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With less than two months left until Taiwan’s Nov. 26 local elections, two of the hotly-contested Taipei mayoral race’s three main candidates have released policy proposals aimed at wooing the city’s pet owners. In …
ELECTIONS 2022/Not just kissing babies: Taipei mayor candidates lay out pet platforms Read MoreDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) mayoral candidates for four major northern cities came together at a campaign event in New Taipei on Thursday to outline their platforms, vowing to create a “capital co-living sphere” to move …
ELECTIONS 2022/DPP northern mayoral candidates tout ‘capital co-living sphere’ Read MoreParaguayan Foreign Minister Julio Cesar Arriola has clarified remarks reportedly made by his President Mario Abdo Benítez asking Taiwan to invest US$1 billion in the South American country to maintain diplomatic ties, stressing that both …
Paraguay clarifies president’s remarks asking Taiwan for US$1 billion: MOFA Read MoreTwo recently signed agreements between Taiwan and its Caribbean ally St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) on judicial cooperation were approved by Taiwan’s Cabinet on Thursday, pending legislative ratification for the pacts to take effect. …
Taiwan’s Cabinet approves judicial pacts with SVG Read MoreFormer U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is scheduled to visit Taiwan next week for the second time, primarily to attend a business forum in Kaohsiung, according to the organizer. Pompeo has been invited …
Pompeo to make 2nd trip to Taiwan next week Read MoreThe Cabinet on Thursday approved a draft amendment to the Prison Camp Act that seeks to tighten the rules on the eligibility of prisoners for transfer to minimum security facilities. At a press conference, …
Cabinet approves bill to amend minimum security prison rules Read MoreCzech Republic Senator Jiří Drahoš, who is on a six-day visit to Taiwan, on Thursday called for the launch of direct flights between the Czech capital Prague and Taipei, saying it would greatly enhance mutual …
Visiting Czech senator calls for direct Taipei-Prague flights Read MoreTaiwan People’s Party (TPP) lawmaker Kao Hung-an (高虹安) on Tuesday rejected a media report that she had “plagiarized her own work” at a partially government-funded institution in producing her doctoral thesis. The Chinese-language Mirror …
ELECTIONS 2022/TPP Hsinchu mayoral hopeful rebuts plagiarism accusations Read MoreWith many semiconductor suppliers keen to expand production, the local manufacturing sector reported its highest-ever second-quarter fixed asset investment results, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. In terms of revenue, the sector also …
Manufacturing sector’s fixed asset investments hit Q2 high Read MoreNearly three out of every four people in Taiwan (73 percent) aged 50 and over who suffer from depression do not seek medical help, significantly increasing their mortality rate and chances of becoming frail, a …
Most people over 50 with depression in Taiwan not seeking help: study Read More