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A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Taiwan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, shaking buildings and disrupting traffic. In the capital Taipei, highrises swayed while some panicked schoolchildren fled their classrooms in eastern Yilan county, according to reports. The quake was felt across the island and a highway connecting Yilan and Hualien was shut down due to falling rocks, authorities said. An official at the Hualien county fire department told AFP that two people, including […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A Cathay Dragon flight from Taiwan to Hong Kong made an emergency landing on Monday at the city it departed from after experiencing a “technical issue” shortly after take-off, the carrier said. Cathay Pacific, the parent company of Cathay Dragon, said flight KA451 from Kaohsiung to Hong Kong made an “air return” and landed safely back at the southern Taiwanese city. An official with Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) told […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has ruled the Coast Guard officers accused in the death of a Taiwanese fisherman off Batanes in 2013 should go to trial. In denying the motion for reconsideration filed by Commander Arnold dela Cruz, Seaman Second Class Nicky Aurelio, and Seamen First Class Edrando Aguila, Mhelvyn Bendo II, Andy Gibb Golfo, Sonny Masangkay, Henry Solomon and Richard Corpuz, Branch 15 said their arguments against the homicide charges filed against them for the […]
(Eagle News) — Pasok ang Cebu City at Kuala Lumpur sa sampung lugar na kilalang binibisita ng mga Taiwanese tuwing holiday season. Sa annual report ng online travel company na Expedia, pasok sa top 10 most visited cities ng mga turista mula Taiwan ang mga sumusunod: Hong Kong Tokyo Bangkok Seoul Osaka Shanghai Cebu Macau Singapore Kuala Lumpur Ito ay base sa kanilang online travel booking statistics. Ito ang kauna-unahang pagkakataon na nakapasok ang Cebu […]
by Amber WANG Agence France Presse TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s ruling party elected a new chairman on Sunday, choosing a moderate to replace the post vacated by President Tsai Ing-wen after a recent electoral mauling, in a vote closely watched by China and the United States. Tsai and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won a 2016 landslide poll, sweeping away a government that had built much closer ties to China over the previous decade. […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Taiwan’s unification with the mainland is “inevitable”, President Xi Jinping said Wednesday, warning against any efforts to promote the island’s independence and saying China would not renounce the option of using military force to bring it into the fold. China still sees democratic Taiwan as part of its territory to be reunified, despite the two sides being ruled separately since the end of a civil war on the mainland in 1949. […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A Taiwanese tax reform campaign whose activists dress in yellow ramped up its protests Tuesday, interrupting a New Year flag-raising ceremony attended by the president, partially inspired by the recent success of France’s “yellow vests”. France has been severely rattled by six weeks of often violent demonstrations from “gilets jaunes” protesters, named after the high-visibility vests supporters have adopted. The movement forced French President Emmanuel Macron to jettison his controversial fuel […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Two US Navy ships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, the third such operation this year and one that is sure to anger China. Lieutenant Rachel McMarr, a spokeswoman for the US Pacific Fleet, said the destroyer USS Stockdale and oiler USNS Pecos sailed through the strait in a “routine” transit. “The ships’ transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the US commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” McMarr […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the western coast of Taiwan Monday, the US Geological Survey said, and was felt hundreds of kilometres away in Hong Kong. The quake hit around 100 kilometres (60 miles) off the island of Penghu in the Taiwan Strait on Monday morning, at a depth of 13 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the quake, which the USGS had initially reported at […]
(Eagle News) – Around 3,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan were shown care and given “goodwill bags” in a recent “Lingap sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers” event of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ). The event was held at the Huanan Commercial Bank International Commercial Hall in Songren Road, Taipei City on Nov. 18. Those who came said the INC event somehow helped them ease their longing for their friends and relatives back […]
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AFP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping will sit down with seven Pacific island allies Friday, doling out attention and perhaps some largesse in the hope of convincing more nations to drop recognition of Taiwan. While countries have vied for resource contracts and influence along vital Pacific shipping routes, the region has also become a frontline in the diplomatic war between Beijing and Taipei, which is struggling to retain support amid […]
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed Thursday that the island would not “concede one step” in defending itself as she inaugurated two frigates bought from the United States aimed at boosting Taipei’s naval capabilities against China. Rival China has upped military drills including a live fire exercise in the Taiwan Strait in April, declaring its willingness to confront the island’s “independence forces”. Beijing still claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory […]
