The Judicial Yuan on Saturday said draft amendments to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (憲法訴訟法) proposed by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Weng Hsiao-ling (翁曉玲) could harm people’s right to seek constitutional relief. Weng yesterday said the Judicial Yuan misinterpreted her draft.
Taiwan must fearlessly and confidently continue to “tell the world that Taiwan is important,” former president Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday after arriving back in the country from her European trip.“Taiwan’s stride toward the world will not stop, and we must speed up the pace,” she wrote on Fac
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) director-general Thibaut Bruttin praised Taiwan’s free media in an interview last week, but added that work still needed to encourage more editorial independence in local newsrooms. “Taiwan can be proud of its free media ... [but] we think it’s important to go to the
APPLICATION : At a TPP event in Hsinchu City on Saturday, Ko’s sister said their father had been admitted to an intensive care unit after surgery
Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) has applied for a supervised visit after his father was admitted into a hospital intensive care unit, a party spokesperson confirmed yesterday. Ko has been accused of making illegal financial gains while serving as Taipei mayor from 2014 to 2022 —
‘SILENT KILLER’: People can lose bone density without symptoms and would remain unaware until they experience a fracture, which often leads to complications, they said
The prevalence rate of hip fractures in Taiwan is the highest among Asian countries, the Taiwanese Osteoporosis Association (TOA) said yesterday, adding that osteoporosis is a “silent killer” that has no obvious symptoms and that the mortality rate following a hip fracture can be higher than some ty
Ultralight aerial vehicle flyers are petitioning the government to relax altitude restrictions and allow them to fly higher.The nation’s number of certified ultralight aerial vehicles has grown from 22 in 2015 to 65 this year, while the number of certificates issued increased from 181 to 280, marki
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) yesterday asked the Taipei Rapid Transit Corp (TRTC) to make preparations for big events, after the hallway connecting the Taipei Dome to the MRT station nearby was swarmed by crowds after a baseball game.The first match of the CPBL Taiwan Series, played by the CTBC
The Taipei Department of Transportation discouraged YouBike 2.0E users from taking them on long-distance trips after a Taipei city councilor said that riders often use the new electric bike, YouBike 2.0E, to climb Yangmingshan (陽明山).Taipei earlier this year began offering the first 30 minutes of You
The government has requested assistance from other countries to extradite a Spanish fugitive who was refused entry into Singapore and put on a return flight to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport’s restricted area for passengers. Salvador Alejandro Llinas Onate was deported to Singapore on Saturday
People flocked to Nantou County’s Hehuanshan (合歡山) late on Saturday and early yesterday to try and catch a glimpse of a rare comet, leading to traffic snarls on the mountain road.The mountain was considered a great location to enjoy the comet, and astronomy buffs headed for the Wuling Pass 3,275m ab
SYNOPSIS: Living follows a man who is transformed by those who live on in spite of hardships, while Port of Lies tackles issues such as the death penalty
The drama series Living (有生之年) and Port of Lies (八尺門的辯護人) were the biggest winners in the 59th Golden Bell Awards on Saturday, with six awards each.Living won awards for best television series, and best leading actor, best leading actress, best directing, best supporting actor and best newcomer in a
Black-faced spoonbills gather in Tainan yesterday. Nearly 300 of the endangered bird species have migrated to the city so far for the winter, the Wildlife Conservation Institute of Tainan said, as the city government opened the black-faced spoonbill conservation season in the city’s Cigu District ye
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, right, and India Taipei Association Director-General Manharsinh Laxmanbhai Yadav gesture in an undated photograph released by the Kaohsiung City Government yesterday, as it invited the public to take part in the Diwali celebrations that are to take place in the city’s W
Models line up on the runway during a show at Taipei Fashion Week, which began last night.
CONCERNED: The US, its allies and European countries are highlighting peace in the Taiwan Strait, as China continues to enter other countries’ restricted waters and airspace
China’s attempts at expanding into waters around Taiwan are facing international pushback, the National Security Bureau (NSB) said.Beijing’s expansion into the Taiwan Strait, and East China and South China seas has triggered international countermeasures, the NSB said in a report to the Legislative
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday urged Beijing not to use military provocations or other methods to threaten or suppress Taiwan and undermine the “status quo,” as it expressed gratitude to friendly countries and diplomatic allies for showing concern in the past week. “MOFA again urge
STRONG RELATIONSHIPs: China would not blockade Taiwan, because President Xi respects him, and Russia would not have invaded if he were president, he said
Former US president and the Republican candidate in next month’s presidential election Donald Trump said he would impose additional tariffs on China if China were to “go into Taiwan,” the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.“I would say: If you go into Taiwan, I’m sorry to do this, I’m going to tax y
The Constitutional Court is to render a ruling on Friday next week at 3pm to determine the fate of amendments to government oversight laws passed by the legislature. The court is to decide whether the amendments and the deliberation before their passing on May 28 were constitutional. It has already
One of the 10 political parties in South Africa’s unity government on Friday voiced support for Taiwan after the government unilaterally ordered it to relocate its diplomatic liaison office away from the capital of Pretoria.The Democratic Alliance (DA) party “notes with concern that the [South Afric
GPU: The platform is designed to assist small and medium-sized enterprises, who often face capital constraints, by providing them with artificial intelligence hardware
The Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) is planning to spend NT$100 million (US$3.12 million) next year to purchase artificial intelligence (AI) graphics processing units (GPUs) and facilitate an AI computing platform.The NT$100 million would also be used to improve cybersecurity as part of the AI co