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It came out in 1975 and it features Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento Esperanza says Milton's voice took up more and more space in her creative imagination so much so that she recorded her own version of that record.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG "PONTE DE AREIA")SPALDING: (Singing in Portuguese).MARTIN: Now Esperanza Spalding seems to be everywhere in the world of jazz she became the youngest faculty member at the prestigious Berklee College of Music beating out Justin Bieber and Drake for that honor and she's collaborated with jazz giants like Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock - and now with Milton Nascimento "OUTUBRO")MILTON NASCIMENTO AND ESPERANZA SPALDING: (Singing in Portuguese).MARTIN: Their friendship is so much a part of their lives that they've forgotten how it started She's played on some of his tour dates.SPALDING: And he sang on my record Milton's son approached her with an offer.SPALDING: Hey obviously.(LAUGHTER)SPALDING: What do you say to that?MARTIN: She flew to his home in Brazil.SPALDING: Our engineer set up microphones in the room where Milton watches TV we would get all set up and figure out how to make the sound of the room right a little nook in there and doing a lot of the vocal overdubs or layers or harmonies.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG "OUTUBRO")SPALDING: (Singing in Portuguese).NASCIMENTO AND SPALDING: (Singing in Portuguese).MARTIN: When I spoke with Milton and Esperanza they were sitting on a couch in the same house in Brazil where they recorded this album you could get a sense of how much they like to play together.SPALDING: (Speaking Portuguese.) I just realize we have the same socks from Spike Lee.MARTIN: (Laughter).SPALDING: Sorry but...MARTIN: But what I want to know - now I need to know about the socks What do they have?SPALDING: Spike Lee came to his concert and Milton is wearing the same socks.(LAUGHTER)MARTIN: Their album includes classics from Nascimento's catalog new originals by Spalding and covers like this one "A DAY IN THE LIFE")NASCIMENTO AND SPALDING: (Singing) I read the news today about a lucky man who made the grade.MARTIN: The many collaborators on this album include singer-songwriter Paul Simon.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG "UM VENTO PASSOU")PAUL SIMON: (Singing in Portuguese).MARTIN: I understand that Paul Simon was so committed to making it right that he studied two weeks to be sure that he could deliver it properly and I just think - I'm just so sort of moved by that but I just wanted to hear more about the song.NASCIMENTO: (Through interpreter) There was a time when I really missed Paul and it was beautiful.MILTON NASCIMENTO AND PAUL SIMON: (Singing in Portuguese).MARTIN: Another collaborator who was on their minds when they made this record was their mutual friend a month before they planned to start recording.SPALDING: It was a very emotional a hero.MARTIN: They decided to honor Wayne by inviting his widow to sing with them.SPALDING: When she said yes she said one of the last things Wayne said to her was you have to sing; people need to hear your voice So it also felt like a gratitude and honoring of his wish to have his wife's voice out in the world.MILTON NASCIMENTO ESPERANZA SPALDING AND CAROLINA SHORTER: (Singing) When you dream the ones who care for our geniuses go unnamed and uncelebrated the guardian angel and force allowing Wayne to keep up his creative productivity through his later years and it also feels important that she's honored as we're honoring him.(SOUNDBITE OF SONG I just wanted to ask each of you - what does it mean for you to have had this chance to work together?NASCIMENTO: (Through interpreter) It was really beautiful but it became something much greater.MARTIN: And what does it mean to you to work with Milton?SPALDING: Nothing that can be said succinctly (laughter) so it's a joy to do whatever I can to serve the music.MARTIN: That is Milton Nascimento and Esperanza Spalding Their new album is called "Milton + Esperanza."(SOUNDBITE OF SONG "CAIS")NASCIMENTO AND SPALDING: (Singing in Portuguese) Copyright © 2024 NPR. 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Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information Become an NPR sponsor Areia Preta’s Pearl Metropolitan “home-swap housing project” has been completed slightly less than four years after its ground breaking ceremony took place, according to a statement from Macau Urban Renewal Limited (MUR) It comprises six residential buildings with a total of 2,064 units each equipped with kitchen appliances and balconies The units are being “progressively” made available to eligible applicants The complex is designed to offer temporary homes to property owners whose neighbourhoods are being affected by urban renewal projects.  [See more: Zhuhai is looking to lure professional talent with a free housing scheme] MUR noted that the units’ triple-glazed windows were the first in Macao to be “specifically installed with steel safety cables” as an additional safety measure.  All 1,873 of the Pearl Metropolitan’s car parking spaces boast power points and there were also 490 spaces designated for motorcycles which MUR said would “contribute to a vibrant community atmosphere.” Cinematic sampling supremo Audio Imperia has welcomed a mythological new member to its family When you purchase through affiliate links on MusicTech.com, you may contribute to our site through commissions. Learn more Price £300Contact Audio Imperia beyond its sensational cinematic-inspired instrumental samples it’s the inclusion of sound-design gems that make Audio Imperia’s products really impressive In a change of tack from the company’s complete orchestral suites Areia’s focus is solely on the string section with a comprehensive collection of samples Its generous 68GB of samples makes Areia Audio Imperia’s largest offering to date and underlines the depth and range of the sampling sessions which were undertaken by Czech Republic-based Capellen Music Production with plenty of colouration available via the clean and intuitive interface you can control how many control elements are displayed you can switch between two striking mix settings: Classic and Modern Classic mode yields European colours and a neutral mix extracted from the raw session recordings features subtle processing for a brighter and more appropriately cinematic sound Your choice will depend on the musical leanings of the cues you’re working with you can employ a see-saw fader to find your ideal blend between close and ambient mic’ing the advanced tab opens a more comprehensive mixer with four mic channels from close and Decca tree mic’ing to wide and ambient signals As sample capture was undertaken in the drier environment of a soundstage the distant mic signals never feel overly reverberant and chime with the cinematic ethos of the package with Areia making use of Kontakt’s excellent algorithmic reverb Generous hall and room-based reverbs are available should the dryness prove too exaggerated for your mix Instruments are organised into their respective sections of 16 violins There is no split between first and second violins leaving it down to you to organise the panning if required the instruments are organised into four menus The first two are multiple or single articulation Loading the multi-articulation violin patch swallows up more than 1GB of RAM This example is based on the use of the mix-ready basic setting while switching to the more bespoke mic-mixer option in advanced mode will use more RAM with the addition of each channel with its ability to blend close and distant mic’ing Using the onboard reverb places no excess on the RAM allocation either which is handy if you’re tight on memory headroom and need greater ambience As is typical with Audio Imperia’s sample preparation triggering can initially seem delayed but this is by design The sample-start function allows users to dictate exactly how swiftly they want their samples to trigger which does away with any requirement to add or subtract DAW-based delay in order to get your timings to gel with the crisp presence of the pre-defined cinematic mix This can feel overbearing in isolation but when placed in a mix the performance is spirited and concise Where Areia offers real enhancements over Audio Imperia’s other fully-packaged products is with its wealth of articulations Many of these are new to the Audio Imperia line-up and it’s undoubtedly helpful to have all these articulations in one place The true legato patching caters for most settings brilliantly While it can handle slow-moving expressive lines the same way many other packages can its ability to switch seamlessly to more agitated and fast-moving legato makes it fantastically flexible implemented using note velocity as the indicator for each line’s movement Though this can be difficult to control while playing the ability to edit each line onscreen makes light work of intertwining lines It’s possible to use this facility with up to four notes too so you can get sustain and suspensions across chords It’s a shame that there is no panning control at this stage but panning does take effect if the same process is applied to one of the ensemble patches which extend from sustains and marcato to spiccato and pizzicato the latter using an onscreen triggering tool to place accents on a grid to implement accented patterns Areia also comes equipped with time-saving performance patches designed to help users to get their ideas down quickly as well as a pre-configuration of articulations with crisp front and backend sustain It’s the best of both worlds in a single but effective patch The full-ensemble setting allows capable keyboard players to quickly sketch out ideas without having to load multiple patches Areia is another surefire win from Audio Imperia The package plasters over any perceived absences in articulation with power and flexibility It’s an excellent standalone package for just about anyone who requires access to comprehensive strings But what about those sound-design gems we mentioned earlier These additions have become a trademark of Audio Imperia The Sound Design menu provides some amazingly luscious pads derived from conventional strings and are a brilliant backdrop to the more conventional acoustic content This is an easy-to-use suite that makes for fast results despite being able to go deep thanks to its polyphonic and mic-channel modes The clean GUI is a pleasure to operate too With so much valuable and consistent content here don’t be surprised if you begin reaching for Areia ahead of your other string suites Anyone considering purchasing a major sample suite will have a checklist to oversee Areia is likely to tick plenty of your boxes you’ll find that it has all the obvious patches covered along with lots of lesser-used articulations that might prove life-saving on the rare occasion you require them and you can control the swiftness of the triggering making it easy to implement sounds in your tracks which are radically different in tonal colour but both valuable within their respective settings makes this package fabulously flexible too But if you’re looking for your first string suite and want a variety of user options Cinematic Studio SeriesCinematic Studio Strings £300 CSS  offers a comprehensive suite of great-sounding strings that are darker in timbral colour than that of Areia with a legato mode that reacts to the user’s playing in an intelligent way EastWestHollywood Strings £200 Another soundstage-recorded classic, Hollywood Strings boasts a brighter timbral quality in line with the cinematic scoring for which it’s designed. It relies on EastWest’s Play plug-in and is available to rent as part of the ComposerCloud, as well as to buy. Get the latest news, reviews and tutorials to your inbox. The world’s leading media brand at the intersection of music and technology. The Areia Preta beach in the Brazilian city of Guarapari is famous for its black sand which has external radiation levels of almost 400 times the normal background radiation recorded in the US but none are quite like “Praia Da Areia Preta” a phosphate mineral rich in several rare-earth elements Research has shown that background radiation on Areia Preta can reach 175 mSv per year particularly those with lost of black sand the average radiation exposure level across the United States is about 0.34 μSv/h while an X-ray gives people a one-time exposure to about 100 μSv Photo: Marcelo Moryan/MTur Guarapari’s monazite-rich black sand was first noticed in 1880 by Austrian scientist Carl Auer von Welsbach He was looking for thorium for his newly invented incandescent mantles and monazite sand proved to be the perfect source Brazilian monazite mines dominated the industry of rare-earth elements up until World War 2 but it wasn’t until the late 20th century that monazite sand beaches became a health tourism attraction the radioactivity of monazite sand was already known for almost a century but that year physician Silva Mello started promoting a radioactive sand therapy that she claimed could treat a variety of health problems thousands of tourists try to cure diseases by lying on or even covering themselves with this radioactive sand ignoring the danger of prolonged exposure to radiation 50 years after Silva Mello’s publication on the benefits of monazite sand many in Brazil still believe that exposure to the sand is actually good for their health The tourism industry of Guarapari has definitely benefited from this narrative and the city wears its nickname “The Healthy Town” with pride despite the controversy surrounding the effects of exposure to the sand most parts of Guarapari have relatively low levels of background radiation – 0.6 µSv/h on average – which doesn’t pose any real health risk Sea waves continuously pound coastal mountains rich in monazite and some of the radioactive compounds wash up on the shore in the form of black sand Over the years, research has shown that gamma radiation alone on Areia Preta poses a serious danger to tourists One 2002 study found that gamma radiation doses on Areia Preta beach were comparable to those in the immediate vicinity (l km) of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant The authors point out that while the radionuclide composition in the two locations is undoubtedly different the gamma radiation on Areia Preta requires protective equipment Radiation absorbed through the skin can reportedly increase the risk of skin cancer while inhaled radioactive compounds can cause lung cancer It is for these reasons that the Brazilian Nuclear Agency does not recommend spending too much time on radioactive beaches like Areia Preta it was proposed that monozites be removed from the sand and then sold as valuable ore rich in rare-earth elements the iconic black sand of Guarapari could be preserved for its tourism value without exposing people to harmful radiation Residents driven from urban beach now live in wretched conditions by open sewers It was after midnight when the police came to Areia Branca a fishing community on a spit of sand not far from the heart of Luanda the neighborhood – “White Sand” in English – was a haven for thousands of families city officials and tilapia sellers relaxed after work in spacious backyards Ocean breezes cooled them and helped keep mosquitos away But the same qualities that attracted its working class and poor residents also made it ideal — in the view of a business consortium led by Isabel dos Santos, daughter of the country’s autocratic president — for a coastal road and luxury hotel to serve the elite of one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities human rights activists and former residents say including members of the presidential guard handcuffed objectors and beat them with clubs according to complaints compiled by Luanda-based nonprofit SOS Habitat They shut down access to the telephone network Residents were ordered to stay put until it was over “They kept us for seven days in front of our ruined houses without food or water,” said Talitha Miguel many residents settled a few hundred yards away in an overcrowded slum next to a flood-prone drainage ditch The Areia Branca evictions were to make way for a proposed $1.3 billion urban redevelopment plan championed by dos Santos A few months before residents were forced out her company received presidential approval to manage the project The story of the evictions, and the hardships suffered by the displaced people of Areia Branca, emerged as part of the Luanda Leaks investigation into more than two decades of inside deals benefiting Africa’s wealthiest woman. The reporting, from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and 36 media partners also revealed how Western companies and professional services advisers helped build and maintain the dos Santos empire To confirm the links between the evictions and the dos Santos-backed development project ICIJ spent months comparing leaked material to information gathered in Luanda from other documents and interviews is always a story about human rights and the abuse of ordinary citizens,” said Claudia Gastrow an anthropologist at the University of Johannesburg The chaos did not reflect the “Paris of Africa” dreams harbored by Angola’s elite awarded his office exclusive control over the planning for the part of the city that included Areia Branca That arrangement effectively became part of the Luanda master plan as a broader project to redesign the city came to be known The master plan envisioned tree-lined highways that would seamlessly connect downtown to shopping centers Luanda would become “Africa’s premier visitor destination” and represent Angola “at its best,” according to leaked documents Supporters of the plan touted the potential for new jobs The master plan needed a master. In early 2013, two of Isabel dos Santos’ companies won approval to oversee the redevelopment of the area that included Areia Branca In comments to ICIJ delivered through Carter-Ruck dos Santos later described Urbinveste as “the vision and concept creator” behind the project But she said no evictions were associated with the project’s design because it was to be built on “100% reclaimed land from the sea.” the Luanda city tourism agency pitched the dos Santos plan that included the Areia Branca area to the president according to a leaked report prepared by the agency A high-speed roadway straddled by parking lots restaurants and a business center would replace Areia Branca and other nearby properties according to designs prepared by dos Santos’ Urbinveste and her business partners Documents show that the company received at least $12 million from the Angolan government for work on the project “Broadway Malyan is committed to operating in a responsible and ethical manner in all work that it does,” it said Urbinveste would act as the “liaison” with government agencies overseen by dos Santos’ father Security guards and drivers made up about half of the company’s staff The company subcontracted everything from road design to palm tree importation Dos Santos was closely involved in the planning she traveled to Van Oord’s Rotterdam office to review the results of topographic surveys conducted after the Areia Branca evictions The Angolan government agency responsible for Luanda’s redevelopment later awarded Urbinveste and Van Oord a $615 million contract to redesign the shoreline close to Areia Branca according to banking instructions shared between the two companies Isabel dos Santos intervened when Angola’s Finance Ministry indicated that it might not have cash to fund part of the project with Van Oord “I don’t think it’s a problem,” dos Santos wrote an assistant in an email “because we’ll talk to [the Finance Ministry] right away.” Van Oord wasn’t the only Western company involved. In 2015, KPMG in Portugal drafted a 99-page business case promoting the project for $315,000 Consulting giant PwC advised Urbinveste on how to route payments to Van Oord through Dubai to access U.S Account managers at the Cape Verde branch of Lisbon-based Banco BIC DV.load("https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6632397-KPMG-Business-Case-Corimba.js" container: "#DV-viewer-6632397-KPMG-Business-Case-Corimba" }); Van Oord said that the $615 million contract was a budget only and the companies were not paid this amount It said it learned of the evictions after receiving questions about Luanda Leaks from Trouw and Het Financieele Dagblad The families were removed before the company became involved in the project It promised to “use its leverage” with the Angolan government and contractors to ensure that the former Areia Branca residents receive compensation In May 2019, João Lourenço,who replaced Isabel dos Santos’ father, canceled the contracts for Luanda’s makeover New contracts would save Angola $380 million The community of Areia Branca never recovered from the evictions unemployment ballooned and some children never returned to school Many families settled a few hundred yards away in a different world Hundreds now live in a maze of corrugated metal and wood shacks surrounded by pooling canals of sewage Water rises with each rainfall, coating floors, alleyways and the slum’s makeshift soccer field with a dark sludge. “Better me than a kid,” one man told Trouw after he slipped and fell into the jet-black sewage last November Residents have complained for years about typhoid according to a letter sent to Luanda’s governor and Angola’s health minister “We are living in terrible conditions,” residents Mário Rui Pinto Pires, Angola’s former state secretary for public investment, told another ICIJ reporting partner, the French paper Le Monde, that the Luanda plan was a poorly conceived “infrastructure program that forgot to think about people.” declined to respond to ICIJ’s questions on the evictions and the residents’ complaints Lourenço insists that his administration is busy tackling corruption Prosecutors say that they are tracing money allegedly moved out of the country by the dos Santos family and associates and that they are collaborating with the U.S. Weeks after ICIJ asked Isabel dos Santos detailed questions Angolan prosecutors froze her assets and ordered her to return $1 billion Following the publication of Luanda Leaks, the Portuguese prosecutor’s office central bank and securities market regulator announced probes into her business dealings Dos Santos insists that she has done nothing wrong and has accused Lourenço of conducting a political “witch hunt.” a solitary police officer shushed rowdy teenage Boy Scouts there for an afternoon swim Where once pirogues ferried fresh tilapia to a bustling community car seats and orange soda cans now lap against the polluted shore Spirit Halloween has popped up on 57th Street in New York and in a few days it will be gone—leaving as suddenly as it arrived “You kind of wait for it,” says Emily Perdios Ms Areia is “not really into witches any more” The reshuffle by Donald Trump portends more instability in America’s national security team It aids assimilation and is more widespread than the administration admits The president is giving the chief justice the chance to emulate his hero and affirm America’s constitutional order  Sensible policies help—so does savvy politicking Norte do Hipódromo in Areia Preta and the elderly housing facility originates from unpleasant smells overflowing from the drainage channels associated with the Lot P temporary housing project the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) and the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) said that the issue has been worsened by ongoing cleaning operation an inter-departmental committee meeting was held yesterday to urge the project contractor to adopt effective mitigation measures These measures include enhancing cleaning protocols improving sealing during the cleaning process and installing activated carbon filters at exhaust outlets to help alleviate the odors The cleaning operations are expected to be completed within the week In addition to the issues related to the temporary housing project the discharge of sewage and sediment from the stormwater box culvert in Av Norte do Hipódromo has also been identified as a sporadic source of odor The inter-departmental committee has requested that the relevant cleansing company increase its efforts to regularly clean the stormwater channels ensuring that sediment buildup does not contribute to the unpleasant smells While the current odor issue is not directly linked to the design and construction of the northern section of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) the bureaus said it is taking proactive steps to mitigate any potential impacts Measures include cleaning temporary drainage channels and regularly flushing outfalls to prevent odor accumulation Long-term plans are also underway to increase sewage treatment capacity particularly with the ongoing development of a sewage treatment plant on the artificial island of the Macao Boundary Crossing Facilities of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge the issue was raised in a written question by lawmaker Ron Lam who pointed out that the mudflat development work for the construction of the light rail system has been underway for over a year Residents have complained that the sewage interception pipes and the drainage outlet of the pumping station are clogged with stones and waste causing the accumulation of sludge and the release of a foul smell there were only three rainwater discharge outlets along Av and the wastewater interception works completed in 2019 covered these three outlets DSPA has now revealed that there are five rainwater drainage points near the seafront Residents in the area have reported experiencing a persistent foul smell when walking in the area and some have even observed oil and other floating objects on the sea surface Lam has called for the government to investigate the reasons for the misconnection of storm sewers including whether the relevant design companies need to be held accountable and the source of the sewage Lawmaker Leong Hong Sai has suggested that interception projects should be carried out at outfalls where sewage is found and sewage should be directed into sewage treatment plants You must be logged in to post a comment Displaced residents describe alleged abuses but former president’s daughter denies her plan required evictions down the coastal highway heading south from the Angolan capital Swing past the fort built by Portuguese colonialists on the hill above Just before the road heads inland there is a lagoon separated from the sea by a long spit of land it was home to a thriving fishing community of 3,000 families “Now we are living in horrible conditions.” Many of Areia Branca’s former residents have moved to the other side of the lagoon Previously a waste dump through which two sewage channels flowed it has become home to 500 families sharing tiny shacks made of corrugated tin Pedro Alexandrino in Povoado Photograph: Jason Burke/The GuardianChildren play among piles of rotting rubbish Alexandrino and his neighbours say they did not move voluntarily They claim they were evicted in June 2013 by police Their homes were bulldozed amid violent scenes as some inhabitants resisted The Luanda Leaks investigation, based on a huge cache of financial records belonging to Isabel dos Santos the daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos suggest her company stood to benefit from a redevelopment of the vacated land ShowThe Luanda Leaks project is based on a trove of 715,000 emails audits and accounts detailing the business operations of Isabel dos Santos the daughter of the former president of Angola The files were initially obtained by the anti-corruption charity Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF) which shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) which cover a period between 1980 and 2018 have been reviewed by more than 120 journalists from 37 media outlets the BBC and the Portuguese newspaper Expresso The documents, seen by the Guardian and other media partners in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), suggest as much as $500m of state payments were earmarked for Dos Santos companies and their subcontractors, after they signed deals to lead what became known as the Marginal da Corimba project, a multibillion-dollar real estate and highway development along Luanda’s coastline. Read moreThe project was cancelled by Angola’s new president two years ago It was one of many ventures critics say allowed Dos Santos and her husband the opportunity to profit from the state in sectors as diverse as construction oil and gas and diamonds while her father was in power The couple steadfastly deny any allegations of nepotism or corruption and say the recent moves by the Angolan government to freeze their assets in the country over matters unrelated to the Luanda development project Dos Santos said these criticisms were “completely unfounded” and part of an “orchestrated attack by the current government that is completely politically motivated” She says the couple’s companies are privately funded there are no proceeds from public contracts or money that has been deviated from other funds,” she told the BBC Life in the Povoado slum in Luanda. Photograph: The GuardianA child at a wash basin Photograph: The GuardianReshaping the cityLuanda is a fast-growing city Its population has expanded from 1 million in the 1980s to 8 million today and is projected to reach 13 million over the next decade During the oil boom that followed the end of the civil war in 2002 it became one of the most expensive places on Earth rival development plans competed for land and finance The president’s daughter saw an opportunity to bring some order with what came to be known as the Luanda masterplan “I was fortunate enough to be a leading consultant in the Luanda masterplan,” she said in a lecture at the London School of Economics. “It’s a personal issue for me.” Dos Santos talks proudly about her work, but many aspects of how the project was managed, and who stood to benefit, have remained unclear – until now. Read moreMarginal da Corimba was a centrepiece of her vision for Luanda the proposed development involved a string of new manmade islands by a coastal highway built on land reclaimed from the sea Dos Santos says she started working on the idea in 2012 through her real estate and construction company a team assembled to turn her vision into reality In 2013, Urbinveste recruited the British architects Broadway Malyan, whose St George Wharf development in London towers over the Thames at Vauxhall, and the Dutch company Van Oord, which had just finished building Dubai’s iconic palm tree-shaped Palm Jumeirah island the architects produced their first high-level sketch The proposed development zone for the Corimba concept is clear from the drawing: it begins at Areia Branca and extends southwards over several kilometres Urbinveste’s plan was not the only idea in play for this stretch of coast Another government-backed project had involved building a highway called Marginal Sudoeste This proposal involved a road skirting the Areia Branca settlement Three weeks later, on 1 June, the bulldozers rolled into Areia Branca. It is not clear if this was a direct result of the president’s decision. What is indisputable is that the entire community was evicted. “We had no warning at all of what was going to happen,” says Alexandrino. “No notice, no announcement, nothing.” Read moreThe 49-year-old community leader had built his two-bedroom home in Areia Branca. He had four children and a job on a mining project run by Sodiam, the state-owned diamond company I saw bulldozers on trucks on the road when I came in and wondered what they were for At 2am I heard noise and saw the soldiers and police and then I understood that the bulldozers were there to destroy the houses.” and material gathered by the charity SOS Habitat for an ongoing legal challenge describe the alleged abuses that followed: the road to the mainland was blocked and the electricity and telephone cables were cut; identity documents were seized and thrown into the sea Those who resisted were allegedly handcuffed Two youths are reported to have died after being run over One fell under the wheels of a truck allegedly after being beaten with a club His body was taken away by police and his family say it was never returned to them Residents boarded trucks after being told they would be driven to new homes But they say they were dumped on the roadside Those who refused to leave were allegedly driven from the island with teargas after they had sought refuge in churches and a hospital the police chief told the community about Povoado “And living here everything is a problem.” A child in the slum. ‘Human rights aren’t respected here,’ says Alexandrino. Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianTalitha Miguel who recalls how the community sought refuge before being directed to the Povoado area Photograph: The Guardian‘Everything was demolished’Their former home remains an empty space no developer has built on the land or claimed responsibility for the clearance An impact study produced some time later for Urbinveste points the finger at the ministry of construction saying the “slum” was cleared to “pave the way for the ongoing construction work of expansion of Marginal Sudoeste” Broadway Malyan told the Guardian it was not previously aware of the allegations of forced evictions and that its work did not include any plans for clearances it had only produced one preliminary drawing “Broadway Malyan is committed to operating in a responsible and ethical manner in all work that it does,” the firm said “We would never propose or facilitate any such unlawful eviction of residents and we do not condone such behaviour in any way nor want to work with any party who does so.” “He saw the conditions people are living in He said he would talk to his foreign ministry.” Povoado was previously a waste dump. Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianA woman looks for worms to use as bait Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianDos Santos vehemently rejects any involvement in oppression or displacement of Angolan citizens she said “there were never any evictions related to Marginal” whether in Areia Branca or any other part of the city designed to ease traffic congestion in the capital would have avoided the need for evictions because it was going to be built on land reclaimed from the sea She told the BBC that reclaimed land was “relatively cheap” “It’s cheaper than to have to expropriate people so one of the concerns was to make sure that there would be no expropriations.” but involvement in such infrastructure projects can be profitable for companies that receive government contracts in countries such as Angola after several years of planning and negotiations on financing a decree from President Dos Santos greenlit about $1.3bn of public spending Under procurement laws in force at the time public tenders were not always required for state spending Urbinveste was partnered with Van Oord for dredging and building the islands had teamed up with a Chinese group to build the highway and a fishing port A consortium agreement for the dredging stated that in exchange for tasks including the obtaining of work permits Urbinveste and its subcontractors would keep 30% of the contract – or $189m (£145m) The road building was potentially even more lucrative: balance sheets and a draft contract indicate Landscape and its subcontractors would claim as much as 50% of the total value On 15 May 2019, José Eduardo dos Santos’s successor as president, João Lourenço, used his own presidential decree to tear up the dredging and road building contracts, citing “over-invoicing” and “disproportionate compensation”. 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removal of scaffolding from the exterior walls the project will add two 24-meter-wide public roads with four-lane two-way carriageways and pedestrian walkways and pedestrian precincts will also be included to connect surrounding communities and create a livable environment at the site of the failed Pearl Horizon project The project has achieved significant milestones since then including the completion of pile foundation works in 2022 and the topping out of the main structures of the eight residential towers in December 2023 Ming Shun Construction and Property Investment Limited-Tat Cheong Engineering & Construction Company Limited were awarded a MOP1.9 billion contract to build two 41-story residential towers and two 50-story temporary housing towers on one of the lots Cheong Kong Construction Company Limited-J&T Construction Company Limited won the MOP1.1 billion bid to construct two 50-story residential towers for temporary housing units a letter of intent was signed for China State Construction Engineering to receive MOP4 billion for replacement housing works in Lot A Con’eer Engineering Limited-China Road and Bridge Corporation-Top Design Consultants also secured a MOP878.6 million contract for the works in Lot B The project is expected to be the first destination for residents of the Iao Hon Estate ensuring that urban renewal projects are carried out smoothly while prioritizing affected residents You must be logged in to post a comment Message Invalid character found in the request target [/news/detail/en/N22GYUMjYl;jsessionid/u003d520813191211422EE5F3D57343A297FA.app09?menu\u003dInfographic ] The valid characters are defined in RFC 7230 and RFC 3986 Description The server cannot or will not process the request due to something that is perceived to be a client error (e.g. Note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the server logs Divorced couple’s quarrel over money boils over with one man rushed to hospital with serious stab wounds Police have revealed further details about the brawl which erupted in Areia Preta on Monday in which a man was stabbed with a 13-centimetre knife Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said that the two local victims are a father and son aged 68 and 33 respectively is a non-resident worker from mainland China who works as a hairdresser Chong noted that the couple divorced in 2020 adding that the ex-wife had since reported her ex-husband to the police for domestic violence while the ex-husband accused her of robbery in 2021 Chong did not provide any details of the cases except to say that they had been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) early on Monday morning Lei and her boyfriend went to a flat where the victims live in Block 14 of Hoi Pan Garden estate on Estrada Marginal da Areia Preta to demand money related to previous disputes with her ex-husband The suspects then verbally abused his father adding that the father called the police for assistance after which police officers arrived at the scene to mediate and persuaded the two suspects to leave Chong said that the two suspects waited downstairs for her ex-husband to return the ex-wife called her father to wait with them the trio intercepted the father-and-son and got into a heated argument which escalated into an assault against the son adding that the father could not stop the attackers and Lin stabbed the son on the left side of his chest with a 13-centimetre knife Chong said that police arrested the daughter and Lin at the scene as her father had left before they arrived while the victims were rushed to the Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre for emergency treatment the son suffered severe bleeding on the left side of his chest He was also bleeding from stab wounds to his left forearm and left index finger the victim’s father sustained injuries to his face and a chest fracture while the son was still in critical condition after yesterday’s surgery the ex-wife admitted that she attacked her ex-husband’s back with a key while Lin admitted that he brought the knife with him to attack the 33-year-old victim adding that the ex-wife’s father also went to the police later that day to help with the investigation Chong said that the ex-wife’s father denied attacking his daughter’s ex-husband but confessed that he assaulted the victim’s father The trio were transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office yesterday for further questioning while Lin also faces a charge of carrying an illegal weapon An extensive temporary housing project in Areia Preta will be completed by the end of 2024, according to a government statement Designed to offer homes for property owners whose neighbourhoods are being affected by urban renewal projects the development consists of 2,000 flats in eight residential towers Fitting out and scaffolding removal is currently underway following topping out of the eight blocks in December last year [See more: Upscale apartment owners are fuming over plans for a new trash compactor] Two public roads will be constructed to ease traffic congestion in the area along with sufficient parking for cars and motorcycles The development will also feature a bus terminus green space and a pedestrian thoroughfare linking it to the surrounding district Members of the public who are interested in seeing a show flat can make an appointment via the Macau Urban Renewal website. Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb Health officials say more than 23,000 Covid-19 patients attended to at city’s 15 clinics since 12 December Two new community outpatient clinics opened on Monday further easing the strain on the public hospital network Both clinics are located in the peninsula area just behind the Shell petrol station at Areia Preta is in the area of the white awning of Nam Van Lake A total of 15 community outreach consultation clinics have been set up since 12 December According to the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre more than 23,000 Covid-19 patients have been seen by doctors at the community outpatient clinics network The number of consultations has been decreasing from a peak of around 3,000 daily patients in the past week to about 1,800 patients per day The Centre said that if those infected with mild symptoms – who have been assessed as receiving home isolation treatment on the self-assessment platform and scheduling of community outpatient consultation – feel their symptoms have changed, they can self-assess again online The Centre also urged residents not to abuse the ambulance service and to leave emergency medical resources to residents with urgent and special needs Christmas Eve saw the death of two more people infected with Covid-19 Police investigating after knife was pulled in dispute over money between five people; stabbing victim still in hospital in serious condition A family quarrel in Areia Preta ended in bloodshed yesterday after a knife was pulled and one man was stabbed Three others suffered cuts and bruises during the brawl at Block 14 of Hoi Pan Garden estate on Estrada Marginal da Areia Preta Judiciary Police spokesman Chong Kam Leng said that at about 1 pm yesterday three people in a takeaway shop in the building had a dispute with two others over financial matters the fight’s two local male victims are aged 33 and 68 respectively while a local male suspect and a local female suspect The third suspect is a 34-year-old man from mainland China a non-resident worker employed as a hairdresser During an altercation between the five people and one of the suspects took out a knife and stabbed one of the victims so a member of the public who saw what was happening immediately called the police the suspects face charges of causing grievous bodily harm The case remains under investigation and only one of the injured is expected to remain in hospital the 33-year-old victim was admitted to the hospital with severe bleeding on the left side of his chest and drifted in and out of consciousness while being rushed to the hospital The 68-year-old victim sustained swelling on the right side of his face a cut on his right wrist and a contusion on the right of his forehead and his right eye while the 34-year-old male suspect sustained bruises on his head The 34-year-old female suspect sustained bruises on the left side of her upper lip right little finger and right shoulder during the fight Three of the four injured were conscious and stable at the time they were taken to the hospital Police set up a cordon around the blood-stained crime scene while they continued their investigations Behrani: Soon we will return to the flowers of Isfahan... the mosques of Qom... and to the fine hotels of old Tehran. I have taken us so far off our course. But now it is time to return. It is time for us to go home, to our destiny. Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb, an Amazon company© 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc. Hong Kong resident suspected of being leader of gang carrying beauty products across the border; bank of CCTV cameras fails to deter authorities. Macao Customs Service and Public Security Police (PSP) officers cracked down on another parallel trading hideout in an industrial building in Areia Preta last night. Lam Fat Lun, a senior customs officer, said that the suspects had installed multiple CCTV cameras in the area to make arresting them more difficult. Meanwhile, Lam said, a police officer intercepted a parallel trader and found a quantity of beauty products and receipts. He pointed out that after questioning, the person admitted to picking up products from the gang in return for the promise of 150 yuan for taking the products across the border. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Alex Areia was involved in a dramatic accident on Friday that saw his car end up in the stands. While practicing ahead of this weekend's Porsche Sprint Challenge in the World Endurance Championship, the driver lost control of his car on a tight corner, which took his car off the road. It then travelled through the gravel trap and the tire wall, demolishing a fence before bouncing up into the stands. Thankfully Areia was able to walk away from the incident and no one was hurt, although the car was written off and had to be lifted out by a crane. Had the crash happened during a competitive race rather than practice, the outcome could have been very different.  The incident was captured on video by some fans sat in the stands, who missed the car leaving the track but captured a mangled fence and puff of dust before it appeared stationary around the fourth row of the stand. One onlooker can be heard saying 'Oh my god' at the mangled wreck of a 911 GT3 Cup car.  Areia explained what had happened after the accident as he tweeted: 'It was very angry. 'I ran out of brakes at the end of the straight, I practically became a passenger.' 'Luckily there was no one in that area of the bench and I managed to get out of the accident unharmed, thanks to the safety level of that car.' The crash took place at the Autodrome do Algarve, which hosted Grand Prixes in 2020 and 2021.  Lewis Hamilton won both, at a track that can host up to 100,000 and saw 27,000 in attendance for the 2020 F1 race. Areia crashes his Porsche into the STANDS during practiceCommenting on this article has endedNewest{{#isModerationStatus}}{{moderationStatus}} The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Thursday that its inspectors tested a cream-filled bun sample that was found to have an excessive number of staph bacteria, when they were carrying out regular random testing in Areia Preta. The contaminated bun was found at a bakery called Magole in Rua da Saúde (“Street of Health”). The bureau banned the bakery from selling the cream buns immediately and ordered it to clean and disinfect the shop thoroughly, according to the statement. The statement noted that the inspectors found 240,000 staph bacteria in one gramme of cream bun. According to the local “Microbiological Guidelines for Ready-to-eat Food”, food that contains over 10,000 staph bacteria per gramme is considered unsafe to consume. According to the statement, the inspectors told the bakery staff to improve their production process and improve their food safety knowledge. The statement noted that a staph bacterium, also known as Staphylococcus aureus, is a germ that can be found on the human body, especially in infected wounds. The statement also said that if wounds are not properly covered, the bacteria can be easily transferred to food that does not need to be cooked. The statement pointed out that the bacteria grows rapidly, and it can only be killed by extreme heat; therefore, staph bacterium is known as one of the germs that can cause food poisoning. The bureau urged the public to be more careful when preparing food products, adding that before consuming or preparing food one must wash one’s hands. RACECAR driver Alex Areia survived a brush with death after crashing into the STANDS ahead of the Porsche Sprint Challenge. Practice for this weekend's race took place at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal early on Friday. But it almost ended in tragedy as Areia lost control of his 991.2-generation 911 GT3 Cup car. The Portuguese petrolhead lost control while at full speed in the braking zone of a very tight corner and eventually went into a gravel trap. His car skidded along and hit a tire barrier before cannoning through the fence and landing backwards in the grandstand. Thankfully, there was no one sitting in the area of the stand where Areia's car flew into - which would've been packed during race day. The wreckage of Areira's car - which was well and truly written off - had to be lifted out of the stands by a crane. Racing fans feared for Areia's safety after seeing the horrific crash, the tail end of which was caught on camera. But he miraculously walked away from the accident with no injuries. The speedster addressed the scary crash on Twitter, writing: "It was very angry. no one was in that area of the grandstand and I managed to get out of the accident unharmed One racing fan said of the crash: "That’s insane there are a dozen or more fatalities and just as many injuries Thank the Lord that this was during a practice session And another said: "f we had the stands crowded now we would be talking about 10 dead people." this wildly beautiful boutique stay might just be the most romantic bolthole in Portugal Doubles cost from £263 a night on a B&B basis Get your weekly dose of armchair travelling Each compacting skip can hold 33,000 litres of trash equivalent to 30 conventional dumpsters; two more skips to start operation shortly Areia Preta residents can now take advantage of 18 new hi-tech compacting rubbish skips which have replaced 300 conventional dumpsters The Municipal Affairs Bureau pointed out that the underground waste collection system in Areia Preta district served around 53,000 residents from 126 buildings in the district had provided around 1,100-litre dumpsters to residential buildings Every day when a dustcart arrived near a building workers moved dumpsters from the building’s rubbish chamber to the lorry The bureau said that with the aim of solving the adverse hygiene issue resulting from this waste collection practice which are near the previous collection points of the now-defunct underground waste collection system for the setting-up of compacting rubbish skips Eighteen compacting rubbish skips are already in place with two more to come into operation at a later date The capacity of a compacting rubbish skip is equivalent to up to 30 conventional 1,100-litre dumpsters The bureau also pointed out that there are 124 compacting rubbish skips Macao’s tally of conventional dumpsters has decreased from a peak of 1,600 to only 104 now due to their replacement with compacting rubbish skips and enclosed waste chambers Do you love the Emmy-winning “Game of Thrones” enough to name your child after one of the characters According to birth records in the Statesman Journal, four girls born at Silverton and Salem hospitals were named Arya since 2013. This doesn't include alternate spellings. According to mooseroots.com a website specializing in genealogical data 1,634 baby girls in the United States were named Arya in 2015 making Arya the most popular “Thrones” name Ariel and Eric Schrecengost named their daughter Martin’s books that inspired the HBO series Baby Arya was born after the Schrecengosts had two miscarriages and underwent fertility treatment “My husband had this connection to the character and the book and we loved what the name meant,” Ariel said “The name is Sanskrit and means ‘noble’ or ‘sacred one.’ It felt like it connected correctly with what we’d gone through to have a baby “I started reading the books and agreed with my husband that the character was a strong 82 American baby girls were named Daenerys is the Dothraki word for “queen” and one of many titles bestowed upon Daenerys Targaryen Since 2013, two girls born at Silverton Hospital were named Khaleesi. If Salem resident Alexis Gysin has another girl, she plans to follow suit. Last year, she and Steven Gysin named their daughter after Arya, only they spelled it Areia. Alexis has met others who spell it Aria. According to babycenter.com which combines all spelling variations of the same name in its tallies Aria was the 19th-ranked name in 2015 for American baby girls Alexis first heard the name Arya when she started watching “Thrones”  last year happy and is her own character in so many ways It’s the perfect name for her,” Alexis said Both said caring for Arya and Areia has cut into their “Thrones” reading and watching time They are behind and won’t be watching June 26's finale Samwell or Martin’s other unique men’s names came up in the Statesman’s database parents named 62 boys after Tyrion Lannister brave and wisecracking dwarf with a fondness for debauchery who murdered children before being tortured castrated and renamed “Reek,” seems an odd choice for a baby name Which unique “Game of Thrones” name do you like best for babies facebook.com/RastrelliSJ and on Twitter @RastrelliSJ The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) has indicated that pollution along the riverside in the Areia Preta district has decreased considerably since wastewater control in the area was improved after local residents complained of the bad odour and pollution in the local waters the DSPA created a joint tasks force with the Municipal Affairs Bureau  (IAM); the Land Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) and Marine and Water Bureau (DSAMA) to tackle the issue Studies concluded that the main cause for the low water quality was the drainage of wastewater through the rainwater outlets in that area due to the wrong connection of sewage from the separation system as well as illegal dumpings and residual sludge accumulated in the same area over the years In 2015 a water pumping station was installed in the wastewater treatment plants at Macau Peninsula with the effluent discharge line having been extended to a total length of about 3,800 meters so that the effluents could be drained through a more distant discharge outlet and relieving pressure on the water environment of the Areia Preta coast Then an interception channel and a pumping station on the coastal area of ​​Avenida Norte do Hipódromo was built to intercept the runoff of wastewater produced by the incorrect connection of sewage and rainwater when it rains and forward it to the local waste treatment plant Conception and construction work for this project started at the end of 2017 after a MOP84.6 million (US$10.4 million) contract was granted to Companhia de Construção Cheong Kong Limitada with the project concluded in August of 2019 and started operating the month after these measures led to a reduction in the bad odour problem and to a ‘significant’ decrease of concentrations of pollutants in the waters such as faecal coliforms and ammoniacal nitrogen The department stated that note the ecological environment of coastal waters in the areas has gradually recovered The DSPA had indicated last year that about half of the 147,000 m3 of residual water treated daily by the Macau Peninsula Wastewater Treatment Plant only received primary treatment before being discharged with the remaining receiving secondary treatment There are currently five wastewater treatment facilities at the Macau Peninsula Macau International Airport and at the Macau-Zhuhai cross-border industrial park with each facility designed for the maximum treatment of 356,000 m3 of wastewater per day 46-year-old was suffering from unspecified illness; husband unaware of the tragedy until informed by police A Hong Kong woman has been confirmed dead after “falling” from a building on Rua Central da Areia Preta yesterday morning Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said that the woman The PJ were notified by the Public Security Police at 5:34 am yesterday that a woman was lying on the building’s second-floor podium Ho said that at 3 am the victim had told her husband that she was going to the toilet He only realised the tragedy after the police arrived and informed him The toilet door was locked and the window was open The victim was suffering from an unspecified illness and a suicide note was found in the flat According to a preliminary examination of the body the deceased sustained injuries caused by “falling from a height” but the exact cause of death could only be confirmed by a forensic examination Macau Urban Renewal Limited has stated that the construction for the future residential project in Areia Preta could be initiated in the first half of this year and be finished by the second half of 2024 Yesterday the 25-year renewable lease concession granted by authorities to the public company for the 47,682 square meters Lot P where the failed Pearl Horizon project was planned for in Avenida do Nordeste was revealed The land – valued at MOP8.9 billion (US$1.1 billion) – is to be used for the construction of replacement or temporary housing and public installations with authorities having decided to use most of it for future elderly housing lot A with ​​21,888 square meters destined for replacement housing commerce and a swimming pool; lot B with ​​6,537 square meters for temporary housing commerce and parking; and lot C with ​​19,257 square meters for temporary housing Macau Urban Renewal revealed that Lot A will include six buildings that can provide about 2,000 units for the eligible original Pearl Horizon buyers Lot B and Lot C will be used for the construction of eight temporary housing buildings which can provide about 2,800 units for real estate owners affected by urban renewal to rent Under a temporary and replacement housing bill enforced in 2019 temporary housing is to be built for rental for real estate owners affected by urban renewal during reconstruction periods while replacement housing is to be built in exchange for those affected by urban renewal projects The whole development project will provide about 2,800 private parking spaces and more than 1,000 motorcycle parking spaces The building construction of the project will adopt a podium style with a green platform; with commercial spaces The company indicated that it will start the pre-qualification and bidding procedures for builders “immediately” one for the construction of replacement housing in Lot A another for construction of temporary housing in Lot B and two for temporary housing construction in Lot C A MOP2 billion contract has already been handed out by local authorities to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (Macau) to develop the 37-storey building in the same lot away from Guelph’s Superior Court of Justice on Friday after the hearing finished early for the day Witness testimony describes the moments before the fatal crash happened and the information within may be out of date John Areia remembers pulling up to the crash site seconds after it occurred and checking on the drivers In witnessing the head-on impact from around 10 car-lengths back Day 2 of the trial of Harvy Panchal at Guelph’s Superior Court of Justice the 47-year-old man recounted for the court what he saw leading up to and following the fatal collision in July 2016 is facing a charge of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death in connection with a two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of 27-year-old Katelyn Lindsay of Cambridge Areia was driving a roll-off truck that morning and after dropping off a load in Stouffville he was headed back through Puslinch he said he had commanding view of the two-lane road in front of him When he saw a silver car pull into the northbound lane to pass another car near the base of a hill and then saw a grey car crest the top of that hill At that point he took his foot off the gas The court would hear later that the silver car — a Hyundai Veloster — was driven by Panchal and the grey vehicle — a Ford Fusion — was driven by Lindsay Assistant Crown attorney Julia Forward asked Areia to describe for the court what happened that sunny Saturday morning He said a few kilometres before the crash site He was driving the speed limit at 80 kilometres per hour There were two other cars in front of her and she was looking to make a pass she signalled and moved into the northbound lane while the centre line was still broken there were two vehicles ahead of her with around two car-lengths between them “It almost looked like the other two sped up a bit,” he said she veered to the left and the impact took place on the shoulder.” taking questions from defence lawyer Harval Bassi Areia said it was as if the other vehicles being passed were “playing a game of chicken,” and preventing Panchal from getting back into the southbound lane while acknowledging the other vehicles could have let Panchal back in repeated that she shouldn’t have tried to pass those cars while going up an incline Areia stopped his truck to check on the drivers he said he helped two men escape from the vehicle and then pulled Panchal out The engine and transmission were outside the vehicle He checked Kate Lindsay’s pulse and said it was clear to him she was deceased There were eight members of Lindsay’s family and friends in the courtroom Some were heard sniffling as Areia described the scene Under cross-examination Bassi pointed out the inconsistencies in Areia’s retelling In the statement Areia gave police after the collision he said there were three cars Panchal was overtaking and he told police he didn’t speak to Panchal Bassi pointed out that since the preliminary inquiry last September Areia has returned to the scene to make notes on the speed he was going and timing it took to get from one place to another Areia said he wanted to be prepared to answer Bassi’s questions this time around because when Bassi questioned him last fall Bassi suggested that Areia was angry with Panchal and was going out of his way to make sure he knew all the details around distances and timing so the court would convict her Bassi finished his cross-examination of the Crown’s first witness Bassi tried to pin down how fast Lindsay was driving leading up to the collision Referring to a witness statement taken after the crash Dick said he didn’t look closely at witness statements because his mandate was to base his report on the physical evidence found at the crash site and that evidence didn’t point to one vehicle going much faster than the other I would have expected a lot more damage,” he said The day was cut short as the Gujarati interpreter was only able to stay for half the day The trial was originally expected to be done in three days but will now continue on June 28 and 29 next week the court also set aside July 23 for the trial to conclude Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your 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Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience For the convenience of citizens to use the services in the area of identification in the northern district in Macao the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) will increase service counters and provide all kinds of application service and online appointment service at the Government Services Centre in Areia Preta starting from 18 April 2018 In addition to services of all kinds of certificate application in the area of identification modification of contact information as well as resetting the password of electronic identity card that are currently provided at the Government Services Centre all services that are related to the Macao Special Administrative Region Resident Identity Card travel documents and certificates will be provided in such location citizens can make appointment in advance through the website of the Government Services Centre (https://app.iacm.gov.mo/csrbooking/webBookingAction.do?action=webadd&language=mo) or obtain the tag number of the day via self-service ticketing kiosk equipped at such location for using DSI’s services at the Government Services Centre DSI will continue to study to improve the services provided at the Government Services Centre and introduce more convenient measures for citizens Print this page All information on this site is based on the official language of the Macao Special Administrative Region The English version is the translation from the Chinese originals and is provided for reference only If you find that some of the contents do not have an English version please refer to the Traditional Chinese or Portuguese versions Brazil - March 2021 - The Extraordinary Visitation to the Province of Brazil-Recife (BRE) continues which is being carried out by Fr Gabriel Romero Councilor for the America South Cone Region Fr Romero spent three days in the city of Areia Branca where he visited the rural communities the projects developed by the Salesian house and the oratory and held various meetings with collaborators and representatives of pastoral groups and movements Fr Romero concluded his visit to Areia Branca with a meeting with Msgr together with the entire Salesian religious community and the employees of the Don Bosco Social Works and of the “Our Lady of the Conception” Parish ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements (ANS - Areia Branca) - For forty years the Salesians have been working in the parish dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of Areia Branca to evangelize and educate young people through vocational schools oratories and activities developed together with the local Catholic community The first religious of the Salesian Congregation came from Italy to Areia Branca at the invitation of Msgr Fr Brenno Guastalla and the Salesian Brother Antonio Cibin Areia Branca lacked the infrastructure needed for social activities and catechetical formation a small school was created with three halls to prevent and combat the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents the Salesians rebuilt the Church of "Our Lady of the Navigators" and built the "Don Bosco" youth center two projects of great social value were completed: the "Don Bosco School Laboratory which over the years has trained hundreds of young people contributing enormously to local socio-economic development work carried out at first by the Salesians Brothers Giovanni Pavan and then Conrado Carpamó The other major project was the "Center of Special Education Maria Lauretânia Rolim Bezerra do Vale" (CEESLAUVA) which has become a reference point for education for people with disabilities the Salesians have always concerned themselves with the struggles of the population to defend their land from the interests of the large landowners Fr Giuseppe Venturelli led the struggle for the consolidation of settler settlements and for the organization of these through a Study and Social Action Group (GEAS) and the creation of an Agricultural Family School the house that remains in the memory of the citizens is the catechetical center that had Fr Giuseppe Venturelli as its creator and builder the Catechetical Center and the Youth Center where the Social Assistance Secretariat now operates Other works include the "de los Coqueiros" Church and the Gado Bravo Chapel