ration officials will visit places with large Filipino populations in the coming days to raise safety awareness among Filipinos amid a row between Taiwan and the Philippines, the National Immigration Agency (NIA) said yesterday.

The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) confirmed yesterday that it will suspend all new Philippine labor applicants if Manila does not apologize over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman.

An overstaying worker from the Philippines was killed yesterday when a National Immigration Agency (NIA) van in which he and four other overstaying Filipino workers and four immigration officials were riding overturned on the way to the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.

One Taiwanese sailor was shot dead yesterday when a boat registered to Pingtung County was attacked by the Philippine military in the disputed South China Sea, according to Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA).

Two Taiwanese designers based in the United Kingdom won two awards at a home furniture exhibition in Milan for a project showcasing the beauty of glass, the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) said yesterday.

The preliminary Chinese Speech Contest for Foreigners sponsored by Radio Taiwan International (RTI) and Hunguang (漢光) Education Foundation was held on May 5.

The ministries of the interior and education recently held an international cooking contest involving new immigrants from mainland China and other Asian nations.

A joint fishery committee featuring both Taiwanese and Japanese officials will hold its first meeting in Taipei today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.

A group of young people from Russia, Israel, Mongolia and Ukraine had a calligraphy lesson and learned to sing a Chinese song yesterday in Taipei, as part of a program to learn more about Taiwan.

A Belgian nun who has been devoted to helping people in Taiwan for over 50 years said goodbye Friday as she prepared to retire and leave the island that she described as “home.”