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  • Taiwan releases route data in dispute with Philippines

    TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - Taiwan's Kuang Ta Hsing No.28 did not enter Philippine territorial waters according to tracking data released by the Fisheries Agency under the Council of Agriculture Tuesday. After Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng had been shot and killed on May 9, ...

  • Taiwans May export orders forecast to improve

    Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Taiwan's export order data for May is expected to improve from April on the back of rising global demand for handheld devices and flat panels, a local economic think tank said Tuesday. Yuanta-Polaris Research Institute said there have been signs that foreign buyers have started to restock their inventories in Taiwan-made electronics products, in particular mobile ...

  • 5.8-magnitude quake hits Taiwan

    /enpproperty--> TAIPEI - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hit the area 190.1 kilometers to the southeast of Hualien County in Taiwan at around 4:25 pm Tuesday Beijing Time, according to Taiwan meteorological authorities. The epicenter, with a depth of 13.7 km, was monitored at 23.27 degrees north latitude and 123.31 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement. The tremor was slightly ...

  • Why Taiwan Wont Let The Philippines Off Easy

    Ma Ying-jeou, seen here waving to supporters during a visit to UC Berkeley in March 2006, proposed "Five Dos" on dealing with the PRC. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Veteran Taiwanese political scientist George Tsai is cringing at the anti-Philippine hysteria that swept his homeland like a typhoon after May 9. That day Taiwan began its campaign for an apology from Manila over the shooting ...

  • Taipei puts Manila on the spot with boat satellite data

    (26 mins ago) Taiwan has released a satellite record of the route of a fishing boat fired on by Philippine coastguard, flatly rejecting Manila's claims that the vessel intruded into Philippine waters. The killing of Hung Shih-cheng, 65, sparked outrage in Taiwan, which has announced a series of economic sanctions against Manila, including a travel alert. Taiwan's Fisheries Agency ...

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Juno

Juno

In Juno, a beautifully cracked comedy about teen pregnancy, director Jason Reitman gets exactly right what he mostly failed to do in his directorial debut, the acerbic political satire Thank You for Smoking (2005): the interlacing of the hilarious and the humane. Juno is certainly ... ...

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  • Chinese Taiwanese tourists held in Ilocos

    LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte, Philippines -- At least 52 Chinese and Taiwanese tourists were turned over to the Bureau of Immigration here early Tuesday after their presence in a resort in Vigan City in Ilocos Sur raised suspicions. Inspector Glen Dulay, deputy police chief of Vigan, said police were on routine inspection of beach resorts in Vigan on Monday when they chanced upon a big group of ...

  • Taiwanese start cancellation of flights resort reservation in Boracay

    Taiwanese tourists to Boracay, a world-renowned resort in central Philippines, have started canceling hotel reservations since Taiwan issued an advisory against traveling to the country after Philippine Coast Guards killed a Taiwan fisherman. Percy Malonesio, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to Kalibo International Airport (KIA), said on Tuesday, "We have ...

  • Taiwan tourists cancel Philippines plans

    /enpproperty--> BORACAY, Philippines - Taiwan tourists to Boracay, a world-renowned resort in central Philippines, have started canceling hotel reservations since Taiwan issued an advisory against traveling to the country after Philippine Coast Guards killed a Taiwan fisherman. Percy Malonesio, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to Kalibo International Airport ...

  • Govt moving to end southern fishing line

    The government is moving toward abolishing Taiwan's southern boundary for fishery protection, an act which would extend the formal operational area of the Navy, the Coast Guard and local fishermen further south within Taiwan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) toward the ...

  • Taiwan cancels flight to Boracay

    (1 hr 9 mins ago) Taiwanese tourists to Boracay, a world-renowned resort in central Philippines, have started canceling hotel reservations since Taiwan issued an advisory against traveling to the country after Philippine Coast Guards killed a Taiwan fisherman. Percy Malonesio, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines to Kalibo International Airport, said on Tuesday, "We ...

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