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  • Zest Air cancels flights to Taipei

    MANILA, Philippines - The escalating row between Taiwan and Philippines and Taipei has started to spill over into the country's tourism sector, with some airline and hotel operators starting to express concern and others already feeling the pinch in the wake of the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman in Philippine waters. Former Philippine ambassador and businessman Alfredo Yao said Zest Air, ...

  • Attack was cold-blooded murder Ma

    TAIPEI -- President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday that a Philippine government vessel's use of automatic weapons to strafe an unarmed and unprovocative fishing boat was "cold-blooded ...

  • Taiwanese tourists cancel reservations in Boracay resorts

    Some owners of resorts in Boracay, world-famous island resort destination, have been receiving booking cancellation requests from Taiwanese tourists amid the tension stemming from the death of a Taiwanese fisherman in Philippine waters."Marami kaming cancellations from Taiwanese tourists na pre-booked online. We received emails from them asking if they can cancel [the trip] because there is ...

  • Talk of the Day -- Taiwan Philippines duel for global support

    Philippines over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman has not been getting out. After collecting reports in the international media, Taiwan concluded that the reports either wrote about the shooting incident without comment or sided with ...

  • More negotiations with Manila needed investigators

    Taipei May 18 (CNA) A Taiwan delegation sent to Manila to investigate the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel has reached some progress on a judicial investigation with the Philippine justice department, but further negotiations are needed, an official said Saturday. During the visit to Manila, the delegation met with officials from the Philippine justice ...

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Good Night, and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good Luck

George Clooneys Good Night, and Good Luck has the visual feel of a chamber drama, with the majority of its action taking place in a handful of offices in the CBS building in New York, but the emotional gravitas of a morality play. Set in the early 1950s amid ... ...

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  • Teco to list yuan-denominated bonds on OTC market May 20

    US $48.4 million) in corporate bonds on the local over-the-counter (OTC) market on May 20, financial adviser HSBC Taiwan said Saturday. The listing of Teco bonds will follow listings of 1 billion yuan in bonds ...

  • Taiwans culture minister denies having microblog account in China

    Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Taiwan's Culture Minister Lung Ying-tai denied Saturday that she had a microblog account on a Chinese website, after media reported that she used that account to broadcast public issues ...

  • Bank to send second batch of Taiwan dollars to China next week

    China under the currency clearing mechanism set up across the Taiwan Strait. Before the Feb. 9-17 Lunar New Year holiday, the bank sent a first batch of NT$25 million ...

  • Work on Kinmen Bridge to restart May 21

    Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Construction of a bridge that links the main island of Taiwan's Kinmen County and an isle to its west, will restart on May 21 and is expected to improve life for residents of the outlying islands once it is completed in four years. The Kinmen Bridge, linking the county's main island and Little Kinmen, also known as "Lieyu," is scheduled to be completed in ...

  • Taiwan transportation firm to cooperate with Dallas airport

    Dallas, May 17 (CNA) Farglory FTZ Investment Holding Co. Ltd., a Taiwan-based transportation and logistics services provider, said Friday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with an airport in Texas to set up a strategic alliance. On behalf of his company, Farglory FTZ Chairman Yeh Yao-chun inked the agreement with Jeff Fegan, chief executive officer of Dallas/Fort Worth ...

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