Branding
Plataforma - Macau - 30/06/2020
Under the pandemic, the global tourism industry suffered a severe hit, as well as Macau tourism industry, which relies heavily on tourists. Macau government has introduced a local tourism subsidy scheme to subsidize travel agencies, tour guides and hotels. These series of…
"We will all be different …"
Plataforma - Macau - 29/06/2020
This spring, anxieties were born. They were born and grew up with the mandatory confinement to which the world was subjected. Personal, collective anxieties, by country, by continent, all over the world.
We are still not all in the same phase of the pandemic (I…
The ‘photoshopped’ in Photojournalism
Plataforma - Macau - 27/06/2020
The story is old, but it deserves not to be forgotten. Unfortunately, it is common to see completely adulterated journalistic photographs these days. I don’t even talk about photographers who take or add elements to the composition of the image. This is totally…
Knots that tie us
Plataforma - Macau - 26/06/2020
A history of borders has returned in the past decade with the success of Chinese capitalist communism. We are the ones who tie international relations
On the one hand, Beijing assuming expansionist ambitions – even for domestic consumption – spelling out…
Woman without a man
Plataforma - Macau - 25/06/2020
June 23 marked the International Widows’ Day. Theme that makes you want to enter that play wheel among friends. But only those who live in the comfort of a European and Western society, can find reason to comment, in a sarcastic tone, this condition of being a “woman…
May you never lack the light!
Plataforma - Macau - 24/06/2020
Declaration of interests: I was born in a lighthouse. Just over 61 years ago. Cabo da Roca. The western most point of the European continent. There, where I was born, I also got married. I really like headlights. Much.
You understand. This comes with regard to all the…
The situation in East Asia is unstable
Plataforma - Macau - 23/06/2020
Recently, the situation in Asia has become increasingly tense.
China and India suffered the most serious casualties on the border, military conflict, since the 1962 Sino-Indian border war. The Indian said that 20 soldiers died, while the Chinese side has not yet announced…
What is your race?
Plataforma - Macau - 22/06/2020
“Asked about his race, he replied:
“My race is me, João Passarinheiro.
Asked to explain himself, he added:
“My race is myself. The person is of an individual humanity. Every man is a race, Sir Police.”
Mia Couto (extract from Bird…
Press service: much, little or nothing?
Plataforma - Macau - 21/06/2020
I arrived in Macau in 2010. If there was one thing I always heard from journalists working in the territory, it was complaining about the advisers and spokespersons of the various bodies that make up the Macao SAR Government.
In these 10 years, I have also felt the absurd…
Cabo Delgado is like Timor
Plataforma - Macau - 19/06/2020
Portugal loses face in the Cabo Delgado massacres. Speaking to PLATAFORMA, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summarizes the inability to lead, in an unavoidable cause: life. It maintains “close contacts with the Mozambican authorities, with its European partners and…
