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  • Taiwanese reporter fired for writing fake story about anti-Pinoy restaurant

    reports that Taiwanese newspaper Lih Pao has sacked the reporter who fabricated a story about a diner that refuses to serve Filipinos amid the furor in Taiwan over the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine Coast ...

  • PH Taiwan seen to start talks on fishery agreement by June

    Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala: Possible meeting in June. INQUIRER file photo MANILA, Philippines--The Philippines-Taiwan technical working group (TWG) may meet by the middle of the year on a possible fishery agreement, when officials hope that the recent issue over a Taiwanese fisherman would have cooled. "The meeting may be held, possibly, by June but perhaps it would be better ...

  • Talk of the Day -- HTC Chair 46th most powerful woman Forbes

    HTC Corp., ranks 46th in the Forbes Magazine's newly released list of the world's 100 most powerful women. Wang moves up 10 notches on the Forbes' latest global rankings. In 2012, the 54-year-old business executive, ranked 56th. The noted U.S. financial publication applies three metrics -- money, media presence and impact -- in determining the rank of each influential woman on the ...

  • Taiwanese fishermen urge fishery deal with the Philippines

    Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Taiwanese fishermen and representatives of fishermen's associations on Thursday urged Taiwan's government to start talks on a fishery agreement with ...

  • Taipei rebuffs Manila anew

    Justice Secretary Leila De Lima. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO TAIPEI--Taiwan on Wednesday set aside a Philippine request for legal assistance, delaying the completion of Manila's investigation of the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards two weeks ago. The Taiwanese Ministry of Justice said it declined the Philippine request for the time being because Manila continued to ...

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Mon Oncle [DVD]

Mon Oncle [DVD]

Jacques Tati's Mon Oncle is visually structured around two disparate sections of Paris, which Tati uses to illustrate his contempt for what he saw as the increasingly sterile and lifeless trajectory of modernization. ...

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  • Slain Taiwanese was ‘good to Filipino fishermen’

    Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng’s boat, the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, is checked by Taiwanese officers after arriving at Liuqiu port in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Taiwanese boat owner Steven Liao said the damage to the Guang Ta Hsin 28 costs around NT$8 million (P11 million). AP PHOTO TAIPEI--Filipinos in Pintung county, where the Taiwanese fisherman ...

  • Luxury tax to be amended in June minister

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The so-called "luxury tax," aimed at preventing speculative real estate investments, will be reviewed for possible changes in June, Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford (???) said ...

  • City councilor claims Taipei covers up sexual harassment

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taipei City Councilor Lee Ching-yuan (???) yesterday claimed that the Taipei City Government attempted to cover up the sexual harassment case of a city government ...

  • Defense chief apologizes for jet crashes

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu (???) yesterday apologized to the public over two recent Air Force fighter crashes that occurred within five days of each ...

  • Taiwans Air Force steps up patrols in south region

    TAIPEI--The Air Force will increase its patrols over waters around the country's southern coast, Air Force Commander Gen. Liu Chen-wu said ...

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