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  • US dollar closes higher on Taipei forex to end days trade at NT$30.060

    TAIPEI -- The U.S. dollar rose against the New Taiwan dollar Friday, gaining NT$0.01 to close at NT$30.060 as the local central bank entered the trading floor again to prop up the greenback and help the currency reverse its early gains, dealers ...

  • The anger of the Taiwanese cannot be so easily appeased

    The recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard has led to diplomatic tensions between Taiwan and Philippines, spawning a series of sanctions levied on the Philippine government by Taiwan. The sanctions include freezing all applications from Filipino workers seeking employment in Taiwan, an action that many Filipino workers cannot accept. Many Filipinos have raised ...

  • Taiwan investigation team to return from Manila

    Philippines May 18 (CNA) An investigation team sent by Taipei authorities to Manila to investigate the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel decided to return to Taipei Saturday. A source close to the team said the 17-member team which arrived here Thursday will leave later in the day after being snubbed by the Philippine government. (By Maubo ...

  • Taiwan takes issue with Manilas unintended assertion

    Taipei, May 18 (CNA) While acknowledging Manila's official apology over the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs insisted Friday that the Philippine response to Taiwan's demands has not been "positive, sufficient and concrete" enough. Such a response led to Taiwan's decision to impose sanctions against ...

  • Filipinos in Taiwan keep low profile

    /enpproperty--> The Philippines' special envoy to Taiwan on Friday advised thousands of Filipino workers there to eat at home and avoid the streets while emotions run high over the shooting death of a Taiwan fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Amadeo Perez, chairman of Taiwan's Manila Economic and Cultural Office, said after returning to Manila from Taipei late on ...

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Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues [DVD]

Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues [DVD]

It's never a good sign when a movie has serious problems with its title. Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues, which has also been known as The Barbaric Beast of Boggy Creek, Part II, is a sequel not to a movie called Boggy Creek or ... ...

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  • Taiwan reversing brain drain

    The "brain drain" that has plagued Taiwan for years is reversing, with many Taiwanese educated in the U.S. or elsewhere now returning to their native country to help it further transition beyond manufacturing to innovation. For years, many Taiwanese engineers who got their undergraduate degrees in Taiwan went on to get their Ph.D at a U.S. university. Many of them ended up staying and ...

  • Mainland Taiwan bust 73 telecom fraud gangs

    BEIJING - Chinese mainland and Taiwan police have jointly busted 73 gangs who were duping Taiwan citizens out of money over the phone, the mainland's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said on Friday. A total of 90 criminal dens were destroyed, with 301 suspects arrested, including 290 from the mainland and 11 from Taiwan. The fraud involved 200 million New Taiwan dollars ($6.65 million), ...

  • Poultry price could increase as a result of ban

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Vendors warned yesterday that the price of poultry might increase in June due to an increase in electricity prices that have resulted from the ban on the slaughter of fowl in traditional ...

  • Hon Hai struggling to meet its overtime deadline for July 1

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Although Hon Hai Precision (????) has made a lot of progress in working conditions at its Chinese factories, the company still faces a challenge in trying to meet a July 1 deadline for cutting working ...

  • H7N9 case has drug- and non-resistant strains

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The only H7N9 patient so far in Taiwan was carrying two strains of the same virus, with one being drug resistant and the other not, making it tricky to treat to him, doctors said ...

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