Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s (鄭麗文) comments in China have harmed the nation’s legitimacy, government officials and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers said yesterday, as the opposition leader visited the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing amid fanfare.Cheng is exp
SCHOOL SCANDAL: The DPP demanded that the city expand investigations, hold officials accountable for failures in oversight and reform background checks
Taichung city councilors yesterday criticized the city’s Education Bureau for failing to ascertain the number of victims and issue disciplinary action over sexual assault cases at a local elementary school, but Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) argued that some of the victims were duplicates, and th
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday expelled former legislative assistant Chu Cheng-chi (朱政騏) from the party and revoked his preliminary nomination to run for a Taipei City council seat after he was indicted last week by the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office on suspicion of contraveni
REUSE STRATEGY: Lawmakers asked Peng Chi-ming about the apparent conflict between the reduction policy and a separate plan to boost plastic manufacturing
Engagement from microbusiness operators such as night market and street vendors is key in covering the last mile to reduce single-use plastic bags, Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming said yesterday.The legislature’s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee at a meeting addressed the iss
EASING STRESS: The program would broaden the eligibility requirements to include people cancers other than of the lung, head-and-neck or breast, a health official said
The Ministry of Health and Welfare yesterday unveiled an NT$80 million (US$2.52 million) pilot program to provide free psychological counseling to people with cancer.The initiative, which would start in July at the earliest, would be a joint venture between the ministry and the Formosa Cancer Found
The K-12 Education Administration in collaboration with universities has launched online classes for high-school and vocational school students based on the Python programming language.The course would provide the economy with an artificial intelligence (AI)-literate workforce, the Ministry of Educa
People can support effort to conserve wildlife habitats in lowland hilly areas by donating at 7-Eleven convenience stores nationwide this month, the Society of Wilderness said yesterday.Lowland hills refers to natural environments at elevations up to 800m between mountains and urban areas — where hu
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSR) yesterday announced that it would add 30 trains over the Mother’s Day travel period from May 8 to 11, with tickets to go on sale at midnight tomorrow night.The additional services consist of 15 northbound and 15 southbound trains, it said in a statement.Early-bird
Mandarin Airlines yesterday said it hoped to receive approval to stop operating its Kaohsiung-Hualien and Taichung-Hualien routes because of persistently low demand and rising losses.Mandarin Airlines chairman Chen Ta-chun (陳大鈞) said the average passenger load for its Taichung-Hualien flights is abo
Signups for the Baishatun Matsu pilgrimage, widely recognized as Taiwan’s religious procession that covers the most distance, on Tuesday surpassed 450,000, setting a new record, Gongtian Temple chair Hung Wen-hua (洪文華) said, with the number expected to rise further before registration ends at 6pm to
The first bluefin tuna of the season brought to shore in Pingtung County, weighing 190 kilograms, was auctioned on Wednesday for NT$10,600 (US$333.6) per kilogram, setting a record high in the local market.The auction was held at the fish market in Donggang Fishing Harbor, where the Liouciou-regist
President William Lai, center, greets a delegation led by US Senator Jim Banks, third left, at the Presidential Office in Taipei yesterday. They were accompanied by American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Raymond Greene, second left, and National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu, thi
A Formosan black bear cub is released back into the wild in Hualien’s Jhuosi Township yesterday. The cub and her mother were released on the same day after being rescued from a trap last year. The event marks the first time a mother-daughter pair of bears were released together.
Taichung city councilors today criticized the city’s Education Bureau for failing to ascertain the number of victims and issue disciplinary action in a case of child sexual assault at a local elementary school. Victims continue to emerge following a third wave of indictments against the school baseb
Starlux Airlines today announced that it is to launch direct flights between Taipei and the Indonesian island of Bali starting on Oct. 1, with tickets now on sale.The Taiwan-based carrier said in a news release that the route would be operated by new-generation Airbus A321neo aircraft.The service wo
Employers can now directly hire workers from Vietnam for jobs in caregiving, agriculture, construction, meat-packing, offshore fishing and diverse companionship services, the Ministry of Labor announced today.In the past, Vietnamese could only be directly hired for the manufacturing sector, the mini
China’s infiltration of Taiwan is systematic, planned and targeted, with recent activity shifting from recruiting mid-level military officers to rank-and-file enlisted personnel, National Security Bureau (NSB) Director-General Tsai Ming-yen (蔡明彥) said today. The Legislative Yuan invited Tsai to deli
Nearly 100 people have sought medical attention following a suspected food poisoning incident at Chin Liu Cuisine (清六食堂), all branches of which have been temporarily shut down, the New Taipei City Department of Health said today.The department reported 44 suspected food poisoning cases yesterday and
Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (THSR) today has announced it would add 30 trains over the Mother's Day travel period from May 8 to 11, with tickets going on sale at midnight tomorrow.The additional services consist of 15 northbound and 15 southbound trains, THSR said in a statement. Early-bird discount
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