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  • Philippines to ask Taiwan for judicial cooperation in fishing dispute

    Philippines has decided to file a request for bilateral judicial assistance in the case of the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman, the Ministry of Justice said Wednesday. Justice Vice Minister Chen Ming-tang said Taiwan would announce its decision whether to completely or partially agree with the request after it had received it, most likely later Wednesday afternoon. A 17-member investigative ...

  • Taiwans demands to Philippines remain unchanged MOFA

    Philippines must fulfill four demands over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel earlier this month. The ministry made the comment in response to a report that Manila was prepared to give NT$1 million ...

  • Skipper vessel free after trespassing into Japan waters FA

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A detained Taiwanese fishing boat and its captain were released by Japanese authorities yesterday after trespassing into Japanese waters off Ishigaki Island, Taiwan's Fisheries Agency said ...

  • Taiwanese Chinese held in Ilocos released

    LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte -- Immigration officials released 52 Taiwanese and Chinese tourists on Tuesday night, almost 12 hours after they were taken to the Bureau of Immigration office here for verification of their passports and other travel documents. The tourists, 45 of them Taiwanese and the rest Chinese, were taken from a resort in Vigan City in Ilocos Sur, after they were suspected of ...

  • Agricultural losses from rain top NT$100 million

    Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Taiwan's agricultural sector has suffered NT$126.7 million in losses as of Wednesday morning from heavy rains that have drenched the island over the past week, according to the Council of Agriculture. The figure includes NT$99.42 million in crop losses, primarily in Pingtung County and Kaohsiung City, and NT$20,000 in losses on both livestock farms and in forests. ...

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The Truman Show [Blu-Ray]

The Truman Show [Blu-Ray]

Peter Weir's masterful The Truman Show is a prophetic comedy of ideas that hit all too close to home in our media-savvy, television-obsessed, celebrity-enthralled times. In the movie's bizarre, but ultimately tenable fantasy world, a young man named Truman Burbank (Jim Carre ... ...

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  • Rainy weather forecast for next seven days

    Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Rainy weather in Taiwan will persist into next week given the current weather front that is lingering over the island and the approach of another front early next week, the Central Weather Bureau predicted Wednesday. Areas around Taiwan can expect showers or thunderstorms on Wednesday and Thursday, while mountainous areas in central and southern Taiwan could see torrential ...

  • Shares of IC inspection tool supplier play catch-up with Largan

    Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Shares of Hermes Microvision Inc., one of Taiwan's leading semiconductor inspection tool and equipment suppliers, extended their gains Wednesday morning as they played catch-up with shares of Largan Precision Co., dealers said. As Largan shares pulled back after rising sharply a day earlier, investors moved their funds to Hermes shares, which had lagged behind the ...

  • China Times Taiwan China need to discuss regional cooperation

    China Sea Peace Initiative" put forth by Taiwan that calls for joint development of maritime resources despite differences over territorial issues. The recent diplomatic row between Taiwan and ...

  • French chamber in Taiwan moves into new business center

    Taipei, May 22 (CNA) The France Taiwan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFT) has moved into a new business center and will hold an opening ceremony for the new office on May 24, the group said Wednesday. Set in central Taipei, the new 450-square-meter center will provide a flexible and cost-effective office solution, the group said on its official website. Established in 1991, the CCIFT is a ...

  • ANZ maintains Taiwans economic growth forecast at 3.6

    Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) has maintained its forecast that Taiwan's economic growth will reach 3.6 percent in 2013 despite the country's lackluster first quarter and successive declines in export orders. In its latest research note, ANZ said that while Taiwan's export orders fell in April for the third consecutive month, the decline was smaller than in the ...

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