Moth orchid and anthurium cut flowers grown in Taiwan were yesterday cleared for export to New Zealand under an agreement that outlines measures local exporters need to follow to secure access to the market.The agreement was signed during a meeting of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Joint Ma
Ships registered under the Republic of China flag ranked a record fifth among 66 flag states inspected in the Asia-Pacific region last year, with zero detentions recorded for the second consecutive year, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications’ Maritime and Port Bureau said yesterday.The r
‘CENTER OF EXCELLENCE’: Taiwan was chosen for the regional hub because of its success in treating rare diseases and high level of clinical expertise, a Roche official said
International biotech company Roche Pharmaceuticals and Medical Excellence Taiwan (MET) yesterday announced the launch of the Asia Pacific Hub for Rare Disease Innovation and Treatment, signing a letter of intent under the witness of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.The hub would integrate Taiwan’
A former soldier and an active-duty army officer were yesterday indicted for allegedly selling classified military training materials to a Chinese intelligence operative for a total of NT$79,440.The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office indicted Chen Tai-yin (陳泰尹) and Lee Chun-ta (李俊達) for contravenin
The Taipei District Court yesterday sentenced 13 people in connection with the death of a woman whose body was found at the meeting place of a Buddhist group in the city’s Daan District (大安) in 2024.The court sentenced the group’s leader, Buddhist writer Wang Yun (王薀), to 12 years in prison for caus
President Lai Ching-te (賴清德), speaking at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit yesterday, cited China’s alleged obstruction of his recent state visit to Eswatini, Taiwan’s only African ally, as evidence of “consolidating” authoritarian regimes worldwide.The world is at a “critical inflection point”
CHALLENGING CHIANG? A spokesperson said that the lawmaker’s campaign team has already quietly begun operations, including by naming a campaign manager
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is expected to select Legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) as its nominee for Taipei mayor today, which would set up a contest with Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).Members of the DPP’s Election Strategy Committee were notified on Monday evening
TRIVALENT: The enhanced immune response vaccine procurements mark the first time an Asian nation has had them in a government program, the CDC said
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday announced that it would procure 7,050,150 trivalent influenza vaccine doses for this year, up 35,000 doses from last year.Public health officials in January approved the procurement of the trivalent flu vaccines in accordance with the WHO’s recommenda
Taiwan will fully subsidize newborn screening tests and add spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) to the list of publicly funded screening items starting in July, Health Minister Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said Tuesday.Speaking at the launch of an Asia-Pacific rare disease innovative treatment center in Taipei,
The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) on Friday last week suspended a bureau official surnamed Hung (洪) over allegations that he had helped write code for online gambling programs, Chinese-language media reported yesterday, adding that the bureau had launched an internal investigation
A case of melioidosis was reported last week, marking the 19th local case so far this year — the highest for the period in four years, while rumors that a “national team for hantavirus prevention” has been established are untrue, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.CDC Epidemic Inte
Taiwan has condemned China for saying that it had decided not to approve Taipei’s participation in the upcoming World Health Assembly (WHA) because Beijing sees Taipei as part of its territory.Chang Chih-sha (張芝颯), deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MOFA) Department of Internationa
Two men were arrested after allegedly breaking into six Shopee self-pickup stores in northern Taiwan over a nine-day period and stealing around NT$1 million (US$33,000) in cash, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said yesterday.At a news conference on the case, investigators said the theft
A former teacher at National Taiwan College of Performing Arts was indicted yesterday for allegedly sexually assaulting four students, prosecutors said, adding that the incidents caused lasting psychological trauma to the victims.According to the indictment, Lee Tung-chun (李菄峻) took advantage o
Coast Guard Administration personnel prepare to release a protected leatherback sea turtle into the sea yesterday. The rare species was accidentally caught by fishers off Dongshih Township in Chiayi County.
Taiwan Night participants raise cups of bubble tea during the 47th Asia-Pacific Dental Congress in Hanoi on Monday. The event was hosted by the Taiwan Association of Dental Services, which helped Taiwan secure the right to host the Asia-Pacific Dental Congress in 2029.
Recent major cases of sexual violence against minors affecting at least 140 victims prove that Taiwan’s child protection system has failed, the Garden of Hope Foundation said today, calling on the government to require permits to work with children and to establish a cloud-based monitoring system.Th
Chunghwa Post Co’s automated teller machines (ATMs) experienced a nationwide outage this afternoon, preventing users from making withdrawals or transferring funds.The state-run postal company said that the disruption affected all 3,178 of its ATMs across the nation, but services have since returned
An Australian man who went missing following a suspected domestic dispute was found this morning in a remote cave on a cliffside in Taitung County’s Donghe Township (東河).The 50-year-old man, who appeared mobile, was found playing his saxophone at the mouth of the cave in the Coastal Mountain Range w
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