In the current economic downturn, many residents are concerned about the expensive and ineffective construction of the Light Rail. The truth is that the epidemic continues to leave its impact on the coffers of the Macau Special Administrative Region, at a time when society…
“The map drawn in the past may not lead to the future, we must rethink and reposition it”, says the Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wai Nong. Since the transfer of sovereignty from Macao to China, there is only one Government of the Macau Special Administrative…
Recently, the issue of stray cats and dogs has created some controversy. The truth is that whether we like these animals or not, it is still a public problem that society is obliged to deal with. The former Institute for Civic and Municipal Affairs implemented, in 2007, the…
In an instant, the pandemic changed everyone’s lives.
There were forced isolations and quarantines, border restrictions, separated families, infected friends and relatives. Mothers and children of single-parent families faced difficulties.
Disabled and elderly…
With the recent amendment to the gaming law, especially with regard to the requirements for the operation of satellite casinos and the allocation of gaming funds in the social security system, we must pay attention and prioritize the long-term interests of the members of…
Inclusion of luso-descendants in the special contingency of higher education in Portugal
Plataforma - Macau - 19/02/2021
In the public higher education system of Portugal, for Portuguese emigrant candidates and the families who reside with them, a special contingency was created with 7% of the vacancies fixed for the 1st phase of the national competition.
In which, according to the…
For many years we have become accustomed to seeing the fight for the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex (LGBTI) people on the streets of our country, in actions of public claim. With advances and retreats, this long struggle was entering through the doors…
The idea that it is the State of Emergency that will respond to the sanitary situation that we are going through is not only wrong but dangerous.
The Assembly of the Republic approved on 6 November the declaration of State of Emergency authorization proposed by the…
The second week of November has so far been the toughest in Portugal since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic. After 5 weeks of worsening the data is frightening: a daily average of almost 5,000 new cases (4,867) and more than 50 deaths by average day (51). The daily average…
Amendment to the Nationality Law approved, even with the votes against PSD, CDS and Enough
Plataforma - Macau - 27/07/2020
Paulo Porto Fernandes
With votes against from the PSD, CDS, IL and Chega, and with favorable votes from the PS and other benches, on July 23 in the Plenary of the Assembly of the Republic, the ninth amendment to Law No. 37/81, of October 3, was approved –…
