Lawmakers today called for amendments to veterinarian regulations to prevent unethical practices, after a kennel in Miaoli County was found to have cut most of its dogs’ vocal cords and bred infirm female dogs.Earlier this year, a veterinarian surnamed Hsieh (謝) who operates a kennel in Miaoli was d
A batch of imported Japanese soy sauce was returned or destroyed after being found to contain an excessive amounts of the preservative thiamine dilaurylsulfate, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said today.The 162kg of soy sauce contained 0.04 grams per kilogram (g/kg) of thiamine dilaurylsulfa
Malaysian police have launched an investigation into the death of a Taiwanese influencer who was sharing a room with Malaysian rapper Namewee (黃明志) in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 22, Malaysian media reported today. Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Fadil Marsus said that authorities decided to investigate the case
The age requirement for commercial pilots and airline transport pilots is to be lowered by two years, to 18 and 21 years respectively, to expand the pool of pilots in accordance with international standards, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications announced today.The changes are part of am
Experts today urged the government to establish a platform that integrates climate-related data to address fragmented tools used to measure climate change.The government should not wait until the carbon fee is collected next year, as it would then be too late, they told a news conference held by the
The government is to decide tomorrow whether to lift a nationwide ban on the transportation and slaughtering of pigs initiated to counter an African swine fever outbreak, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said today.Cho was responding to a question on whether the ban, set for 15 days from noon on Oct. 22,
Fourteen employees of the Kaohsiung Mortuary Services Office were indicted today on corruption charges for allegedly accepting NT$1.163 million (US$37,630) in bribes from funeral service providers to let families “cut the line” for cremation. The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office today conclude
The Taichung District Court this morning approved a request by prosecutors to detain a father and son who operated the pig farm where Taiwan's recent African swine fever outbreak originated on suspicion of forging documents.In a statement, the Taichung District Prosecutors' Office said that after qu
This year's largest full moon — the biggest and brightest in six years — is to appear tomorrow, the Taipei Astronomical Museum said.In a statement yesterday, the museum said that when a full moon occurs near the moon's closest point to Earth, known as its perigee, it is called a "perigee full moon,"
A heavy rain alert was issued for parts of northern Taiwan today due to ongoing seasonal northeasterly winds and cloud cover moving in from southern China, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said.A heavy rain advisory, indicating at least 80mm of rain in 24 hours or 40mm in one hour, has been
INCENTIVE: The CDC aimed to increase the vaccination fee for young children to NT$200 and NT$150 for everyone else at the urging of the medical community
The Taipei City Department of Health yesterday said it would offer an additional NT$100 (US$3.24) bonus for administering any dose of publicly funded routine immunization vaccines to children aged six or younger whose household registration is in Taipei.The bonus comes as the Centers for Disease Con
Two cleaners on Sunday died from suspected hydrogen sulfide poisoning at a hot spring hotel in Taipei’s Beitou District (北投), authorities said.The Taipei City Fire Department said it received a call at 10:49am about two workers who lost consciousness while cleaning a water storage tank at a hot spri
Fifty cancer survivors and members of their families on Sunday set off from Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei on a 10-day, 1,100km cycling journey around Taiwan.The annual round-island ride, now in its 13th year, brought together participants aged 40 to 84, representing three generations of cancer
DISPARITY: The gap between the richest 20% of households and the poorest 20% has widened fourfold since 1991, an issue the DPP cannot ignore, the expert said
The success of the semiconductor industry would widen Taiwan’s wealth gap, increasing populism and negative sentiment toward the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), an Academia Sinica academic said on Saturday.Wu Jieh-min (吳介民), a distinguished research fellow at the academy’s Institute of So
Police yesterday named a 64-year-old former tenant as a suspect in a house fire in Taichung’s Wurih District (烏日) that left a 17-year-old and her 50-year-old mother dead.Wurih Precinct Deputy Chief Hung Ming-chiang (洪明強) told a news conference that a van without license plates belonging to the suspe
STALEMATE: Nikkei Asia cited two sources saying that after China’s sanctions on Lithuania they are worried Estonia would find little support in such a situation
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday said it is willing to have practical discussions with Estonia on improving bilateral relations and mutual understanding, after a news report said that Taiwan’s plan to open a de facto embassy in Estonia has been blocked for two years due to a disagree
The source of an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak at a hog farm in Taichung was likely incompletely steamed kitchen waste, the ASF central response unit said yesterday.Deputy Minister of Agriculture Tu Wen-jane (杜文珍) said the inference was based on the significantly higher 39.3 percent death rate
Members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and a civic group yesterday expressed objections to a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) push to allow absentee and mail-in voting in elections. “The bill to allow absentee voting should first apply to national referendums so that the Central Election C
The number of workers on unpaid leave in Taiwan decreased for the first time in the second half of this year, by 212 people, data released yesterday by the Ministry of Labor showed. A total of 8,331 workers were placed on formal furlough programs, compared with 8,543 announced on Oct. 16. Meanwhile,
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