DEATH, SERIOUS INJURY: The government can support families with money, resources and community-based solutions, the Department of Protective Services said
On average, 26 babies have been abused to the point of death or serious injury every year since 2020, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said yesterday.People in Taiwan have killed or irreversibly injured 134 infants through domestic abuse in the past five years, Department of Protective Services Di
The Ministry of Environment would learn from Germany’s experience and test Taiwan’s emissions trading system (ETS) in the second half of next year, Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming (彭?明) told an event at National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei on Wednesday.The government has changed its min
The global population of the black-faced spoonbill rose to 7,081 this year, with spotters in Taiwan reporting 4,169 of the birds, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency said yesterday, adding that the nation is still the most important wintering ground for the endangered species.Sightings are r
The National Development Council (NDC) has reviewed proposals to allow high-earning foreign professionals to apply for permanent residency after only one year, while also extending the duration of its new digital nomad visa to a maximum of two years.The draft changes, consisting of amendments to the
‘DENIAL STRATEGY’: While a proposed 10 percent of GDP target is ‘unrealistic,’ experts said boosting defense spending along with allies is vital to preventing conflict
The Global Taiwan Institute (GTI), a Washington-based think tank, called on Taiwan to increase its defense budget and procure necessary weapons to comprehensively respond to threats from China in a report released yesterday.The report, US-Taiwan Relations: Advancing Four Pillars of the Strategic Par
Japan is obtaining anti-ship missile capabilities that could place Chinese People’s Liberation Army vessels near Taiwan under crossfire if Japan joins forces with Taiwan, a defense official said yesterday.The comment came a day after Jiji Press reported that the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Ju
The legislature yesterday voted to uphold measures it previously passed aimed at raising pensions for police officers, firefighters and other law enforcement and emergency services workers, rejecting the Cabinet’s bid to overturn the legislation.Lawmakers from the opposition Chinese Nationalist Part
Taiwanese orchid research allegedly became subject to Chinese “united front” tactics, with “Taiwan” removed from an author’s address and replaced with “China” on research papers, a source said yesterday.Orchid breeding and cultivation is one of Taiwan’s most critical strategic industries, and is sub
LOOPHOLE: Allowing Chinese manufacturers a ‘back door’ to get around US tariffs would harm Taiwan, as the US would see it as collusion, the DPP lawmakers said
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators are assisting China to reroute exports through Kinmen County with their “free-trade zone” proposal, enabling Chinese goods to be labeled as “made in Taiwan” to avoid US tariffs, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers said yesterday.It is a crucial ti
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) on Thursday convened a meeting of KMT-affiliated county commissioners and mayors to come up with possible solutions to US-imposed tariffs, and urged President William Lai (賴清德) to convene a national affairs conference on the issue.Referring to the Cabinet’s propos
A close aide of former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), who is a person of interest in the corruption case against Ko, has been declared wanted by the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB).The aide, Hsu Chih-yu (許芷瑜), was recently added to the bureau’s Fugitive Online Query System, which show
Labor rights groups demonstrate in front of the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday urging the government to prevent subsidized firms from laying workers off. The call came after the Executive Yuan’s announcement the previous day proposing a NT$88 billion subsidy plan in response to new US tariffs.
At a news conference in Taipei yesterday, members of the Taiwan Medical Laboratory Scientists Union, the Taiwan Respiratory Therapy Union and the Taiwan Federation of Medical Unions hold placards calling for more medical personnel. The unions also urged the Ministry of Health and Welfare to revise r
Ships decorated with colorful lights are anchored in Kaohsiung Harbor last night. More than 20 fishing boats participated in this year’s Linyuan Fengyun Temple Matsu Maritime Pilgrimage, a quadrennial event that started in the 1980s to pray for the safety and bountiful catches of fishers in Kaohsiun
A cruise ship carrying more than 3,000 passengers that was stranded in Japan is set to return to Taiwan tomorrow morning, the Maritime Port Bureau said today.The cruise ship, Costa Serena, which departed from Keelung for Okinawa on Tuesday and was supposed to return to Keelung today, was stranded in
About half of the respondents to a Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation (TPOF) survey expressed support for the Executive Yuan’s proposed NT$88-billion (US$2.69 billion) package as a response to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the TPOF said today.The survey found that 49.4 percent of survey respond
Taiwan is among the first batch of countries set to enter into tariff negotiations with the US, President William Lai (賴清德) said today."Taiwan is now included in the first list of negotiations" with the US, Lai told representatives from the machinery industry in Taichung, without providing further d
The legislature today passed a motion to confirm the proceedings of a plenary session held on Mar. 25 which sent two Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) referendum proposals to a second reading, after a contentious session marked by protests.The bill passed last month contains two KMT proposals to hold
The Legislative Yuan today rejected the Executive Yuan’s request to reconsider an amendment to the Police Personnel Management Act (警察人員人事條例) by a vote of 62 to 50. The amendment states that the monthly income replacement ratio for police, firefighters, coast guard personnel, National Immigration Ag
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