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A test of tolerance

“In the state of nature...all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it

Juno and the Cloud

There is a Portuguese aphorism that describes people who tend to get the wrong idea out of a sign or event as ones who “Take ...

Entering into the illegal inn

When I was a college student, I visited Rome. I had learned from one of my friends, who was touring the Italian city for the ...

Reflections on humanity

Bearing a name that reminds us of the ideals of the Round Table and the Saint Graal, Lancelote Rodrigues, born in Malacca, has been in ...

Death of a spoilt brat

About a week ago, while reading a Hong Kong Chinese newspaper, I found a seemingly impossible story that even now I still think is really ...

Priorities? Who cares!!

The legal aid for civil servants has been the hot topic these last weeks, with the Government taking a backwards step from its initial proposal, ...

Public tenders, direct selection

Just to start, I want to clearly stress beforehand that I am not against the government’s right to choose to bypass the tender process and ...

Using public money to sue the public?

One of the hottest topics in Macau recently is definitely the draft law that if approved, would afford financial aid to civil servants when they ...

Cantonese and Identity

The controversy over the use of Cantonese vs. Mandarin (aka Putonghua) in Southern China is not actually new, though it has started to enlarge and ...

More music, less festival

The programme for the 24th Macau International Music Festival (MIMF) was announced last week and together with the Macau Arts Festival, this event is acclaimed ...