35,000 bodies every restoration prolonged photos and consultation nistic care of the techno- customers primarily located in The 3D printing servi- year, about 30 of which the pain for family and with relatives, the prin- logy. 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UROPE’S sclerotic grow- Eth and political dysfunc- tion inspire frequent compari- Europe isn’t Japan in the 1990s. You should still be worried sons with Japan’s lost decade from the mid-1990s. We’re not 2045, according to Eurostat, there yet. so the region is well on track The region’s bout of misery to match Japan. There, the po- this year - Germany’s indus- pulation has fallen for the last trial slump and the struggle seven years; one in three peo- to fix its banks, Italy’s inabi- ple is now age 60 or older. lity to reform, the apparent Aging populations are often defeat of central bankers thought to weaken inflation seeking to wean the euro area pressures, as people save for off stimulus - may seem to retirement and spend less per make perpetual malaise look capita. inevitable. Japan’s demographic squee- The euro region’s economy ze has brought more women is similar in important ways and old people into work and to its Asian counterpart two pushed the overall unemploy- decades ago: Interest rates at ment rate to 2.3 percent, near or below zero, the mountains the lowest level in more than of debt and non-performing two decades. Yet wage growth loans, populations transitio- is tepid, insufficient to spur in- ning from an aging society to flation. an aged one. In the euro area, on the other Economists insist there are hand, unemployment is still limits to the comparison, thou- above its pre-crisis low, yet gh, while acknowledging that a workers’ pay has started to prolonged period of European improve, a signal ECB officials stasis, deflation and central frequently cite as evidence bank impotence remains a Japan and Germany. “Euro- anemic growth or none at all, DWINDLING that price growth will pick up. threat. pe’s Japanification is a real with rising unemployment and WORKFORCE “I’m very worried about it,” risk.” falling interest rates. The euro area’s working-age MONETARY POLICY said Adam Posen, president of Japan’s so-called lost decade, Here are some of the ways population has decreased as The Bank of Japan has batt- the Peterson Institute for In- triggered by the bursting of a Europe is heading in that di- people live longer and have led deflation for much of the ternational Economics, whose bubble in stocks and real es- rection - and some of the ways fewer children. Overall popu- last two decades. The ECB got areas of expertise include both tate, pushed the economy into it isn’t. lation growth is set to peak in a taste of that struggle in 2009

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China continues Europe isn’t Japan in the 1990s. You should still be worried gold-buying spree amid a recession and in the below the ECB’s goal of just “We’re just following in their HINA’S on a bullion- ves within the span of a deca- aftermath of the euro area’s under 2 percent, and the core footsteps.” Cbuying spree. The world’s de amid President Vladimir sovereign debt crisis. While rate is stuck around 1 percent. second-largest economy ex- Putin’s quest to break the Japan’s woes began abruptly The ECB says the risk that MIGRATION panded its gold reserves for country’s reliance on the U.S. at the start of the 1990s, the markets anticipate even slower The euro area’s more dyna- the fourth straight month, ad- dollar, and data from the cen- euro area slid more gently into inflation is “very low.” Inves- mic labor market, with both ding to optimism that central tral bank show that holdings weak inflation and growth. tors are less sanguine: A gau- external and internal migra- banks globally will continue rose by 1 million ounces in The BOJ was the first major ge based on derivatives prices tion, is a key caveat to compa- to build holdings. February, the most since No- central bank to embrace ra- has plunged to 1.3 percent, the risons with Japan. China, the world’s top gold vember. dical monetary policy, yet it’s lowest level since 2016 - when Net inflows of migrants producer and consumer, is Spot gold fell for a second still locked into negative inte- the ECB was buying bonds peaked in 2015 as a recove- facing signs of a slowing eco- straight month in March even rest rates and asset purchases, at a rate of 80 billion euros ring European economy coin- nomy, even as some progress after the Federal Reserve said and weighing more easing. The (USD90 billion) a month. cided with instability in North is being made in trade ne- it would pause on interest ECB is a long way from raising Africa and the Middle East. gotiations with the U.S. The rate hikes for the rest of the rates. While it may be unable DEBT AND YIELDS That helped soften declines in latest data from the People’s year, which lead to a surge in to adopt more BOJ-like mea- Japan’s debt-to-GDP ratio the working-age population. Bank of China (PBOC) indi- equities instead. Still, the lon- sures if the slowdown worsens, is now above 230 percent, More recently, however, Eu- cate that the country has re- ger term outlook is more bul- the bank could be locked into and rising as deficits pile up. ropeans have grown resistant sumed adding gold to its re- lish as central bank purchases its current stance for a while. European Union rules im- to large-scale immigration. serves at a steady pace, much should be supportive of pri- “By refusing to ease policy pose fiscal limits that will li- Annual net inflows into the like the period from mid-2015 ces, with inflows running as appropriately, the Bank of Ja- mit such a buildup. The euro euro area will decrease in the to October 2016, when the high as last year, said Gold- pan created a situation where area’s ratio is 89 percent and coming decades, according to country boosted holdings al- man Sachs Group Inc., which the country had to stay with is forecast to decline slowly, Eurostat. most every month. expects a rally to USD1,450 near-zero interest rates for 20 though a weaker economy Japan, with 126 million peo- Should China continue to an ounce over 12 months. years,” said Athanasios Or- and the need for fiscal stimu- ple, has only about 1.3 million accumulate bullion at that China has previously gone phanides, a former ECB policy lus could hamper progress. foreign workers and remains pace over 2019, it may end long periods without re- maker. “If you look at it like Still, bond yields tell a wor- opposed to a formal immigra- the year as the top buyer after vealing increases in gold hol- that, 2020 or 2021 might be- rying story: German bor- tion policy. The government Russia, which added 274 tons dings. When the central bank come completely impossible rowing costs are converging is likely to issue five-year re- in 2018. announced a 57 percent jump for the ECB to hike.” with those of Japan. sidency permits to as many as Governments worldwide in reserves to 53.3 million ou- “Japan and the euro area 345,000 low-skilled workers added 651.5 tons of bullion nces in mid-2015, it was the INFLATION are not that dissimilar,” said over the next five years. That in 2018, the second-highest first update in six years. The EXPECTATIONS Andrew Bosomworth, a mo- would plug about one-quarter total on record, according latest pause was from Oc- While inflation in the euro ney manager at Pacific In- of the predicted labor short- to the World Gold Council. tober 2016 until December area has picked up, it’s still vestment Management Co. fall. Bloomberg Russia quadrupled its reser- last year. MDT/Bloomberg

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SOUTH CHINA SEA “I had no choice,” Duterte said. “If I send my navy and my sol- diers there tomorrow and start to travel toward them, in a ma- tter of seconds they’ll all explode Duterte: few options in [...] they will be slaughtered and the missiles that are parked the- re will arrive in Manila in about territorial disputes with Beijing four minutes. Do you want a war?” Jim Gomez, Manila

HILIPPINE President Ro- AP PHOTO Pdrigo Duterte has described his dilemma in dealing with a I’m trying to tell more powerful China in territo- China, Pag-asa rial disputes in the South China Sea, saying he has few options is ours [...] so other than to order troops to “prepare for suicide missions” if let us be friends a Philippine-occupied island co- mes under threat. but do not Duterte reminded China in a touch Pag-asa speech of its closer ties with the Philippines under his leadership, Island and the but said if an island occupied by Filipinos in the disputed waters rest. is threatened, “things would be different.” RODRIGO DUTERTE Duterte has adopted a non-con- frontational approach in terri- Duterte said the Americans torial spats with Beijing while would comply with their obliga- seeking Chinese infrastructure tions under their Mutual Defen- funds, trade and investment. He se Treaty with Manila but that has often lashed out at the securi- they need congressional permis- ty policies of the United States, a sion before going to war. “Do I treaty ally, while praising China trust the Americans? Yes. But and Russia. will that help be on time? That’s Duterte has often had to walk islands and islets occupied by but do not touch Pag-asa Island cide missions.’” the problem,” he said. a tightrope when discussing the Philippines in the disputed and the rest. Otherwise, things When he first met President Xi He raised anew his criticism of China’s increasingly assertive waters, saying the Chinese pre- would be different,” Duterte said. Jinping in Beijing in 2016, Du- America for failing to stop Chi- actions in the disputed waters, sence was illegal. The Philippi- “This is not a warning, this is just terte said he told him, “We are na’s transformation of seven dis- where Manila and Beijing, along ne military has monitored more a word of advice to my friends, staking our claim in our econo- puted reefs into islands, some of with four other governments, than 200 Chinese vessels from because China is our friend.” mic zone and we will dig for oil them with runways, in the South have wrangled for control of ter- January to March in a disputed “I will not plead or beg, but I’m in our territory.” But Duterte China Sea. After he took office ritory. area named Sandy Cay near a just telling you [to] lay off [of] said the Chinese leader replied in 2016, Duterte said the Chine- The Philippine Department of Philippine-occupied island cal- Pag-asa because I have soldiers that was better to hold talks first se islands had become “military Foreign Affairs on Thursday is- led Pag-asa by Filipinos. there,” he said. “If you touch it, because “if you insist on your garrisons.” sued a rare public rebuke of large “I’m trying to tell China, Pag-a- that’s another story. Then I will position, ‘there might be troub- “Why was it not stopped by numbers of Chinese vessels near sa is ours [...] so let us be friends tell my soldiers ‘prepare for sui- le.’” America?” Duterte asked. AP

Ros Krasny & Miao Han PGA TOUR HINA and the US-China to keep Player dies in hotel CU.S. made progress toward a much-anti- cipated trade deal in working on trade deal as room, fourth round of their latest meetings and will keep talking latest talks wind up tournament canceled on the remaining is- sues, the state-run Xi- riff measures, servi- puty ministers, and de- Xi Jinping, which ai- FFICIALS at members and share nhua news agency re- ces, agriculture, trade legation members will des suggested at the Othe Sanya Cham- sincere condolences ported. balance and enforce- be in continuous con- time could take place pionship said yester- with Arie’s wife, Ma- High-level U.S. and ment, Xinhua said. tact to resolve outstan- at Trump’s Mar-a-La- day that 28-year-old rina, and his parents, Chinese officials met Xinhua said in a se- ding issues.” go resort in Palm Bea- Malaysian golfer Arie Ahmad and Jeny,” the in Washington over the parate commentary Trump, speaking to ch, Florida. Now, there Irawan died in his ho- tour said. “When so- past few days, hard on on Friday that “the re- reporters on Friday, are no assurances. “If tel room from “appa- mething of this magni- the heels of discussions maining issues are all hailed the latest round we have a deal, then rent natural causes,” tude occurs in the golf in Beijing the previous hard nuts to crack.” of talks as a “big suc- we’ll have a summit,” and the PGA Tour Se- world, we all grieve at week. Future talks will Larry Kudlow, Presi- cess” but said he didn’t the president said on ries-China canceled the same time. be conducted in “va- dent Donald Trump’s want to predict whe- Thursday. the final round of the “Out of respect for rious ways,” Xinhua top economic adviser, ther a deal would be The nine-month trade tournament. the family, officials reported on Saturday, said on Friday that ne- reached. war between the wor- The PGA Tour Se- canceled the final rou- without providing de- gotiators plan to “be in The president said ld’s largest economies ries-China said in a nd of the Sanya Cham- tails. touch” by phone next before meeting Liu on has disrupted supply statement that Irawan pionship [...] it’s a Chinese negotiators, week. “There is no le- Thursday in the Oval chains, whipsawed missed the 36-hole cut true tragedy what has led by Vice Premier tup,” he said in an in- Office that the U.S. and markets and weighed Friday in the tourna- happened. Sometimes, Liu He, and their U.S. terview on Bloomberg China were close to an on the world economy. ment at Sanya Yalong though, things happen counterparts wrapped TV. agreement, with an an- International Mone- Bay Golf Club. It said in life that are bigger up the latest set of The White House re- nouncement possible tary Fund Managing the official coroner’s than a sporting event.” talks on Friday. They leased a statement in the next four to six Director Christine La- report had not been The PGA Tour Chi- discussed the text of an Friday evening saying weeks. garde this week warned completed. na had an “In Memo- agreement regarding that while progress A month ago, Trump both sides to avoid the “The PGA Tour and rium” photo of Irawan technology transfers, had been made, “sig- was touting the idea “self-inflicted” wound the China Golf As- prominently displayed intellectual property nificant work remains, of a “signing summit” of a protracted trade sociation grieve at on its website yester- protections, non-ta- and the principals, de- with Chinese President conflict. Bloomberg this loss of one of our day. AP mon 08.04.2019

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AP PHOTO Djibouti’s rising debts to expansionist China worry US, France

Nizar Manek tangible benefits to every aspect Guelleh, the one-party state is December the IMF criticized the have prevented the pipeline from of local people’s lives,” Foreign partway through what started out government for falling deeper operating at all. Djibouti’s grand NSIDE the carriages on the Ministry spokesperson Geng as a $12.4 billion infrastructure and deeper into debt. expectations, Dawaleh says, do 10-hour rail journey through Shuang said at a press briefing on development program, much of “The Djiboutian authorities’ “not always match the reality.” land-locked Ethiopia into March 18. “It is these people who it funded through loans from the strategy of investing in infras- China is hardly the only coun- the tiny Red Sea state of are in the best position to judge Export-Import Bank of China. tructure to transform the eco- try with a military presence IDjibouti, the chirping of mobile the effects of China-Africa coope- China has taken major stakes in nomy and position the country in Djibouti. The U.S. Africa phones mingles with a mashup of ration projects.” some of those projects. Take the as a logistics and commercial hub Command is headquartered at regional languages and the mur- The railway will eventually sprawling International Indus- offers great opportunities for eco- Camp Lemonnier, a naval expe- mur of the devout at prayer. A string together a necklace of big trial Parks Operation, where red nomic growth and development,” ditionary facility that’s the only woman in a yellow frock trundles Djibouti infrastructure projects lanterns left over from Chinese the IMF said. “However, the fi- permanent American base in past maroon-upholstered seats in which the Chinese, through New Year celebrations were still nancing of this strategy through Africa. The Japanese, Italians, with her cart: “Coffee! Bunna! state-owned companies, have hanging in March. Ten percent a buildup of debt has resulted in and Spanish are also here. The Tea! Chai!” substantial interests: the Doraleh of this free-trade zone is owned debt distress, which poses signi- Saudis are planning a base. At first glance, there’s nothing Multi-Purpose Port, the Doraleh by the Port of Dalian Authority, ficant risks. Public and publicly France has had a foothold since conspicuously Chinese about the Container Terminal, and the Dji- China; 30 percent by China Mer- guaranteed debt is expected to at least 1894; what is now Dji- Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway, bouti International Industrial chants, which owns about one- be around 104 percent of GDP at bouti was French Somaliland, a but then you spot the train’s Chi- Parks Operation, a sprawling fifth of Dalian port; and the rest end-2018.” colony, until 1977. nese driver and a few Chinese pas- manufacturing hub. At one point, by Great Horn Investment Hol- The government here takes a “What can look good in the short sengers huddled on a bunkbed. In the railway skirts within a mile ding, a wholly owned subsidiary different view. Dawaleh says the term can often end up being bad fact, says Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, of the two-year-old Chinese Peo- of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zo- IMF shouldn’t include the debts over the medium to long term” Djibouti’s good-humored finance ple’s Liberation Army support nes Authority. of Djiboutian state enterprises in When French President Emma- minister, “It’s all about the ‘C.’” base, which was China’s first its assessment because those en- nuel Macron visited in March, he The railway wouldn’t exist in its overseas naval station. terprises “are overperforming or did more than highlight France’s current form without a massive China Merchants Port Holdings China’s grip have the capacity to overperform.” intention to spread its influence infusion of Chinese loans—in- Co., a state-owned corporation, “This should not harm us,” he says in East Africa and beyond. He deed, most of Djibouti’s economy wants to turn Djibouti into “the was tightening in his office in Djibouti City, having also chided Djibouti for its over- relies on Chinese credit. And the Shekou of East Africa,” Dawaleh just returned from meetings with reliance on Chinese largesse. Chinese might not have shown as says, referring to the free-tra- as Djibouti’s Vice President Wang Qishan and “What can look good in the short much interest if it hadn’t been for de zone across Shenzhen Bay other Chinese officials in Beijing, term,” he said, “can often end up Djibouti’s geostrategic location: from Hong Kong. Djibouti, who- debts were where he sought to restructure being bad over the medium to About a third of all the world’s se gross domestic product was soaring Djibouti’s EximBank loans. long term.” Paris, he said, “wou- shipping steams past this barren USD1.85 billion in 2017, can use Dawaleh was there to talk about ldn’t want a new generation of land on the northeast edge of the help. According to the World China Merchants owns 23.5 two loans in particular—$460 international investments to en- Africa en route to and from the Food Programme, 79 percent of percent of a Djiboutian holding million for Djibouti’s share of the croach on our historical partners’ Suez Canal, the Red Sea, and the Djiboutians live in poverty and company that in turn owns the railway and $340 million for a sovereignty or weaken their eco- Indian Ocean. 42 percent in extreme poverty. Doraleh Container Terminal, Dji- water pipeline. (The 750-kilome- nomies.” China’s bridgehead here is part Barely larger than Wales, the bouti Dry Port, and the Doraleh ter [466-mile] railway is a joint The U.S. has been beating this of its globe-girding “Belt and nation has a population of about Multi-Purpose Port. The latter’s project of Ethiopia and Djibouti, drum even more loudly than the Road” initiative, an amalgam of 1 million people. Livestock re- been operational since last year, built with more than $4 billion in French. “China uses bribes, opa- economic strategy, foreign policy, presents the main livelihood of built on $580 million in loans EximBank loans; 656 kilometers que agreements, and the strate- and charm offensive that’s fueled a third of the population, but the from the Chinese EximBank that of track run through Ethiopia, gic use of debt to hold states in by a torrent of Chinese money country, whose meager natural Dawaleh describes as “almost providing it with a valuable trade Africa captive to Beijing’s wishes and is designed to rebalance glo- resources include salt and gyp- concessional.” link to the sea.) Djibouti wants and demands,” John Bolton, bal alliances. And as with dozens sum, has to import 90 percent of China’s grip was tightening as to refinance the loans because President Trump’s national se- of other way stations along this the food it needs. Djibouti’s debts were soaring. In neither project is generating the curity adviser, said in a speech new Silk Road, Djibouti’s dallian- As clanking machinery and the a 2017 report, the International revenue it should at this stage. in Washington in December. ce with China is raising hackles rising dust of construction activi- Monetary Fund said Djibouti’s The railway began operations Geng, the Chinese Foreign Mi- from Paris to Washington. Chi- ty along the coast attest, Djibou- public debt—the lion’s share of last year, a year and a half behind nistry spokesperson, dismissed na has no qualms. “China-Africa ti is making progress of a sort, it owed to China—rose from 50 schedule, and is running one frei- such talk as “groundless accusa- cooperation is yielding fruitful but it’s coming at a steep price. percent to 85 percent of GDP ght train a day instead of three as tions filled with cold war menta- results all across Africa, bringing Under President Ismail Omar over the previous two years. In planned. 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THAILAND he came to the police station on Saturday to “show support to Thanathorn” and “to fight injustice in this country.” He Leader of new political held up a sign that read “End of age of dinosaur.” He said another person came with him in a dinosaur mascot to sym- party charged with sedition bolize old Thai politics. Kaweewit Kaewjinda, Bangkok HE leader of a popular AP PHOTO Tnew Thai political party I urge all that ran a strong third in last month’s general election was Thais and the formally charged with sedi- international tion on Saturday and expres- sed concern that he is to be community tried in a military court. Thanathorn Juangroon- to call for civil gruangkit was greeted by hun- dreds of supporters chanting rights “Keep fighting, Thanathorn!” THANATHORN as he arrived at a Bangkok JUANGROONGRUANGKIT police station to answer a LEADER OF THE FUTURE FORWARD summons on complaints of PARTY sedition, assisting criminals and illegal assembly filed by Thanathorn’s party said the a member of the country’s ru- police interview was obser- ling military junta. He denied ved by several embassy and the charges, which carry a U.N. representatives, inclu- prison sentence of up to nine ding those from the U.S. and years. the European Union. They “I’m concerned because this declined to comment to re- case is under the military porters. court instead of the criminal Future Forward positions court,” Thanathorn, leader of itself as youth-oriented and the Future Forward Party, told is deeply opposed to the mi- reporters. “That is quite unse- I urge all Thais and the inter- Thanathorn, however, said tary bases in efforts to change litary rule. Its strong showing ttling.” national community to call for he views the case as politically their views. in the election has made it While he said he was treated civil rights [...] for the better- motivated because “the timing The coup leader, Prayu- a target for the military and fairly by police, he maintained ment of our society.” couldn’t have been more coin- th Chan-ocha, became junta its supporters. Several crimi- his innocence. He said “many Thailand’s deputy police cidental than this — just one chief and prime minister and nal complaints and protests citizens in Thailand” have chief, Srivara Ransibrahma- week after elections.” is now seeking to lead the next to election authorities have been charged with sedition, nakul, said last week that the Thailand has been led by a government after a party ba- already been lodged against “including those who have not charges against Thanathorn military government since a cking his reappointment won Thanathorn and his party. received any public attention.” stem from his role in a stu- 2014 coup. The ruling junta the most popular votes in the The election results are “The regime creates fear for dent demonstration on June has kept a tight lid on dissent, March 24 election, according due to be ratified by May 9. society to silence us,” Thana- 24, 2015. He said the case slapping criminal charges to preliminary results. Meanwhile, political parties thorn said. “I insist I am inno- had stalled because of several against critics, with some de- Sakda Tanpratoomwong, a are in a race to gather enough cent and I am ready to stand reshuffles among the respon- tained for weeks for “attitude Bangkok supporter who vo- support to form the next go- firm in the court proceedings. sible officers. adjustment” sessions at mili- ted for Future Forward, said vernment. AP

PHILIPPINES Three hostages escape Muslim militants, one drowns

Jim Gomez, Manila States and the Philippines one name. in a fierce but brief gunba- as a terrorist organization The marines seized four ttle that left three soldiers HREE hostages held due to its brutal history assault rifles, a grenade AP PHOTO and four militants dead Tby Muslim militants in of bombings, ransom launcher and various am- and several wounded on the southern Philippines kidnappings, extortion munition from the captors both sides, the military have made a daring escape and beheadings. The re- of the Indonesians, mili- said. that left one drowned, ano- maining captives inclu- tary officials said. The Islamic State group ther shot in the back in cri- de a Dutch bird watcher, The Malaysian, who was issued a statement con- tical condition and another Elwold Horn, who was ki- identified by the military firming it killed three and safe after swimming to his dnapped by the militants as Jari Bin Abudullah, was wounded 13 Philippine freedom, officials said. in 2012, and two Filipi- shot by the militants when soldiers, but it said “the The two Indonesians and nos. he ran away Thursday as mujahideen returned sa- one Malaysian separately One of the Indonesians, marines tried to rescue fely to base.” escaped while Philippine Heri Ardiansyah, was him and engaged his cap- are now surrounded by land in December last year The rebels belong to an marines were attempting plucked from the waters tors in a gunbattle. Gover- our pursuing troops,” said and taken by speedboat to Abu Sayyaf faction led by to rescue them on Simu- by marines on board a nment forces surrounded Sulu’s military comman- Sulu, the predominantly commander Hajan Sawad- sa island in southern Sulu gunboat while they recove- Simusa island, where a der, Brig. Gen. Divino Rey Muslim and poverty-wra- jaan and aligned with province over the last two red the body of his compa- small community thrives Pabayo Jr. cked province where a few the Islamic State group. days, regional military nion, Hariadin, who drow- near mangroves, to hunt The Malaysian was air- hundred Abu Sayyaf have Sawadjaan is the main sus- spokesman Lt. Col. Gerry ned. The marines gunned down the remaining Abu lifted to Zamboanga city, survived in the jungles pect in the bombing of a Besana said Saturday. down three Abu Sayyaf Sayyaf gunmen. where he was in critical despite frequent military Roman Catholic cathedral The dramatic escapes captors who were trying to “The act of shooting the condition in a hospital, mi- offensives. during a Mass that killed leave at least three more chase the two Indonesians kidnap victim is indica- litary officials said. Army troops on Friday 23 mostly churchgoers and hostages in the hands of at sea, military officials tive of the Abu Sayyaf’s The three hostages were clashed with about 80 Abu two suspected suicide atta- the Abu Sayyaf, which is said. Like many Indone- hopelessness and despe- kidnapped off Malaysia’s Sayyaf gunmen in Sulu’s ckers on Jan. 27 in Sulu’s blacklisted by the United sians, Hariadin used just rateness as the militants Sabah state on Borneo is- mountainous Patikul town capital town of Jolo. AP mon 08.04.2019

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NEPAL INDONESIA Horses race to Presidential race heats up keep devils away amid mass campaign rallies EPAL’S president, soldiers take care of them. Ntop officials and di- Every day, the soldiers ba- Karlis Salna & Arys Aditya plomats gathered recently the, groom and feed the hor- at army grounds in central ses, which are raced and tes- NDONESIAN presidential AP PHOTO Kathmandu for an annual ted to check their skills and Icandidate Prabowo Subianto horse festival that marks the ability. called for change in a rally Sun- slaying of the Hindu Guru- Capt. Ram Shrestha of the day, talking down the govern- mapa demon. Nepal Cavalry likened hor- ment’s economic performance Soldiers race the horses ses to children: “If you love as competition heats up ahead and show off warfare te- them, they will love you of an election next week. chniques believed to keep back, but if you abuse them, Indonesia goes to the polls on devil spirits away through they will hit back like a bad April 17 in a contest that pits the pounding of the horses’ child.” the incumbent Joko Widodo hooves. On the day of the festival, against the contender with the A dedicated team of sol- the uniformed riders race economy being the focal point diers spends three months the horses on tracks, and in the race. President Widodo preparing the animals for show off skills like picking was to speak later in the day at the Ghode Jatra festival. up objects with spears whi- South Tangerang in the provin- According to a centuries- le riding at high speeds. ce of Banten. old tradition, people raced Meanwhile, the most power- Prabowo, a former general do on track to win, with a Roy since 2009. horses before worshipping ful members of Nepal’s go- who Widodo beat in the 2014 Morgan survey April 3 putting Widodo touted a massive gods with offerings of food vernment and foreign diplo- election, told a rally at a stadium support for him at 56.6 percent. infrastructure drive as a key and flowers under a tree. It mats cheer them on. in Jakarta that Indonesia’s Still, Prabowo has closed the achievement over his first term has been 169 years since a A child revered as the Hin- “wealth is robbed continuous- gap in recent weeks on the back while vowing to alleviate po- Nepalese king designated du Living Goddess Kumari ly, taken and sent abroad,” and of a promise to lower prices and verty and create more jobs if the army to perform the fes- is carried out of the palace that the leakage would cost the to get “a better deal” in trade he stays in office. Prabowo has tival rituals. temple and brought to watch country USD708 billion over with China. also pledged job creation, while At the Nepal Cavalry grou- the horse festival. the next five years. Southeast Asia’s biggest eco- hitting out at the government nds, located on the former Away from the cavalry “Indonesian people are fed up, nomy has been growing at over a current account deficit site of the royal palace in Ka- grounds, the Newar com- want improvement, want chan- about 5 percent, below the 7 and trade imbalance with Chi- thmandu, Nepal’s capital, ri- munity — an indigenous ge,” Prabowo said. He put the percent targeted by Jokowi na. ders spend months bonding group from Kathmandu — number of people at the rally at when he came to office in 2014. The two candidates have a se- with the horses. worships the gods and feas- “more than a million” although Meanwhile, inflation eased to ries of mass rallies planned be- There are 106 horses at the ts with friends, families and that figure could not be verified. 2.48 percent last month, the fore a campaign blackout period cavalry and more than 200 community. AP The latest polls have Wido- slowest pace of price growth begins on April 14. Bloomberg

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ELECTIONS announced in a television inter- Yet Gantz’s main focus has been view that if re-elected, he would on Netanyahu himself, taking move to annex Jewish settlemen- aim at the raft of corruption alle- ts in the West Bank, a step that gations against the prime mi- As Israelis head to polls, would likely erase the last hopes nister. Israel’s attorney general of a two-state solution with the has recommended indicting Ne- Palestinians. tanyahu on bribery and breach Anshel Pfeffer, author of “Bibi: of trust charges. Rivals have also it’s all about Netanyahu The Turbulent Life and Times begun to question a deal in whi- of Benjamin Netanyahu,” said ch Netanyahu reportedly earned Josef Federman, Jerusalem policies toward the Palestinians motivation to continue to hold the Israeli leader has managed USD4 million on a German sub- are leading Israel off a cliff. onto power is infinite.” to leverage every major geopoli- marine sale to Egypt by owning SRAEL’S election campaign In the final days of the cam- Netanyahu’s campaign has fo- tical event in recent years to his shares in one of the German ma- Ihas been a three-month roller paign, the race appears too close cused heavily on smearing oppo- advantage. Israel’s economy is nufacturer’s suppliers. coaster of mudslinging, scandals to call as Netanyahu faces a strong nents as weak “leftists,” routinely flourishing, it is expanding diplo- “Enough already Bibi,” say and more scandals. But when vo- challenge from Benny Gantz, a claiming they are conspiring matic ties around the world, and Gantz’s campaign videos. ters head to the polls tomorrow, popular former army chief. Polls with the country’s Arab parties there has been no punishment The election campaign has been one name will be predominantly show Netanyahu’s Likud party against him. Opponents accuse for ignoring the ticking time especially nasty. Netanyahu has on their minds: Benjamin Ne- and Gantz’s new Blue and White him of incitement and demoni- bomb of the Palestinian issue. branded his opponent a weak tanyahu. party neck and neck. The surveys zing Israel’s Arab minority, whi- While turning the Palestinians “leftist” and tried to seize on the At its core, the vote boils down give Likud a slight advantage in ch makes up roughly 20 percent into a “sideshow,” Netanyahu discovery that Gantz’s mobile to a referendum on Netanyahu, being able to put together a go- of the population. has even managed to cultivate phone was infiltrated by Iranian the man who has dominated Is- verning coalition with smaller, behind-the-scenes ties with Gulf hackers. Likud attack ads paint raeli politics for the better part likeminded parties. Arab countries. “It’s not that Is- Gantz as stuttering and mentally of three decades. A victory will The son of a Jewish historian Netanyahu’s raelis are drifting to the right. It’s unstable. propel him into the record books and scarred by the loss of his bro- that Netanyahu has won the ar- Gantz, 59, accuses Netanyahu later this year as the longest-ser- ther in a 1976 Israeli commando campaign has gument,” Pfeffer said. of leading the country to “low ving Israeli prime minister, sur- raid on a hijacked airline at Ugan- Netanyahu’s campaign videos and bad places. Israeli resear- passing founding father David da’s Entebbe airport, Netanyahu, focused heavily show him hobnobbing with chers’ recent discovery of a ne- Ben-Gurion. 69, often portrays himself — and Trump, Russian President Vla- twork of social media bots that A loss would likely end his ca- the country — in historical terms. on smearing dimir Putin and leaders of China, promoted Likud messages and reer just as he is enjoying the He laces his speeches with refe- opponents as India, Africa and Latin America. smeared Gantz has deepened the limelight at the vanguard of a rences to Jewish history, tales Massive political billboards show animosity. rising global movement of tou- of Jewish heroism and warnings weak ʻleftistsʼ him standing alongside Trump. Netanyahu’s confident rheto- gh-talking, nationalist world lea- that Israel’s most sinister ene- Following up his White Hou- rical style has served him well ders led by his close friend, Presi- mies lurk around every corner. se visit, Netanyahu traveled last during a three-decade career dent Donald Trump. The main target of his diatribes, “Netanyahu incites against us week to Moscow to meet with that has included time at the Is- “Israel’s standing internatio- Iran, is often compared to bibli- more than anyone, and each time Putin, where the Russian leader raeli Embassy in Washington, a nally has never been as solid as cal enemies and even the Nazis. he breaks his own record,” wrote acknowledged helping return stint as ambassador to the Uni- it is right now. International lea- Though he is an MIT-educated Ayman Odeh, a prominent Arab the remains of an Israeli soldier ted Nations and an earlier term ders are lining up to visit Israel millionaire who speaks flawless lawmaker, on Twitter. who went missing in action in as prime minister in the 1990s. and meet with the prime minis- American-accented English, Ne- It’s a formula that has worked Lebanon 37 years ago. It was The scandals seem to have had ter,” said Yechiel Leiter, a former tanyahu has managed to portray before — and this time, he has an another election-related gift to no effect on his supporters. Netanyahu chief of staff who is himself as an outsider and un- added Trump card. Netanyahu, reinforcing his busi- But if the attorney general files now a senior fellow at the Kohelet derdog. He claims to be perse- Since taking office, Trump has ness-as-usual message that the formal charges after the election, Policy Forum, a conservative Je- cuted by journalists, judges and given Netanyahu gift after gift, country is secure and in good the walls may finally close in on a rusalem think tank. “Everyone other hostile “elites” in a message recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s hands. newly re-elected Netanyahu. knows Bibi wherever you go.” that endears him to his religious, capital, withdrawing from the But this campaign is anything Pfeffer, the Netanyahu biogra- Netanyahu’s impassioned su- working class political base. Iran nuclear deal and cutting but usual. Gantz, with two other pher, predicted a “major show- pporters revere him as larger- “He’s unprecedentedly gifted. hundreds of millions of dollars in former military chiefs on his down” with the legal branch and than-life “King Bibi,” friend of He’s a competent political ma- aid to the Palestinians. ticket, is a rare candidate who said Netanyahu will search for powerful world leaders and gua- neuverer and the most effec- All but endorsing Netanyahu, has the credentials to challenge a way to dismiss the charges or rantor of Israel’s security in a tou- tive political communicator in Trump hosted him at the Whi- Netanyahu on security, always a pass a law granting him immu- gh neighborhood. His opponents Israel’s history,” said Yohanan te House late last month and central issue to voters. He has de- nity. revile him as a corrupt hedonist Plesner, president of the Israel recognized Israel’s annexation rided Netanyahu’s failure to halt “We’re facing a constitutional who has divided the country by Democracy Institute, a nonparti- of the occupied Golan Heights. rocket fire from the Hamas-ruled crisis in the next few months in inciting against Arabs and whose san think tank. “And his personal Over the weekend, Netanyahu Gaza Strip. Israel,” he said. AP mon 08.04.2019

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HE Trump adminis- tration wants up to two years to find potentially US says reuniting separated thousands of children Twho were separated from their families at the border before a ju- dge halted the practice last year, a families laborious process task that it says is more laborious than previous efforts because the children are no longer in govern- fferent than identifying children or adult sibling and 10 percent to ment custody. who were in custody at the time of distant relatives, family friends The Justice Department said AP PHOTO the judge’s June order, Jonathan and others. in a court filing Saturday [local White, a commander of the U.S. The government’s proposed time] that it will take at least a Public Health Service and Health model to flag still-separated chil- year to review about 47,000 cases and Human Services’ point per- dren puts a higher priority on of unaccompanied children taken son on family reunification, said the roughly half who were not into government custody between in an affidavit. released to a parent. Other signs July 1, 2017 and June 25, 2018 — White, whose work has drawn of likely separation include chil- the day before U.S. District Judge strong praise from the judge, dren under 5, younger children Dana Sabraw halted the general would lead the effort to identify traveling without a sibling and practice of splitting families. The additional families on behalf of those who were detained in the administration would begin by Health and Health and Human Border Patrol’s El Paso, Texas, sifting through names for traits Services with counterparts at sector, where the administration most likely to signal separation — Customs and Border Protection ran a trial program that invol- for example, children under 5. and U.S. Immigration and Cus- ved separating nearly 300 family The administration would pro- toms and Enforcement. Dr. Bar- members from July to November vide information on separated ry Graubard, a statistics expert 2017. families on a rolling basis to the Sabraw ordered last year that The department’s inspector gene- at the National Cancer Institute, Saturday marks the anniver- American Civil Liberties Union, more than 2,700 children in go- ral said the precise number was developed a system to flag for sary of the administration’s “zero which sued to reunite families vernment care on June 26, 2018 unknown. early attention those most likely tolerance” policy to criminally and criticized the proposed time- be reunited with their families, The judge ruled last month that to have been separated. prosecute every adult who enters line on Saturday. which has largely been accom- he could hold the government ac- The vast majority of separated the country illegally from Mexi- “We strongly oppose a plan that plished. Then, in January, the countable for families that were children are released to relatives, co. The administration retreated could take up to two years to lo- U.S. Health and Human Services separated before his June order but many are not parents. Of chil- in June amid an international cate these families,” said Lee Ge- Department’s internal watchdog and asked the government sub- dren released in the 2017 fiscal uproar by generally exempting lernt, the ACLU’s lead attorney. reported that thousands more mit a proposal for the next steps. year, 49 percent went to parents, adults who come with their chil- “The government needs to make children may have been separa- A hearing is scheduled April 16. 41 percent to close relatives such dren. The policy now applies only this a priority.” ted since the summer of 2017. Sheer volume makes the job di- as an aunt, uncle, grandparent to single adults. AP

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what’s ON ... TV canal macau this day in history Ink paintings by Yu Jian 13:00 TDM News (Repetição) Time: 11am-7pm 13:30 Telejornal RTPi (Diferido) Until: April 30, 2019 15:00 Água de Mar Venue: Macau Military Club 15:50 Zig Zag Admission: Free 16:25 Conversa da Treta nquiries E : (853) 28727066 16:50 Grande Entrevista - Salvador Sobral Member Joint Exhibition of 33rd 17:40 Estórias do Tempo da Outra Senhora Anniversary of CAC – Círculo dos 18:30 Contraponto (Repetição) Amigos da Cultura de Macau 19:35 Os Nossos Dias Sr.2 Time: 3pm-8pm (Mondays); 20:30 Telejornal 12pm-8pm (Tuesdays to Sundays) 21:15 TDM Desporto ntil U : April 14, 2019 22:20 Impostores Sr.2 Venue: Albergue SCM 23:15 TDM News Admission: Free Enquiry: (853) 2852 2550 23:50 Magazine Liga dos Campeões 2018/2019 00:25 Telejornal (Repetição) 1994 Rock musician Kurt Cobain Macau Giant Panda Pavilion and Pavilion 01:10 RTPi Directo of Rare Animals ‘shoots himself’ Time: 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm daily The lead-singer of American grunge rock band Nir- Venue: Seac Pai Van Park vana, Kurt Cobain, has been found dead in his Sea- Admission: MOP10 (Pavilion of Rare Animals) ttle home. Enquiries: (853) 2888 0087 The 27-year-old rock star had a single gunshot wou- nd to the head. A gun and suicide note were found nearby. Macau Science Centre It appeared he had been dead for at least 34 hours Time: 10am-6pm daily (Except on Thursdays; when his body was discovered by an electrician who open on public holidays) was carrying out repairs at the musician’s house. Mr Venue: Macau Science Center Cobain’s mother, Wendy O’Connor, said she had not heard from him for six days. Admission: MOP25 (Exhibition Centre) cinema cineteatro The troubled singer, whose band achieved global MOP60 (Planetarium 2D dome or fame with the release of its album Nevermind in 1991, 2D sky shows) 04 - 10 Apr survived a drug and alcohol-induced coma in Rome MOP80 (Planetarium 3D dome or last month. 3D sky shows) A statement from Nirvana’s management company, Gold Mountain Entertainment, said: “We are deeply nquiries E : (853) 2888 0822 saddened by the loss of such a talented artist, close friend, loving husband and father.” Mandarin’s House Mr Cobain was married to the lead singer of the Time: 10am-6pm daily (last admission at band Hole, Courtney Love. The couple had a daugh- 5:30pm; closed on Wednesdays, open on public ter, Frances Bean, 18 months ago. The three-piece group from Aberdeen in Washing- holidays) ton State, were due to arrive in Britain next week on Address: No. 10, Travessa de António da Silva the next leg of their European tour. Admission: Free Nirvana are widely acknowledged to be the leading Enquiries: (853) 2896 8820 SHAZAM pioneers of the Seattle-based grunge movement, room 1 combining a violent rock sound with lyrics expressing 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 pm vulnerability and anguish. Director: David F. Sandberg Eight million copies of their hit Smells Like Teen Starring: Zachary Levi, Djimon Hounsou, Michelle Borth Spirit have been sold worldwide. The band’s latest Language: English (Chinese) album, In Utero, released last year, was also a great Duration: 132min success. But American music journalist Jeff Gilbert said Mr Offbeat P STORM Cobain had been depressed by bass player Chris room 2 Novoselic’s recent announcement that he wanted to udge nimal shelter to keep 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm leave the band. J : A Director: David Lam Nirvana’s frontman joins a long litany of rock stars - tiger seized from Houston home Starring: Chrissie Chau, Louis Koo, Kevin Cheng including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin Language: Cantonese (Chinese & English) - who have died young. Duration: 96min Ms O’Connor told reporters after her son went mis- sing she had warned him about suffering a similar AP PHOTO US room 2 fate. 7:15pm “I told him not to join that stupid club,” she said. Director: Jordan Peele Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss Courtesy BBC News Language: English (Chinese) Duration: 116min

A judge has ruled that an animal shelter can keep a tiger that was rescued from an abandoned Houston home. In context The Cleveland Amory Black Beauty Ranch in Mur- DUMBO chison has looked after the tiger since February, when room 3 The coroner found that Kurt Cobain had died on 5 April. some people entered the house to smoke marijuana 2:30, 4:30, 9:30pm The star quickly became a rock icon and martyr to the disaffected. Never- and found the big cat . Director: Tim Burton mind was later described as one of the most influential albums ever made. Starring: Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito His widow Courtney Love sold the rights to her dead husband’s journals Authorities say the 160 kilogram tiger was improperly Language: English (Chinese) eight years after his death and they were published in November 2002. secured in a small cage, and was sitting on hay and Duration: 112min The volumes revealed the singer’s battles with illness, depression and its own waste. heroin addiction. He also described how he had bought the gun he used to Houston police believe Brittany Garza is the tiger’s MASQUERADE HOTEL commit suicide two years before his death. owner and have filed a civil lawsuit accusing her of room 3 A greatest hits album including the previously unreleased track, You Know animal cruelty. She refuses to explain how she ob- 2:15, 4:45, 9:15pm You’re Right, was released in October 2002. tained the tiger. Director: Masayuki Suzuki Ms Love was arrested for drug possession and disorderly conduct in Oc- The Houston Chronicle reports that the judge ordered Starring: Takuya Kimura, Masami Nagasawa, Nozomi de tober 2003. Garza to pay about USD11,600 to cover the cost of The incident led to her losing custody of her 11-year-old daughter, Frances Lencquesaing Bean. the tiger’s care. Language: Japanese (Chinese & English) Garza’s lawyer declined comment. Duration: 133min mon 08.04.2019 th Anniversary

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HE not-quite-rea- AP PHOTO dy-for-prime-time Thanksgiving exhibi- tion with Tiger Woods Tand Phil Mickelson produced such bad golf that Mickelson and country singer Jake Owen traded barbs about it a day later GOLF | ANALYSIS at Jordan Spieth’s wedding. Owen said it was so bad he de- served a refund. He told Bars- tool Sports’ “Fore Play” podcast At the that Mickelson, who won USD9 million from the TV spectacle, pulled out a wad of $100 bills, handed one to Owen and told Masters, him he had 90,000 more where that came from. Golf’s two biggest attractions are back at the Masters, eager it’s not the to play the kind of golf this week that they couldn’t produce in The Match. The two 40-some- things will be on prominent dis- players who play, though the trash talk that was promised on the pay-per- view money grab will not be are stars heard on the hallowed grounds of Augusta National. And, unlike The Match, the Masters will deliver. It always has, with moments like Woods stunning the field in a runaway victory at the age of 21, or Mickelson leaping for joy on the 18th green after finally Patrick Reed reacts to his birdie on the 12th hole during the fourth round at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta in April last year winning his first major in 2004. It always has, even when an unknown like Danny Willett Woods has four green jackets, long odds for someone trying to and a champion’s dinner to be Mickelson and Woods, came from nowhere to win, only and Mickelson has three. become the fourth player to re- eaten. meanwhile, have had their own to quickly disappear from the Still, the defending champion peat as Masters champion. Reed said at The Player’s personal issues, though that golf landscape. is rarely the focus and for the Still, Reed said last month he Championship that he figured hasn’t dented their popularity. And it even did last year when most part the big names in the was looking forward to every- out the menu for the dinner long The two are icons of modern Patrick Reed won a green jacket game aren’t either. The course thing about the Masters, except before he won. golf, and even in their 40s they that few in yesterday’s crowd is the star, even when the real the fact he will have to turn in “Oh, I knew that back when I are among the group of favori- seemed particularly happy tournament begins — as is Mas- his green jacket if he’s not suc- was 13,” he said. “I mean, it was tes that include Fowler, Spieth, about. ters lore — on the back nine yes- cessful in repeating. always a bone-in ribeye, mac Rory McIlroy and Dustin John- The Masters enjoys special sta- terday. “You want to keep it around and cheese, creamed corn, crea- son. tus as the enduring annual rite That’s true more than ever this as long as you can,” Reed said med spinach. I’m going to fatten Just don’t expect Mickelson to of spring, the place every duffer year, even as spectators and te- of the famous jacket. “The only those boys up a little bit.” do what he did at the U.S. Open who has ever picked up a club levision viewers got a rare sneak way you’re going to do that is Reed didn’t exactly bask in the last year and run after a putt and dreams of hitting shots. Set un- preview of Augusta National on continue winning at Augusta love of the galleries last year hit it while it’s still moving. Do der magnificently manicured Saturday for the first time with and continue winning the event when he rolled in a 3-footer on that at Augusta National and fairways and greens and framed the final round of a women’s so you can have it year in and the 18th green to beat Rickie you’d get a one-way trip back by towering pines, it offers a amateur tournament. year out.” Fowler by a shot and Spieth by out Magnolia Lane, and no in- tantalizing glimpse of summer Reed comes in mired in a deep History suggests that won’t two. The stories that followed di- vitation in the mail the next in a place where nothing seems slump that had him seeking the be happening, since only three dn’t make him any easier to root spring. to change but something is dif- aid of swing coach David Lea- players before Reed have re- for, when he declined to discuss Don’t expect Mickelson or ferent every year. dbetter last month, at the insis- turned to successfully defend why his parents weren’t welco- Woods to play as badly as they Arnold Palmer won there four tence of his wife. Bookies in Las their title. But there is golf to med at the tournament despite did in their pay-per-view match, times and Jack Nicklaus six. Vegas make him a 40-1 pick, be played before that’s decided, living just a few miles away. either. AP

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by Macanese public entities, signifying that AP PHOTO there is currently no legislation in force that is applicable to the enforcement of said debts. However, Macanese authorities have conti- Tammy Webber, Chicago man Anthony Guglielmi, ad- New Jersey, where she grew nued to apply the provisions of the TEC as if it ding that fraudulent drivers up. were still in force, and this is not a desirable si- HENEVER Rachel are drawn to bars because Rowland is charged with tuation. Given the absence of any legislation, WOrden calls for an people might be drunk and kidnapping and murder. US Declaring “our it is understandable that the courts had to find Uber, the 20-year-old Mi- not paying attention. Then last week, a 34-year- country is full,” President creative solutions to overcome the issue from chigan State University so- A Chicago-area man was old man was arrested on Trump insisted the U.S. a practical standpoint. In fact, the courts have phomore immediately walks charged with raping four suspicion of raping a wo- immigration system already issued a number of decisions, arguing to the back of the vehicle to women he picked up at bars man who got into his car was overburdened and that although the TEC had been revoked by illegal crossings must be check the license plate num- after posing as an Uber dri- after leaving a Seattle bar the Reunification Law, its provisions may still stopped as he inspected ver in 2017. He picked up a on Dec. 16. The King County be enforced provided they do not conflict with ber, then opens the door and a refurbished section of the Basic Law of Macau and/or current legis- waits for the driver to say fifth woman in a taxi, autho- Sheriff’s Office said the man fencing at the Mexican lation in force in Macau. her name before getting in. rities said. Musaab Afundi led her to believe he was her border. Trump is making a In my opinion, there are grounds to disagree Even then, she devises a has pleaded not guilty to driver before pulling the car renewed push for border with the courts’ position. Pursuant to the Reu- backup plan in case she feels sexual assault and his case over and raping her. A jud- security as a central nification Law, the provisions contained in the uncomfortable. is ongoing, CBS2 Chicago ge found probable cause to campaign issue for his legislation that was in force in Macau prior to “How could I get out? Cou- reported. hold the man on investiga- 2020 re-election the Handover may be treated as still being ld I unlock the door? Who tion of third-degree rape. More on p15 in force, provided that the legislation has not do I have on speed dial? And a man from Stamford, been replaced by new legislation and that it Connecticut, was charged does not conflict with the Basic Law. Howe- Could I jump out safely if There I needed to? All that goes last month with raping and ver, this only applies to the legislation identi- AP PHOTO fied in Annex II of the Reunification Law, and through my mind,” said Or- have been kidnapping two women this does not include the TEC. Therefore, any den, of Naples, Florida, who several high- whom he’d picked up at bars other legislation – as is the case with the TEC uses the ride-hailing service in December, the Greenwich – has been expressly revoked by Article 4(4) about once a week, usually profile cases Time reported. of the Reunification Law. On the other hand, when going out at night. She “There is no more dange- the practical outcome of the courts’ position said the March 29 slaying of involving rous place to be than in a CUBA More than 400 may result in an undesirable inconsistency University of South Caroli- locked car traveling with a animal-lovers, many in the Macanese legal system: if one accep- na student Samantha Jose- would-be stranger,” said Bryant Gree- accompanied by their ts that the provisions of the TEC may still be phson, who mistakenly got ning, a Chicago attorney dogs, peacefully marched deemed to be in force, despite being expressly robbers and a mile through Havana into a vehicle she thought who specializes in represen- revoked by the Reunification Law, why should yesterday, waving ting ride-hailing drivers and this not apply to other revoked legislation? was her Uber ride, has made assailants placards calling for an end Furthermore, in a decision dated January her even more cautious. passengers. “You have to be to animal cruelty in Cuba. 2018, the Court of Second Instance ruled that It also has prompted law posing as aware of your surroundings Short, seemingly simple, the statute of limitation applicable to tax debts enforcement agencies and and think how you would the march wrote a small is the one provided for in the TEC, which is 20 ride-hailing companies to ride-hailing react if the situation turns but significant line in the years. Previous court decisions accepted this, intensify efforts to warn drivers — sour [...] you have to listen history of modern Cuba. despite the revocation of the TEC and the Ci- passengers against getting to your instincts.” vil Code, which entered into force November in without checking to en- It’s not just women who 1, 1999, providing a new general statute of a often at bars sure both the vehicle and are at risk from fake ride-

limitation of 15 years. The latter should apply AP PHOTO In South Carolina, Jose- hailing drivers, he said. Men to tax debts, at least as of the date of the TEC driver are legitimate. Al- revocation. However, this judicial decision though no official tallies phson, 21, had ordered an also have been robbed after opposed the previous case law and applied exist, there have been se- Uber around 1:30 a.m. after getting into the wrong car. revoked legislation instead of allowing the veral high-profile cases in- reportedly becoming sepa- “There is no discrimina- existing valid legislation to cover the matter. volving would- be robbers rated from friends following tion by predators,” he said. In my view, this was a decision “contra legem,” and assailants posing as an evening out at Columbia Greening urged Uber and BREXIT Cross-party against the law, and this ruling hindered ta- ride-hailing drivers — often bars. She mistakenly got into Lyft to do more to educate talks to jumpstart plans xpayers’ rights, in particular, by establishing at bars. Police in South Ca- a car driven by 24-year-old customers and to come up for Brexit are expected that tax debts may be enforced for 20 years rolina have not said if that Nathaniel David Rowland, with technological solu- to resume before the instead of the 15 year period established in was what the driver did in according to authorities, who tions. Also, in the wake of U.K.’s Friday deadline existing laws. Therefore, it is of the utmost im- Josephson’s case. allege he used the childproof Josephson’s death, a bill for leaving the European portance that the competent authorities pass Union, and the opposition “You do have individuals locks in his car to imprison has been introduced in the new legislation to close the gap that the TEC Labour Party is hopeful Josephson before killing her South Carolina legislature revocation has created in the Macanese le- who are predatory and ro- the country’s political gal system to prevent similar situations from ving around looking for po- and dumping her body about to require Uber and Lyft impasse can be resolved, arising. tential victims,” said Chicago 65 miles from Columbia. Her drivers to have illuminated a party negotiator said Police Department spokes- funeral was held Saturday in signs. AP yesterday.