Tag: Taiwan

Taiwan developer grilled over collapse of quake building

TAINAN, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan prosecutors were Wednesday questioning the developer of an apartment complex that collapsed during an earthquake as prosecutors detailed flaws in construction of the building where nearly 100 people remain trapped. Prosecutors in the southern city of Tainan have launched an investigation into Saturday’s disaster after photos showed cans and foam had been used to fill parts of the complex’s concrete framework. The district court took the developer, identified as Lin […]

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Powerful M 6.4 earthquake rocks Taiwan, topples 17-story apartment

  (Reuters) A powerful earthquake struck Taiwan early on Saturday killing at least 12 people, most in a 17-storey apartment building that collapsed, with some people still known to be missing in the ruins of the complex as night fell, government officials said. As rescuers searched for survivors, questions were raised about the construction of the Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building in the southern city of Tainan, with its floors that pancaked down on each other […]

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Taiwan shares rise following DPP election win

Taiwan stocks rose 0.75 percent to 7720.13 points as of 0507GMT on Monday (January 18), after the Democratic Progressive Party’s Tsai Ing-wen won the presidential election over the weekend on the island. Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which is less friendly to China, won a convincing victory in both presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday (January 16), in what could usher in a new round of instability with China, which claims self-ruled […]

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Taiwan’s likely first woman president keeps cards close on China game plan

Taiwan’s elections are just days away with little clarity about how a likely win by a party that traditionally favours independence from China will go down with a neighbour that has threatened force to ensure the island never goes it alone. Taiwan votes in a new president and parliament on January 16 when the ruling Nationalists (KMT) are expected to be soundly beaten by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), supported by youthful voters angered by […]

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Taiwan youth to China: Treat us like a country

Young Taiwan activists have occupied the parliament, scuffled with police, braved water canons, and staged mass sit-in protests in a wave of anti-China sentiment likely to turn the island’s politics on its head in the January 16 presidential election. Grievances range from a government-proposed agreement to open much of Taiwan’s service sector to mainland investment, to Taiwan’s entrance into the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and most recently to President Ma Ying-jeo’s meeting with China’s […]

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Taiwan offers scholarship

QUEZON City, Philippines – For those who are interested in studying college in Taiwan, the Ministry of Education of Taiwan has opened its 2016 Scholarship. For those who are interested, please watch the accompanying video for the pertinent contact details. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)

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Taiwan reacts against youth protest in West Philippine Sea

The Foreign Affairs of Taiwan criticized the youth protest conducted by student-volunteers in the Pag-asa Island in West Philippine Sea, adding that said “freedom voyage” is illegal and threatens the sovereignty of Taiwan. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)

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Southern Taiwan city reports worst dengue fever outbreak

AUGUST 29 (CCTV) — Tainan City in southern Taiwan has seen 2,574 cases of dengue fever this summer, the highest concentration of dengue cases in Taiwan. The first confirmed case was on May 16. Four people, who were all over 70, have died, according to the city government. Tainan has seen 80 percent of the island’s cases of dengue, while Taipei had the highest number of people with dengue who had caught it elsewhere, authorities […]

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Approaching typhoon brings gales, rainstorms and waves to Taiwan

Aug. 7 (Reuters) – Heavy gales, huge waves and rainstorms have hit Taiwan’s eastern areas, Ilan and Hualien in particular, as Typhoon Soudelor was moving slowly to the island on Friday night. Taiwan’s meteorological agency predicted that the typhoon would land in the eastern coastal areas of Taiwan on Saturday morning. And the strong typhoon could bring heavy rain to Taiwan, especially from Friday afternoon through Saturday. By the seaside of Ilan, the huge waves reached […]

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Taiwan braces for most powerful storm in years

AUGUST 7 (Reuters) — Taiwan cancelled flights and school classes on Friday (August 7) as the strongest typhoon in two years churned straight for the island and was expected to make a direct hit at the weekend. Typhoon Soudelor which is due to make landfall on Saturday (August 8) has already claimed its first victims, with two people dead and one missing in choppy waters off the coast of Taiwan’s north-eastern Yilan County, the coast […]

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Weakened typhoon Hanna moves closer to Batanes-Taiwan area

  (Eagle News) — Typhoon “HANNA” (international name: Soudelor) continues to move closer towards the Batanes-Taiwan area as of Friday morning.  PAGASA has already placed Batanes under storm warning signal number two while the Calayan and Babuyan group of islands are now under public storm signal number 1. As of 4 a.m. Aug. 7, the eye of typhoon Hanna was located 485 km East Northeast of Itbayat, Batanes.   It has maximum sustained winds of 165 kph near […]

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