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  • Int’l migrant group appeals for protection of Filipino workers in Taiwan

    Premier Jiang Yi-huah speaks while holding a picture showing the number of gun holes in a fishing vessel after it was assaulted by the Philippine coastguard, killing a Taiwanese fisherman, during a press conference in Taipei on May 15, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Mandy Cheng MANILA--"Filipino migrants are innocent; they should be protected," the Hong Kong-based International Migrants Alliance ...

  • Philippines rejects Taiwan’s allegations of murder

    MANILA - The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that its coast guard had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. Hong Shi-cheng, a 65-year-old fisherman, was shot dead by the Philippine Coast Guard, who said his vessel intruded into Philippine waters. Chen Wen-chi, director of Taiwan’s Department of ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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