Friday, June 14, 2013
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday remained tight-lipped on how it is going to push for Taiwan's participation in the assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) that will kick off in September.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday urged the Maldives to respect its capital city's efforts to sign a sister-city agreement with Kaohsiung after the island-nation in the Indian Ocean announced that it will not recognize the agreement because of its “one China” policy.
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Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) yesterday requested the Ministry of Education (MOE) to reconsider whether an annual household income threshold should be raised and if a family with more than two children should receive more benefits.
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The newly amended Act Governing Food Sanitation, designed to levy harsher punishments on violators, will take effect on June 21 after President Ma Ying-jeou signs it into law on June 19.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
 | Criminal charges should be filed against Philippine coastguardsmen involved in the controversial shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman in May, according to a suggestion allegedly mentioned in the Manila investigation report and relayed by the Inquirer News yesterday.
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The New York Yankees felt Chien-Ming Wang no longer had the tools to be a consistently effective pitcher at the major league level, releasing him from his minor league contract last week so he could sign with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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New Taipei District Court yesterday ordered a suspect, surnamed Lu, be detained and held incommunicado, while his underage girlfriend, surnamed Huang, be detained in the Taipei Juvenile Detention House over alleged arson at Huang's apartment on June 9.
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The Legislative Yuan is slated to vote today on the Cabinet's approval of a reconsideration motion to the Accounting Act amendment.
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Starting from Thursday, it will be illegal to operate a vehicle with a blood alcohol level at or above 0.03 percent or 0.15 ml ethanol per liter of breath, the National Police Agency (NPA) announced yesterday, in a move that further lowers the legal alcohol blood content for drivers.
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The tuition-free policy that goes along with the upcoming 12-year compulsory education program will not be applied to all senior high school students, according to Executive Yuan spokesperson Cheng Li-wun.
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