The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is maintaining close ties with Beijing, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday, hours after a new round of Chinese military drills in the Taiwan Strait began.Political parties in a democracy have a responsibility to be loyal to the nation and defend
GIANT ‘BA’ SIGN: DPP lawmakers put up a banner with the Mandarin word ‘ba,’ or ‘recall’ at the center of the chamber, symbolizing recall bids against the KMT
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday continued to occupy the speaker’s podium at the Legislative Yuan to block proceedings on referendums proposed by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).The legislature on March 25 passed a motion sending two KMT referendum proposals on “opposing th
Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday was temporarily released from jail to receive medical treatment for a health emergency.The former Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) chairman had been held at the Taipei Detention Center to await trial after being indicted for alleged embezzlement and corruptio
The Taipei First Girls High School (TFG) has banned its teachers from participating in interviews with Chinese state media after one instructor sparked an outcry by criticizing President William Lai (賴清德) on China Central Television (CCTV).In an announcement to staff and students Monday, Princip
WARNING: The number of pertussis cases this year is higher than in previous years, and people should be cautious during the Tomb Sweeping holiday, an official said
Two cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, were reported last week among members of a family in southern Taiwan, and 99 close contacts are being monitored, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday. CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Lee Chia-lin (李佳琳) said the tw
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday confirmed that a Taiwanese woman is presumed to have died after being trapped under a collapsed hotel in Myanmar after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit the country on Friday last week. At a weekly news conference in Taipei yesterday, several local reporters as
The main communications payload for Taiwan’s first “Beyond 5G” (B5G) low Earth orbit satellite would be provided by US aerospace company CesiumAstro, a bid decision yesterday showed. The roughly 400kg satellite, named 1A, would be launched in 2027 and would orbit at an altitude of about 600km, the T
The Executive Yuan said it would request a revote from lawmakers on a bill passed in January that effectively raises retirement pensions for police officers, firefighters and other members of law enforcement and the emergency services. Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) in a statement yesterday said that th
Funds managed by the Bureau of Labor Funds recorded a loss of about NT$1.2 billion (US$36.15 million) in February, in the wake of volatilities on global financial markets amid fears over tariff threats of US President Donald Trump’s administration. The bureau in a statement said the funds’ accumulat
WELFARE: Only 7% of elderly people living alone in Taipei have the rescue equipment enabling them to report emergencies, Tseng Hsien-ying said
The death of former martial arts actor Chang Chen-huan (張振寰) last month showed the difficult situation of elderly people living alone, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Tseng Hsien-ying (曾獻瑩) said. Chang, 65, was found dead at home on March 14 by authorities responding to reports
Seven Taiwanese illustrators and three intellectual property licensors are being featured at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy, the world’s largest international licensing rights fair for children’s literature that opened on Monday. The creators are being showcased at the show’s Taiw
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) New Taipei City councilors yesterday hold a news conference in New Taipei City calling for life imprisonment or the death penalty for child abuse that results in disability or death.
Signups for next month’s Baishatun Matsu Pilgrimage reached a record 200,000 people this morning, Gongtian Temple director Chen Chun-fa (陳春發) said.The pilgrimage is an annual event that sees participants carry a palanquin with a Matsu statue from Gongtian Temple (拱天宮) in Miaoli County’s Tongsiao Tow
Taiwan has its own democratic system to counter the ruling party’s autocracy, Taiwan People's Party (TPP) Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said today, calling on China to stop using force to intimidate Taiwan amid a new wave of Chinese military drills announced this morning.The Chinese People’s Libera
The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) this morning apprehended a Chinese man who unlawfully entered Taiwanese waters in an inflatable boat near Hanshehua (寒舍花) in Kinmen County. At 6:49am, the Coast Patrol Corps 9th division under the Kinmen-Matsu-Penghu branch of the agency detected and intercepted
Merely introducing migrant workers would not solve labor shortage issues, Minister of Labor Hung Sun-han (洪申翰) said, calling on industries to consider seniors and hiring young people part-time.In an exclusive interview with the Central News Agency published today, Hung said that labor shortage issue
A Taiwanese woman trapped in a collapsed hotel in Myanmar following a magnitude 7.7 earthquake on Friday last week is believed to be dead, a Taiwanese businessman based in the Southeast Asian country said today.A rescue team with search-and-rescue dogs and life detectors found no signs of life in th
The Office of the US Trade Representative submitted this year’s National Trade Estimate (NTE) report yesterday, criticizing Taiwan for its policies on certain US imports ahead of an expected tariff announcement tomorrow.The NTE is an annual report submitted to US Congress by March 31, although this
Chinese-born influencer Xiaowei (小微) was to be deported after failing to voluntarily leave Taiwan before midnight last night, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said today. Xiaowei took the 2:10pm flight to Guangzhou, China, from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the Chinese-language Liberty
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