CLIMATE CHANGE: The Taiwan Labor Front urged the government to initiate measures to specify employers’ legal obligations to prevent workplace heat hazards
Increased outdoor work hours during high temperatures led to potential economic losses of NT$39.7 billion (US$1.22 billion) last year as thermal stress undermined workers’ health, Greenpeace said yesterday, urging the government to step up carbon reduction efforts and strengthen work safety regulati
Taiwan Railway Corp (TRC) plans to install rope screen doors on platforms in some stations to help prevent people from falling onto railway tracks.The state-run railway company records an average of 10 intrusions on railway lines each year.As a trial, TRC has installed a set of rope screen doors on
OFF-TARGET: More than 30,000 participants were expected to take part in the Games next month, but only 6,550 foreign and 19,400 Taiwanese athletes have registered
Taipei city councilors yesterday blasted the organizers of next month’s World Masters Games over sudden timetable and venue changes, which they said have caused thousands of participants to back out of the international sporting event, among other organizational issues.They also cited visa delays an
Animal protection groups yesterday called for amendments to enhance supervision over animal exhibition operations and ensure transparency, following a court ruling that found an activist guilty of privacy offenses after exposing improper animal management by Leofoo Village Theme Park (六福村主題遊樂園) in H
YOUNG LEADERS: The Ministry of Environment is working with universities to develop a program that fosters ‘green-collar’ talent, President William Lai said
The government is committed to implementing a carbon pricing system that would prevent high-carbon-emitting industries from suffering under even greater US tariffs, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday at the fourth meeting of the National Climate Change Committee.US tariff policies pose sever
The US is considering providing the navy with Jump 20 uncrewed aerial vehicles to strengthen its mid to long-range reconnaissance capabilities and support its development of a new-generation reconnaissance drone, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday.The US previously provided drones of t
A US guided missile destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) said yesterday, calling the move “public hyping.”The PLA Eastern Theater Command said that it had dispatched naval and air forces to monitor and warn the destroyer, which it named
A United States representative to the United Nations on Wednesday criticized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for “misusing” a 1971 U.N. resolution to exclude the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan) from the international organization, for which Taiwan’s government expressed its gratitude.The critic
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) has issued a new interpretation of a cross-strait act, specifying that holding a permanent residency certificate issued by China would also result in the loss of “Taiwan status.”Article 9-1 of the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and th
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Yilan County chapter was searched yesterday and at least three staffers were taken in for questioning, in an investigation that local media reported is in relation to recall petition fraud.Prosecutors are reportedly investigating fraudulent petition signatures in
CENSORSHIP: Platforms cannot delete comments that criticize China while pretending to support freedom and democracy, Tsai Chi-chang said
Taiwan “does not need to wait for the US” to confront Meta Platforms over allegations that the social media company aided Beijing in censoring speech, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) said yesterday.He made the comments during Minister of Digital Affairs Huang Yen-nun’s (
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday thanked the leaders of the UK and New Zealand for reaffirming in a joint statement earlier this week the importance of peace in the Taiwan Strait.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon reaffirmed their support fo
Taiwan is willing to buy more weapons, liquefied natural gas and agricultural products to reduce its US$73 billion trade deficit with the US, Representative to the US Alexander Yui (俞大?) said on Wednesday.In an interview on Fox News’ Special Report program, Yui said that negotiations with the US on
The traditional Chinese version of the sacred Mayan text “Popol Vuh,” an endeavor undertaken as a partnership between Taiwan and Guatemala, was released in Guatemala on Wednesday.Taiwan’s traditional Chinese edition is the second official translation of the text following Portuguese.Popol Vuh is not
Devotees carry litters bearing statues of deified figure Wei Liaoweng and his descendants across the water in an annual ceremony held by Hsinwen Chiaying Temple in Chiayi County’s Budai Township yesterday.
A woman kneels near native lilies on Yilan County’s Turtle Island (Gueishan Island) yesterday. Seawater flooding caused by a typhoon in October last year raised doubts about their survival, but the resilient flowers began blooming again this spring.
Minister of Culture Li Yuan, left, pays his respects at a monument bearing the name of his uncle Huang Mei and other victims of the White Terror era at an event marking the unveiling of the renovated memorial at the Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park in New Taipei City’s Sindian District yesterday.
Heat-related illness cases in adults have increased by over 70 percent in the last three years, Greenpeace said today at a media conference highlighting the effects of high temperatures on the economy and workers’ health.High temperatures reduce work efficiency, causing Taiwan significant economic l
The Executive Yuan today passed a NT$410-billion (US$12.6 billion) special relief package to strengthen the country’s domestic economy, society and security in response to global economic shocks.The plan includes NT$93 billion in industrial support, NT$150 billion for national security and NT$167 bi
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