GRAPH GOES UP: Ridership and revenue are both up since the railway restructured from an agency to a state-owned company last year as it seeks to shrink its deficit
State-owned Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) reported yesterday that average daily passenger volume increased about 1.4 percent from a year earlier during the period of June to this month, despite raising ticket prices in June.In a statement, the company said the number of average daily passengers from Jun
The Pingtung Bureau of Fire and Emergency Services has released calendars for the new year featuring its firefighters to promote disaster awareness and highlight that firefighters are ready to respond around the clock.The bureau said on Friday that the theme of the 2026 calendar is “balance,” juxtap
RED TITHE: Taiwan has less than a week of blood supplies available for much of the country as cold weather dissuades potential donors
The Taiwan Blood Services Foundation yesterday called for blood donations, saying that blood type inventories across the nation are low, with only about five days worth of type A and type O blood remaining, which is below the safe threshold.As the weather turns colder, blood donations generally decr
EVA Airways, one of Taiwan’s leading international carriers, has decided to spend up to US$1.94 billion to purchase new Boeing aircraft to meet demand for the airline’s global expansion and boost its long-term operations.In a statement, EVA Air said its board of directors approved a plan on Friday t
RETURN TO NORMS: The court’s judgement reinforces the separation of powers and ensures that the legislative process maintains transparency, the petition said
More than 1,000 academics and lawyers have signed a petition in support of the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling that amendments to the Constitutional Court Procedure Act (憲法訴訟法) passed last year were unconstitutional.The Legislative Yuan on Dec. 20 last year passed amendments stipulating that at
President William Lai (賴清德) should show more empathy, as he is the one causing an impasse in the legislative review of next year’s budget, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus secretary-general Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) said yesterday, calling on Lai to have “three soft hearts” to resolve the deadlock.
Taipei Deputy Mayor Lin Yi-hua (林奕華), who led a delegation to Shanghai yesterday for a bilateral city-level summit, said ahead of her departure that the two sides would exchange experience in urban governance.Speaking to reporters at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Lin said she hoped the 16th
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wen (鄭麗文) said yesterday that any meeting she might have with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) will come with no preconditions beyond adherence to the so-called "1992 Consensus" and opposition to Taiwan independence.Cheng made the remarks in
Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) yesterday officially announced his candidacy for next year’s New Taipei City mayoral election, with former party chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) attending the event to show his support.“New Taipei City is not a satellite city of Taipei. I want to m
The US Department of State yesterday urged Beijing to cease military, diplomatic and economic pressure against Taiwan.The remarks came in response to China on Friday announcing fresh sanctions on 20 US defense firms, including a Boeing branch, over Washington’s arms sales to Taiwan.Taipei said this
SHADOWY SHIP: An investigation found that the ship had been associated with at least two AIS signals and several registered names
A brief ping of the automatic identification system (AIS) belonging to the Cameroon-registered freighter Shunxing-39 (順興39號) in August suggests that the “ghost vessel” allegedly involved in the cutting of an undersea Internet cable off Keelung in January is still active, a Liberty Times (sister pape
World War II might have ended 80 years ago, but for businessman Hsu Shun-lung (許順隆), it continues to echo in Taiwan through a tragedy that has yet to be brought to a final resolution.Hsu, a Taitung County native, remains intent on recovering the remains of men who died on a remote mountain in easter
Taiwanese and Japanese players participating in the 2025 Chinatrust Cup Taiwan-Japan High School Baseball Invitational pose for a photograph at the Sinjhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City yesterday, the last day of the three-day exchanges.
A National Taiwan University student drives the Epsilon 6 race car down the university’s Palm Avenue yesterday. The Epsilon is a line of student-built, all-electric racing cars which may be used to enter competitions such as the Formula SAE.
President William Lai, third left, addresses the audience at a gathering hosted by the New Taipei City Yunlin Association in New Taipei City yesterday. In his speech, Lai called on members of the association — consisting of people from Yunlin County who live in New Taipei City — to support Democrati
CLOUD CONCERNS: The privacy of children would be a big worry if surveillance data are to be uploaded to the Internet, protesters said at the Legislative Yuan
Representatives of childcare workers yesterday called on lawmakers to abandon planned rules that would require surveillance footage of their facilities to be uploaded to the cloud, citing privacy and dignity concerns.Article 30 of the draft childcare services bill says that to ensure the safety of c
FIREWORKS BONANZA: From April to August, fireworks and drone light shows are to be put on at seven locations across the outlying county once or twice a week
The Penghu County Government yesterday announced the schedule for next summer’s international fireworks festival, revealing a collaboration with classic Japanese anime franchise Dragon Ball Z.The festival is to start with two preview shows on April 20 and 27, each featuring a 10-minute fireworks dis
The government is preparing to open its first cross-border recruitment center, hosted by the Philippines, which would enable employers to hire overseas workers directly without the use of brokers, helping to ease personnel shortages, the Ministry of Labor said in a statement yesterday.The center is
Snow fell on Yushan (Jade Mountain, 玉山) yesterday morning as a continental cold air mass sent temperatures below freezing on Taiwan’s tallest peak, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.Snowflakes were seen on Yushan’s north peak from 6:28am to 6:38am, but they did not fully cover the ground
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