Dynas International Corp (威加國際) has been fined NT$3 million (US$92,908) after failing to provide evidence that its camellia oil was produced from Alishan(阿里山)-grown tea seeds, the Taipei Department of Health said yesterday. The Food and Drug Administration last week received a report from Yuen Foong
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) today unveiled four new spokespersons from across the six special municipalities and its first AI spokesperson, called Cheng Hsiao-wen (鄭小文). The AI bot, developed by the KMT Culture and Communications Committee, gave a pre-recorded message saying that it would re
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) today urged passengers planning to travel by train or air to arrive early at stations or airports during civil resilience exercises next week that would include mobile network slowdown drills.Next week’s urban resilience exercises would involv
US Representative Michael McCaul said yesterday he was "very optimistic" about Taiwan and the US jointly producing drones, citing growing demand for systems made without Chinese components and the ability of Taiwanese manufacturers to meet US security requirements."I'm very bullish. I'm very optimis
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) today urged opposition parties to swiftly resolve stalled talks on this year’s central government general budget, criticizing their proposals to freeze budget items as an attempt to "paralyze the nation."Legislative Speaker Han Kuo-
Periods of heavy rain are expected up and down the country this weekend as Typhoon Dolphin approaches northern Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said today. The agency issued a sea warning at 2:30pm as the storm continued moving westward through waters north of Taiwan.As of 8am this m
The Danjiang Bridge was closed for the first time yesterday for a defensive blockade drill, with troops setting up obstacles to extend the Tamsui River (淡水河) defensive line and prevent enemy forces from advancing toward Taipei.The bridge, which is in New Taipei and opened to traffic in May, had its
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order yesterday imposing minimum import prices (MIP) and a 15-percent tariff on polysilicon, the primary raw material used to manufacture semiconductors and solar panels, and related products.The new trade measures are expected to have only a limited imp
OBSERVING: The MAC said it would watch developments in China’s new exit-entry rules before deciding if it needs to upgrade its travel alerts for China, Hong Kong and Macau
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday confirmed that it has prevented Taiwanese from accessing the Taiwan Youth e-Family (台青e家) platform by suspending the domain name system resolution, as the Web site has contravened the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the M
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has developed a comprehensive strategy to swiftly capture Taipei by using a combination of precision strikes, cyberattacks and cognitive warfare to paralyze the city and break the public’s will to resist without resorting to total destruction, the US-based
The ruling and opposition parties are expected to vote on this fiscal year’s budget today, with opposition parties still promoting major cuts after failing to reach inter-party consensus again yesterday.The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus called to slash all NT$44.2 billion (US$1.37 billion)
The Ministry of Labor on Wednesday said it would convene a meeting to determine whether subsidies intended to mitigate the impact of US tariffs on the Taiwanese labor market would continue.There were 245 companies and 3,026 employees relying on subsidies under employment stability measures, of which
NEW RULES: Governments at all levels must employ a full-time team for disaster prevention and establish disaster prevention coordination centers
The Executive Yuan yesterday approved amendments to the Disaster Prevention and Protection Act (災害防救法), which would better coordinate disaster response by clarifying the responsibilities of central and local governments to speed up the decisionmaking process during major disasters.The overhaul would
The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said it is unable to issue import approvals for certain radio-frequency devices, as the terms of its last three commissioners expired on Friday.The issue came to the public’s attention after a person posted on social media that an audio system p
The Cabinet is mulling a proposed hike to wages and pensions of government workers, including educators, civil servants and military service members, as part of next year’s general budget, officials said yesterday.Starting next year, government workers’ salaries would increase by 4 percent and month
Weight-loss injections based on GLP-1 receptor agonists were associated with a 41 percent lower risk of developing 13 obesity-related cancers than weight loss achieved through diet and exercise alone, a National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) study found.Obesity is an established risk factor for
Several airlines and the Maritime and Port Bureau yesterday announced widespread service changes as Typhoon Dolphin approaches, with authorities urging travelers to monitor updates and avoid nonessential trips to outlying islands.Starlux Airlines said its JX308/JX309 flight today between Taichung In
DISASTER CONTROL: The high number of climate incidents does not mean Tainan has poor climate governance, but that it has multiple challenges, Greenpeace Taiwan said
Tainan is facing the most climate governance pressure among the six special municipalities, Greenpeace Taiwan said yesterday, calling for more funding for community-based adaptation measures.Greenpeace Taiwan compiled data from government authorities on incidents of typhoons, floods, extreme heat an
Ministry of Agriculture researchers yesterday unveiled new cheesemaking techniques for domestic dairy producers to satisfy Taiwan’s growing appetite.A Taiwan Livestock Research Institute spokesperson told a news conference that its experts have been researching cheesemaking for the past 15 years, al