The Executive Yuan yesterday unveiled a stimulus package of vouchers and subsidies to revive tourism in Hualien County following a quake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale.The tremor on April 3, which killed at least 17 people and left two others missing, caused the county an estimated NT$3 billion
CASE ONGOING: A child welfare foundation employee is also under investigation for falsifying documents, Taipei prosecutors said
A foster carer surnamed Liu (劉) and her younger sister were indicted yesterday on child abuse charges in the case of a one-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten to death in December last year, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said.The Liu sisters are accused of criminal offenses that include
The National Land Management Agency doled out subsidies to 70 projects to strengthen buildings against earthquakes in nine administrative regions from January to last month, it said on Tuesday.The quake-proofing projects consisted of 20 in Taipei, 16 in New Taipei City, 10 in Taitung County, eight i
The army recently concluded two rounds of drills in Pingtung County testing the precision shooting capabilities of its missiles and rockets, the Military News Agency reported yesterday.The two rounds of live-fire exercises included the annual “Mighty Eagle” exercises featuring the Aviation and Speci
Vanilla products from Taiwan have received this year’s Superior Taste Award from the Brussels-based International Taste Institute, the Taoyuan District Agricultural Research and Extension Station said on Wednesday.The two products were “Organic Vanilla Beans” produced by the Taoyuan-based Harmony Or
SMALL BUSINESSES: The changes are expected to benefit more than 10,000 workers nationwide and they could potentially create 4,000 vocational opportunities if passed
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved draft amendments to the Act for Development of Small and Medium Enterprises (中小企業發展條例) that would give tax breaks to small businesses if they increase employee wages.The changes are expected to benefit more than 10,000 workers nationwide if passed.The draft amen
HOMECOMING: The council estimates the number of overseas Taiwanese who would attend the presidential inauguration as being between 1,500 and 1,700
Nearly 900 overseas Taiwanese have signed up to attend president-elect William Lai’s (賴清德) inauguration on May 20, Overseas Compatriots Affairs Council Minister Hsu Chia-ching (徐佳青) said yesterday.Since registration for the ceremony opened earlier this month, 870 Taiwanese living abroad had signed u
Proposed legislation by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers to make contempt of the legislature a punishable offense would have a chilling effect, making officials, citizens and civic groups unwilling to come forward to present information at the legislature, Deputy Minister of Justice Chen Mi
Minister of Environment Shieu Fuh-sheng (薛富盛) on Wednesday said he is to step down after the May 20 inauguration of president-elect William Lai (賴清德) next month.Fifteen members of the Lai administration’s Cabinet have been named so far, but no appointment has been announced for environmental ministe
A string of power outages affecting multiple parts of Taoyuan over the past few days was mainly caused by equipment malfunctions, the government and Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) officials said yesterday.Speaking at the Cabinet’s weekly press briefing, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Chen Chern
Cooperation between Taiwan and Lithuania could strengthen global democracies and contribute to prosperity and development around the world, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday.Tsai made the remark while meeting a delegation led by “Taiwan’s good friend” former Lithuanian vice minister of for
Advocates lobbying for cannabis decriminalization organized a series of activities this past week to promote the “Green Sensation” Festival tomorrow, including a march around the Legislative Yuan in the afternoon.Every year “420 International Weed Day” is marked around the world on April 20, and the
The Cloud Ah Q character, designed by Alan Hong, is pictured yesterday on top of a convenience store in New Taipei City’s Linkou District. The installation is to be in place until Wednesday next week in collaboration with the Chi Po-lin Foundation.
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, center, and other city officials release balloons to celebrate the opening of four newly renovated parks in Daliao District yesterday.
Members of the Wildlife Rescue Alliance stage a dramatic re-enactment of a Formosan black bear becoming ensnared in a wildlife trap in front of the Control Yuan in Taipei yesterday while calling for a ban on such hunting tools.
EARLY DETECTION: Data indicate that a large number of children with impairments might not be receiving diagnoses or appropriate treatment, a specialist said
The Health Promotion Administration (HPA) is poised to unveil a NT$146 million (US$4.5 million) budget to fund additional free checkups to detect developmental impairments in children under the age of seven, which are to start from July 1, it said yesterday.The program is expected to benefit an esti
FLU SEASON: Twenty-six severe cases were reported from Tuesday last week to Monday, including a seven-year-old girl diagnosed with influenza-associated encephalopathy
Nearly 140,000 people sought medical assistance for diarrhea last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said on Tuesday.From April 7 to Saturday last week, 139,848 people sought medical help for diarrhea-related illness, a 15.7 percent increase from last week’s 120,868 reports, CDC Epidemic In
Ten people have been indicted and are being detained for allegedly smuggling cannabis into Taiwan from a tanker vessel, the Ciaotou District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.The suspects allegedly smuggled cannabis off southwestern Taiwan in December last year and have been detained with the appro
A National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) team has found that zebrafish could potentially be used in place of mice in drug addiction research, the institutes said on Monday.Humans might appear starkly different from zebrafish, but they share 70 percent of the same genes, NHRI Center for Neuropsyc
CARE URGED: KMT caucus whip Fu Kun-chi would be representing the legislature and should carefully consider who he meets and what he says, a DPP legislator said
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi (傅崑萁) yesterday confirmed that he would head a delegation of KMT lawmakers on a visit to China before May 20 in an attempt to alleviate cross-strait tensions before the inauguration of president-elect William Lai (賴清德).With the Middle East embro