Taiwan fishermen protest Japan’s seizure of boat

04/28/2016

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Scores of Taiwanese fishermen protested yesterday outside Japan’s representative office in Taiwan to demand an apology over the seizure of one of their fishing boats by the Japanese coast guard. The fishermen lobbed eggs…

Beyond Tapei 101: A Taiwan leisure farm tour

Jude Bacalso 04/19/2016

WE were driven around by a Watermelon. At least the driver, in limited English (always prefixed with “I’m sorry my English is so bad” in these parts) insists on being called that. Whether it was an unfortunate…

More direct flights launched

Vanessa Claire Lucero 03/27/2016

EVA Air’s three-hour Cebu-Taipei flight, which was launched yesterday, will be serviced by Airbus 321-200s, which can carry up to 184 passengers. The aircraft will depart Cebu at 11:05 a.m. daily, and arrive in Taipei at 2…

New airline launches Cebu, Taipei flight

Vanessa Claire Lucero 03/27/2016

A NEW airline launched its inaugural flight from Cebu to Taipei, Taiwan at 12:20 pm Sunday. Star Alliance member carrier Eva Air’s inaugural flight had 170 passengers headed to Taiwan. The three-hour Cebu-Taipei direct flight goes daily…

Taiwan takes media on tour of South China Sea island claim

03/23/2016

TAIPING ISLAND — Taiwan flew international media to its largest island holding in the South China Sea yesterday in a bid to reinforce its territorial claims in the disputed and increasingly tense region. Deputy Foreign Minister Bruce…

Australian tops Tour of Taiwan

James Nicole Franz R. Savellon 03/11/2016

Whey Sports ruled the Tour de Taiwan championship and claimed the iconic yellow jersey Thursday after completing the five-stage race in 15 hours, 16 minutes and two seconds in Pingtung City, southern Taiwan. Hucker won the final…

113 bodies pulled out from Taiwan quake rubble

02/14/2016

Taipei, Taiwan — Rescuers have pulled out 113 dead a week since a powerful earthquake struck Taiwan’s oldest city of Tainan, leaving only four missing in the rubble of a collapsed 17-story residential complex, authorities said yesterday.…

Rescuers pull out two more survivors

02/09/2016

TAINAN, Taiwan — Two survivors — one found shielded under the body of her husband — were pulled out alive from a toppled high-rise apartment building on Monday, two days after a powerful quake in southern Taiwan…

11 dead as quake hits Taiwan

02/07/2016

Tainan, Taiwan — Rescuers raced to find survivors after a powerful, shallow earthquake struck southern Taiwan before dawn yesterday, collapsing a high-rise residential complex and killing at least 11 people, sending scores to hospital and leaving about…

Cebuano in Taiwan: ‘We ran for our lives’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/06/2016

Machine operator Wilnar Ochada Paradiang was on graveyard shift at the second floor of Sumika Technology building in Tainan, Taiwan yesterday when the building shook. Paradiang, 29, said his first thought was to get out of the…

Taiwan builds glass shoe hall for women

02/03/2016

CHIAYI, Taiwan — A Taiwanese county has built an enormous glass shoe as a tribute to local women who suffered from a debilitating foot disease. Completed last month, the transparent 17-meter tall structure in Chiayi county in…

Taiwan fraud ring suspects return to rented houses under guard

Apple Ta-as 09/11/2015

THE 68 foreigners, mostly Taiwanese, who were arrested for online fraud, were sent back to their rented houses in high-end subdivisions in Cebu City under guard by two battalions from the  Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) 7.…

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