Naia flights from Taipei canceled as Typhoon Gorio batters Taiwan

Inquirer.net 07/30/2017

MANILA — Three flights to and from Taipei, Taiwan, were canceled at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) on Sunday as Typhoon Gorio battered the island after exiting the Philippine area of responsibility. In an advisory, the…

Visitors upset host

John Carlo A. Villaruel 07/23/2017

The National Yilan – Senior High School (NY-SHS) of Taiwan traveled over 700 miles to join a volleyball tournament in Cebu. The long trip paid off. Yesterday, the visiting team dethroned the 2016 champions Sacred Heart School…

Taiwan ta Bai

06/19/2017

How housewives and country bumpkins are the hottest ticket in Taiwan tourism Forget the skyscrapers. Taiwan’s other elevations are now the center of an ever-evolving tourism trend where a new generation of travelers crave the local, and…

Taiwan postpones visa-free entry for Filipinos

Inquirer.net 05/17/2017

The Taiwanese government has postponed the implementation of its visa-free entry policy for Filipinos from June to September 2017. In an advisory on Tuesday, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in the Philippines said the Ministry of…

Filipinos may visit Taiwan visa-free starting June

Inquirer 05/04/2017

MANILA — It’s official: Filipinos may visit Taiwan visa-free beginning June. Dr. Gary Song-Huann Lin, Taiwan representative to the Philippines, shared the good news on Wednesday during his special lecture in the University of the Philippines Diliman…

Taiwan bans consumption, sale of dog and cat meat

04/12/2017

BEIJING — Taiwan’s legislature has explicitly banned the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat and increased the penalty for animal cruelty, underscoring growing awareness of animal welfare in one of Asia’s most prosperous societies. The…

Cold spell kills 150 in Taiwan

02/13/2017

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwanese officials and media reports are blaming a cold spell for the deaths of more than 150 people, most of them elderly and sick, over the past several days. Temperatures fell as low as…

China returns US underwater drone

12/21/2016

BEIJING — China on Tuesday handed back to the United States an underwater drone it had seized last week in an incident that raised tensions in a relationship that has been tested by President-elect Donald Trump’s signals…

De Luna 2nd in Japan 9-ball

Marlon Bernardino 11/24/2016

Filipino cue artist Jeffrey de Luna bowed to Taiwanese Ko Pin-yi, 3-11, on Wednesday night and settled for runner-up honors in the 49th Annual All Japan 9-Ball Championship 2016 at the Archaic Hall in Amagasaki City, Hyogo,…

Taiwan seeks deportation of suspects to face charges

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/22/2016

The Taiwanese government is seeking the deportation of the foreign nationals who were arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) for alleged online fraud in Cebu City. Speaking to reporters, the police attaché…

EXTORTION RACKET BUSTED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/21/2016

Taiwanese nationals, allegedly operating an online extortion racket victimizing retired and active government officials in Taiwan, were raided by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI-7) at their hideout base inside a subdivision in Barangay Guadalupe,…

Youth ambassadors hold forum on West PH Sea

PR 11/03/2016

YOUTH and student members of Cebu Youth Ambassadors joined other student leaders, graduate students, and community youth in a forum dubbed “Ato ni Bai!: Enhancing the Public Debate on the West Philippine Sea” last October 28. The…

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