The Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) mobilization order for a May 19 vote to impeach President William Lai (賴清德) is aimed at creating an impression of domestic instability to benefit Beijing ahead of next month’s US-China summit, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) sa
FIRST RULING: Chen Ou-po was found guilty of accepting bribes from companies, inflating assistants’ salaries and misappropriating funds
The Taipei District Court yesterday sentenced former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Chen Ou-po (陳歐珀) to 16 years in prison for corruption and embezzlement.His wife, Hsu Hui-yu (徐慧諭), was also found guilty of similar charges and sentenced to four years and six months in prison.Chen and
Former Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislator Li Zhenxiu (李貞秀) yesterday accused party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) of falsely claiming she had demanded financial compensation to resign, as prosecutors launched an investigation into allegations that Li had falsified documents related to her dual C
Not one of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) or Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislators made it to Citizen Congress Watch’s (CCW) latest list of outstanding lawmakers, the nonprofit organization said at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.The watchdog attributed the poor performance to KMT lawma
The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) election strategy committee yesterday recommended naming Deputy Minister of Justice Huang Shih-chieh (黃世杰) as the party’s candidate for Taoyuan mayor and former legislator Chuang Ching-cheng (莊競程) to run for Hsinchu mayor, with the choices to be submitted to
Tensions in the Middle East have exposed vulnerabilities in Taiwan’s energy supply, as the current energy crunch is not a global crisis, but one marked by sharp regional disparities, an expert said yesterday. Speaking at a Taipei forum on the global impact of the conflict that broke out when the US
SUBSTANTIAL SALES: Taiwan leads the world in year-on-year increases in exports to the US as the balance of global trade finds a new center of balance
US imports from Taiwan increased by US$59.6 billion last year compared with the year before, recording the largest year-on-year growth among all nations, the US White House Council of Economic Advisers said in its Economic Report of the President released on Monday.The report said that Taiwan-US inv
The Ministry of Labor (MOL) on Tuesday reminded Alien Permanent Resident Certificate (APRC) holders covered by changes introduced at the turn of the year to make sure their employer has enrolled them in employment insurance.“Before the change, only Taiwanese citizens and foreign spouses married to T
FINANCIAL LEVERAGE: Service members across several branches were lured with financial incentives to leak classified information and to ‘switch allegiance’ on video
Nine active-duty and former service members and an alleged accomplice have been indicted on espionage charges for leaking information to China, the Ciaotou District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.As the offenses fall within the confines of the Citizen Judges Act (國民法官法), the trial is to be the f
A foreign visitor in her 60s has tested positive for meningococcal meningitis, Taiwan’s fifth case this year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.A total of 21 people have been identified as contacts, including travel companions and hospital contacts, CDC Deputy Director-General Tse
A Taiwan Railway Corp train was delayed for 32 minutes yesterday after a power bank carried by a passenger spontaneously caught fire, the state-run railway company said.The incident occurred at 6:34am, when Hsinchu Railway Station received a report from the conductor of commuter train No. 1804 that
Taoyuan health authorities yesterday temporarily shuttered a boxed lunch shop after 61 patrons reported food poisoning symptoms, the third major food safety incident in as many weeks.Local hospitals reported an influx of people with vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain starting on Monday evening, t
An explosion that split the pavement, sending debris into the air on a road in New Taipei’s Banqiao District Tuesday, was caused by termites biting through a high-voltage cable, local authorities said.The explosion occurred at 12:38 p.m. at the intersection of Xianmin Boulevard Section 2 and Minshen
Award-winning Hong Kong actor Tony Leung (梁朝偉) on Tuesday joined Hungarian film director Ildiko Enyedi at SPOT-Taipei to promote their new German philosophical drama, “Stille Freundin” (Silent Friend).The film, written and directed by Ildiko Enyedi, stars Leung alongside a stellar cast including Lea
Fireflies fly over the Alishan Forest Railway in Chiayi County in an undated photograph. The county government yesterday announced the start of its firefly-watching season, promoting 23 locations across four townships to view the insects through next month.
A visitor looks at paintings at the National Museum of History in Taipei yesterday. The museum opened the concurrent exhibitions “Thrust: Convergence and Expansion of the Sao Paulo Art Biennial through the NMH Collection” and “Galloping: The Multifaceted Images of the Horse” on Friday, both of which
People protest against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s meeting last week in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in front of KMT headquarters in Taipei yesterday. A slogan reads: “Chinese Version Limited-Edition Peace Frame.”
A batch of truffle cheese imported from Italy was recently rejected at the border after testing positive for excessive levels of Escherichia coli (E. Coli), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said today.Five samples from the 2.87kg shipment contained between 23 and 93 most probable number per gr
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office has reportedly opened a miscellaneous investigation into allegations that former Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislator Li Zhenxiu (李貞秀) falsified official documents and contravened the Anti-Corruption Act (貪污治罪條例).The TPP Central Evaluation Committee yesterda
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