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Navy, CGA to hold joint drills this week
By Shih Hsiu-chuan
The Ministry of National Defense and the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) will hold a joint military exercise in the overlapping waters of Taiwan and the Philippines this week, Deputy Minister of National Defense Andrew Yang (楊念祖) said yesterday. Taiwan’s naval forces are more than a matchFULL STORY
CAA suspends aviation pact talks with Manila
By Shelley Shan
The Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) yesterday said it had decided to put on hold a meeting to discuss amendments to an aviation pact between Taiwan and the Philippines following the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by personnel aboard a Philippine Coast Guard vessel on ThursdayFULL STORY
Ma must plan for Manila’s response: DPP
By Chris Wang
Although it is not a good time to criticize the government amid escalating tensions between Taiwan and the Philippines over the killing last week of a Taiwanese fisherman, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) must formulate a comprehensive plan to deal with the diplomatic row, the DemocraticFULL STORY
Groups oppose plan to ban recruitment of Philippine workers
Labor rights groups and manpower agencies have voiced their opposition to the government’s threat to suspend the hiring of Filipino workers over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman. Meriam Hsu, a Filipino social worker with the Taiwan International Workers’ Association, told the Central News AgencyFULL STORY
Visa for Chen Guangcheng to be issued soon: council
Chinese dissident Chen Guang-cheng (陳光誠), who is now studying in the US, is welcome to visit Taiwan and his entry permit will be issued soon, the Mainland Affairs Council said. The council said late on Sunday that it had asked the National Immigration Agency toFULL STORY
Ma administration receives failing grade in TISR poll
By Chris Wang
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and his administration received 46.5 points out of a possible 100 for their performance during Ma’s five years in office, a public opinion poll released yesterday showed. The poll, conducted by Taiwan Indicator Survey Research (TISR), comes a week before the anniversaryFULL STORY
Lifting medical center cap would cripple NHI: group
By Alison Hsiao
The Department of Health’s (DOH) proposal to lift the cap on the number of medical centers that can be established would hollow out the National Health Insurance (NHI), the National Health Insurance Civic Surveillance Alliance said yesterday at a press conference. The department announced on WednesdayFULL STORY
Year’s first imported case of human rabies reported
By Alison Hsiao
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Sunday reported the first imported case of human rabies of the year, urging the public to take preventive measures before traveling to rabies-affected areas. A 31-year-old Filipino migrant worker started to experience backaches and discomfort on May 4, nearlyFULL STORY
Taipei, Tokyo skyscrapers ink tour deal
Taipei 101 and the Tokyo Skytree launched a partnership yesterday aimed at boosting tourism to the two buildings. The campaign is part of ongoing efforts by the two countries to promote travel exchanges, as this year has been designated the “Taiwan-Japan tourism year,” the TourismFULL STORY
New global policy to raise international mailing fees
By Shelley Shan
The registration charges and insurance fees for international mail services are scheduled to rise next month, Chunghwa Post said yesterday. The state-run postal firm said that the increases are being implemented in response to a new policy on supplementary mailing fees issued by the UniversalFULL STORY
British historian Quentin Skinner to give local lectures
By Lee I-chia
Academia Sinica yesterday said it has invited Quentin Skinner, one of the most eminent contemporary historians of political thought, to deliver lectures at the institute and at National Taiwan University this week, which are all open to the public. With multiple research interests including earlyFULL STORY
Military struggles to find enlistees
A government plan to end the nation’s mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: Not enough volunteers. Such forces are generally considered superior to conscripted ones, because those serving want to be there. The government wants to field aFULL STORY
Taichung fines MRT contractor over tree removals, trimming
By Lee I-chia
The Greater Taichung government yesterday fined the construction contractor for the Greater Taichung MRT’s Green Line NT$960,000 for the inappropriate removal and trimming of nearby trees. Earlier last week, local residents and the members of a tree-protection association noticed the MRT’s construction workers trimming theFULL STORY
Sport stacking teen showcases Taiwan
By Hung Hui-hsin
and Jake Chung
Though sport stacking may not be a popular sport in Taiwan, 16-year-old Lin Meng-hsin (林孟欣) has made it a vehicle through which to showcase the nation to the international community. Sport stacking is an individual and team sport that consists of stacking plastic cups in specificFULL STORY
FEATURE: Teacher seeks to engineer student inventors
By Chen Yi-ching
and Jake Chung
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