Minister of Education Cheng Ying-yao (鄭英耀) yesterday said he is an “elegant Taiwanese,” adding that he is not afraid of being labeled by China as a “diehard Taiwan independence advocate,” after Beijing targeted him last week. China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday last week said it had designate
The military has been detecting intermittent signals from the flight data recorder of an F-16V jet that disappeared last week, but the search teams have not yet pinned down the location of the recorder, also known as the black box, Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) said yesterday. Ko
The Shilin District Court yesterday sentenced Taipei City Councilor Chen E-jun (陳怡君) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to seven years and 10 months in prison for embezzling assistant fees and accepting bribes. Chang Hui-lin (張惠霖), the head of Chen’s office, was also sentenced to five years a
‘DESPOT EMPERORS’: The KMT is treating budget items as a ‘self-serve cafeteria,’ approving only some items as it pleases, Chung Chia-pin said
The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) move to divide this year’s fiscal budget into multiple packages for review and block the military spending items is unconstitutional, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators said yesterday. The KMT plans to approve funds earmarked for the T-Pass frequent
CHIP WRAPPED: The phase is expected to add about NT$210bn to the park’s economic value, and expand facilities for advanced semiconductor packaging, an official said
The Ministry of Environment yesterday approved the initial environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the proposed Phase 2 development plan for the Southern Taiwan Science Park’s (南部科學園區) Chiayi County campus, with construction expected to begin in the second of half this year and completed by 2031.T
ADVANTAGES: Compared with the conventional radiotherapy treatment, proton therapy could lower side effects and reduce the risk of secondary cancers
Proton therapy for childhood cancers has been included in National Health Insurance (NHI) coverage from the beginning of this year. The policy is expected to benefit about 100 children annually, the National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) said yesterday.With the addition of proton therapy fo
EVA Airways (長榮航空) yesterday announced that it plans to launch a new flight service to Washington in July, making it the first Taiwanese carrier to provide direct flights to the US capital.The airline plans to provide four flights to Washington in the initial stage using Boeing 787-9s, EVA Airways p
The underwater structures of offshore wind farms along the Taiwan Strait have become “marine ranches,” creating highly diversified reef ecosystems, a research team from National Taiwan Ocean University’s Institute of Marine Biology found.Although offshore wind power construction used to be considere
Pay for migrant workers and caregivers increased last year, while language barriers remained a top challenge facing employers, the results of a survey released yesterday by the Ministry of Labor showed.Conducted in July and August last year, the annual survey collected 8,545 responses, including fro
More than 26,000 green iguanas were captured in Tainan last year, with more than 300 being caught on some days, the city’s Agriculture Bureau said.Last year’s haul of the invasive species was more than double the number culled in 2024, bureau data showed.Tainan City Councilor Tseng Pei-ya (曾培雅) said
Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said yesterday the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) is working on revising regulations to allow hospitals to directly hire foreign care workers who will help patients hospitalized for acute conditions with daily care needs and ease the
Taiwanese singer Jay Chou (周杰倫) is set to grace the courts of the Australian Open for the first time as a competitor in the high-stakes 1 Point Slam.The Australian Open announced the news on its official Instagram account yesterday afternoon, welcoming Chou -- who will celebrate his 47th birthda
People shop at a store selling Lunar New Year decorations in Taipei yesterday. The Lunar New Year begins on Feb. 17.
Air Clean Taiwan and other civil groups hold a media conference in Taipei yesterday to announce which prospective mayoral candidates in this year’s local elections across Tainan, Kaohsiung, and Chiayi and Pingtung counties have signed a pledge supporting the phase-out of the coal-powered Hsinta Powe
Yunlin County Commissioner Chang Li-shan, third right, and others hold signs at a news conference in Yunlin County yesterday to promote an upcoming concert celebrating late singer Teresa Teng. The concert, “Singing an Era into Teresa Teng,” is to be held at the Yunlin Performance Hall on Saturday ne
The Shilin District Court today sentenced Taipei City Councilor Chen E-jun (陳怡君) of the Democratic Progressive Party to seven years and 10 months in prison for embezzling assistant fees and accepting bribes.Chang Hui-lin (張惠霖), the head of Chen’s office, was also sentenced to five years and 10 month
Japanese footwear brand Onitsuka Tiger today issued a public apology and said it has suspended an employee amid allegations that the staff member discriminated against a Vietnamese customer at its Taipei 101 store. Posting on the social media platform Threads yesterday, a user said that an employee
Prices at Formosa Chang rose today, a day after the Taiwanese restaurant chain — famous for its braised minced pork on rice — announced it would raise prices on 48 menu items due to higher raw material and operating costs.In a news release, Formosa Chang said it decided to adjust prices on some item
Local governments in northern Taiwan can provide funds to continue TPass until June, transportation directors from Taipei, New Taipei City, Keelung and Taoyuan said today after meeting to discuss how the stalled central government budget has impacted the program.TPass is a joint policy between centr
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