Organizers yesterday unveiled the design for the presidential inauguration ceremony, which features a four-color theme symbolizing Taiwanese values.The organizers, the General Association of Chinese Culture, said that the neat and simple design for the May 20 ceremony is centered on ribbons of four
‘PEACE-THAWING’: The DPP warned the delegation ‘not to step on the red lines of democracy and national security,’ and referenced parts of the Anti-infiltration Act
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus whip Fu Kun-chi yesterday led a delegation of 17 KMT lawmakers to Beijing for a three-day visit, aiming to foster peace and prosperity across the Taiwan Strait.The trip represents the voice of Taiwanese and the largest party in the legislature, Fu said before d
Swedish lawmakers have voiced support for Taiwan’s participation in the WHO and called on other EU members to do the same.“The WHO needs Taiwan more than Taiwan needs WHO,” Swedish-Taiwanese parliamentarian friendship group head Boriana Aberg told a seminar, the Taipei Mission in Sweden said on Wedn
A delegation of Ukrainian non-governmental organizations visiting Taiwan yesterday called for more support and cooperation from democracies, including Taiwan, in the face of challenges from authoritarian regimes.“Democracies that are facing threats from authoritarian regimes should be supported” by
EPIDEMIOLOGY: A study conducted by researchers at Academia Sinica showed that exposure to air and noise pollution increases the metabolic syndrome risk ratio
Exposure to air and noise pollution could quadruple the risks of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and other conditions that fall under metabolic syndrome, a Taiwanese study published in Science Reports Wednesday last week showed.Coauthor Chan Ta-chien (詹大千), a research fellow at Academia Sinica’s R
Public prosecutors indicted 15 people yesterday — five former city government officials and 10 members of Ysolar Group (力暘集團) — after an investigation into a controversial solar energy project in Tainan’s Cigu District (七股)The case involved former Tainan Economic Development Bureau chief Chen Kai-li
The Ministry of Labor (MOL) on Thursday said that it plans to eliminate its quota limit and points system to allow more foreign and overseas compatriot students to stay and work in Taiwan after graduation.In a special report submitted to the Legislative Yuan’s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygien
Falling trees killed two people in two separate cases, reports said yesterday.In Changhua County, a postman on a motorcycle surnamed Sun (孫), 46, was killed during yesterday’s rainstorm when a tree fell and struck him while he was delivering mail on a rural road in Fenyuan District (芬園).State-owned
CANCELED: Sidney apologized in a Facebook post on Thursday, but Kang Hsuan Educational Publishing said it does not want to be associated with ‘mean-spirited’ speech
Kang Hsuan Educational Publishing Group yesterday became the 10th advertiser to sever ties with beleaguered Internet celebrity Sidney after the content creator seemingly mocked children with special needs in a livestream.Sidney, a pregnant woman with five children, runs multiple social media channel
NATURE Flying fox rescue a firstThe recent rescue of a young Formosan flying fox, the first such case in Taiwan, represents a significant milestone in megabat conservation in the country, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency said on Wednesday. The agency’s Hualien branch said that a two-week-
Tainan Bureau of Agriculture officials and event promote the lotus season in the city’s Beihe District at a news conference yesterday.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Tien Chung-kwang, second row, sixth right, poses with ambassadors from Taiwan’s diplomatic allies, student recipients of outstanding performance awards in the ministry’s Taiwan Scholarship program and campus ambassadors of Taiwan Alumni Association at an event in T
Athletes Chu Pin-hsun, left, and Tai Yu-chin hold Chinese Taipei flags after winning the javelin gold medal with a 52.26m throw and the javelin silver medal with a 52.01m throw respectively at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, yesterday.
A group of 17 Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators departed on Friday for China, saying before their flight that they believe the trip is the right decision despite criticism from the opposition.The lawmakers led by KMT caucus whip Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁) held a news conference at Taiwan Taoyuan Int
Chengcing Lake (澄清湖) in Kaohsiung is to be closed for a week after a man was killed by a falling tree in the park on Friday morning.The Kaohsiung Police Department's Renwu (仁武) precinct received a report at 10am of an accident in the Niaosong District (鳥松) park.A 66-year-old surnamed Lee (李) was wal
Eleven regions were under heavy rain advisories on Friday afternoon, as a weather front enveloped the entirety of Taiwan’s main island.The Central Weather Administration (CWA) at 12:25pm issued heavy rain advisories for Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung, as well as Hsinchu, Miaoli, Nant
Prosecutors on Friday indicted 32 people on fraud and money laundering charges related to the cryptocurrency trading platform ACE Exchange, recommending sentences of at least 20 years in prison for the four primary suspects.Among those indicted by the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office were ACE Exc
MEDICAL: The bills would also upgrade the status of the Ethical Guidelines Governing the Research of Human Embryos and Embryonic Stem Cell Research to law
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved two bills to govern regenerative medicine that aim to boost development of the field.Taiwan would reach an important milestone in regenerative medicine development with passage of the regenerative medicine act and the regenerative medicine preparations ordinance
MIGRATION: Most of the rescued black-faced spoonbills became ill because of botulinum toxin, which they ingested after consuming dead fish
The number of black-faced spoonbills around the globe is up 355 to 6,988 this year, but the number in Taiwan is down 93 to 4,135 due to inadequate habitats for the migratory bird, the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency said yesterday. The global survey, which was conducted in January with coope
Last year, about 890 tonnes of ocean waste — mainly from China — washed up on Lienchiang County, accounting for 15 percent of the islands’ waste that year, some of which the local government is now looking to return.The Matsu Islands are only 54 nautical miles (87km) from the Minjiang River estuary