The Shilin District Court yesterday issued a residence restriction against a man accused of sending a death threat to Democratic Progressive Party caucus chief executive Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) saying he would behead her.The man, surnamed Kuo (郭), was ordered not to threaten Wu, DPP Legislator Wang Ting-yu
Former Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday reasserted in court claims that prosecutors tried to blackmail him, asking for video of his interrogation to be released "so the public can see how I was treated."Ko, who finished third with 26.46 percent of the vote in Taiwan's 2024 presidential electio
The Taipei District Court yesterday approved a request by prosecutors to extend the detention of two former staffers of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) suspected of engaging in espionage for China.The two detainees, Chiu Shih-yuan (邱世元) and Huang Chu-jung (黃取榮), had been held in custod
Slightly greater cloud cover is expected over Taiwan today that would bring brief, isolated showers in the north in the morning, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) has forecast.Sporadic thundershowers could emerge in northern Taiwan and mountainous areas across Taiwan during the afternoon, the
‘888 PROGRAM’: The initiative aims to provide people with high blood pressure, cholesterol and sugar levels with a preventive care system and lifestyle counseling
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved a plan to boost healthcare for 5.35 million Taiwanese with cardiovascular disease and diabetes.Heart strokes, brain strokes, diabetes and other forms of chronic or acute kidney failure account for 62,000 deaths in Taiwan per year, or 30 percent of the total, the
The Taipei High Administrative Court yesterday ruled in favor of residents of Shezidao (社子島) in Taipei’s Shilin District (士林), saying that the environmental impact assessment (EIA) results for the development of the peninsula should be revoked.Shezidao, an alluvial plain at the confluence of the Tam
PRICE FIXING: The eight companies in 2022 reached a private agreement to jack up ticket prices for travel to Siaoliouciou in contravention of laws on fair competition
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday fined eight ferry operators NT$11 million (US$338,139) for colluding to raise ticket prices for travel to or from Siaoliouciou (小琉球). The eight companies, which operate ferries between Pingtung County’s Donggang (東港) and Siaoliouciou, a popular tourist de
Lawmakers yesterday urged the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) to work with the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to regulate online sales of so-called “miraculous self-driving devices,” which they said could compromise road safety. TTSB Chairperson Lin Shinn-der (林信得) was invit
Good Neighbors Taiwan is collaborating with National Taiwan University’s Experimental Forest Administration and Mercuries Life Insurance to plant 300 trees in Nantou County’s Sinyi Township (信義).As part of its global climate initiative, “Earth and Us,” Good Neighbors Taiwan is inviting people and in
COUNTERESPIONAGE: Current tests are administered based on job level and title, rather than their access to classified material, Cabinet spokeswoman Michelle Lee said
The government would soon review measures in place to test civil servants’ loyalty to the country, particularly measures that should be administered to those who have access to highly classified information, the Executive Yuan said yesterday. The issue has been under close scrutiny following a serie
TENSION BUILDING: Civil groups are meanwhile set to hold an event tomorrow to collect signatures outside the Presidential office ahead of final petition deadlines
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) members and supporters last night gathered outside the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office to protest investigations into alleged recall petition fraud, while supporters of recall efforts against KMT politicians announced a rally planned for tomorrow as recall deadlin
A report released on Wednesday by a US House of Representatives committee found that up to 85 percent of responses on Chinese large language model DeepSeek are altered or suppressed to cater to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) narrative, including information about Taiwan. The artificial intellig
A visiting delegation from New Zealand expressed hope for deeper collaboration in geothermal energy and launches for satellite communications equipment during a reception with President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday in Taipei.The president received a visiting delegation from New Zealand’s All-Party Pa
Although Lithuania is restoring diplomatic links with China, it would not change the name of Taiwan’s representative office in the nation, a Lithuanian lawmaker was quoted as saying.In late 2021, Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a representative office in Vilnius under the name “Taiwanese Representa
Cannabis advocates are to hold a march and street festival in Taipei tomorrow calling for dialogue with the Presidential Office on liberalizing cannabis policies.The Green Sensation festival is to be held on south side of the Legislative Yuan, with the march to start at 4:20pm.There is to be a longe
Pan A-jui, an Amis, carries a statue of the goddess Chu San Niang on a road along the east coast yesterday amid a pilgrimage to take his ancestral spirits to their homeland.
Officials and Paper Windmill Theatre performers yesterday pose for a photograph at the Mandarin Experimental Elementary School in Taipei. The performance is part of the troupe’s ongoing performance series, now in its 13th year, which aims to raise awareness among children and adolescents about drugs
More people reported suspected food poisoning symptoms after dining in a Japanese BBQ chain restaurant in Kaohsiung which has been ordered to suspend operations for seven days, the city's health authorities said today.As of 9am today, 22 people have reported gastrointestinal symptoms, including feve
The Taitung Refuse Incineration Plant is expected to resume operation on Saturday if the results of tests done on the facility are satisfactory, Taitung County Environmental Protection Bureau Chief Huang Chuan-wei (黃權煒) said today.The incineration plant was seen emitting black smoke that blew to Jhi
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