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  • Taiwans April jobless rate falls to 4.07

    Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Taiwan's jobless rate fell by 0.1 percentage points from March to 4.07 percent in April, the lowest level since July 2008, when unemployment stood at 4.06 percent, the government said Wednesday. On a seasonally adjusted basis, however, the unemployment rate in April edged higher to 4.19 percent, up from 4.18 percent in March, the Directorate General of Budget, ...

  • Taiwan seeks U.S. support for wider WHO participation

    Geneva, May 21 (CNA) Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta on Tuesday urged the United States to help Taiwan obtain observer status in the Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO) of the World Health Organization (WHO) to widen Taiwan's participation in the United Nations agency. Chiu raised the issue during talks with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on the ...

  • Taiwan tourists start canceling travel plans 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 ...

  • Only parallel probe into Taiwanese fishermans death

    MANILA (2nd Update, 11 a.m.) -- Taiwan and the Philippines can share information regarding their respective investigations on the shooting incident that killed a Taiwanese fisherman off Batanes two weeks ago, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said. Rejecting Taiwan's call anew for a joint probe, de Lima said the NBI and Taiwanese investigators agreed in a meeting on Monday to just ...

  • Taipei refutes Manilas claim with satellite record of ship

    Taiwan on Tuesday released a satellite record of the route of a fishing boat fired on by Philippine coastguards, flatly rejecting Manila's allegations that the boat intruded into Philippine waters.The killing of crew member Hung Shih-cheng, 65, sparked outrage in Taiwan, which has announced a series of economic sanctions against the Philippines.Taiwan's Fisheries Agency said the voyage ...

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Babe

Babe

There are few films that I would describe as being truly magical, and "Babe" is certainly one of them. The simple story of a pig who wanted to be more than others would give him credit for is such a touching, entertaining and magical fable that I thought it deserved the Best Picture Oscar for 1995. Not many films manage to transcend their genre, but "Babe" comes across as much more than a simplist ... ...

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  • PH to lose 50000 Taiwanese tourists in next 6 months

    MANILA (1st UPDATE) - Taiwanese tour agencies have cancelled nearly all tour packages to the Philippines amid tension between the two countries, according to a Philippine tourism official. Tourism Undersecretary Daniel G. Corpuz said this is expected to translate to a substantial reduction in Taiwanese tourist arrivals to the country in the next few months. "Practically all charter ...

  • Taiwanese Tourists Junk Boracay

    BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City - Boracay-bound tourists from Taiwan have started cancelling their trips to the world-famous island resort - an offshoot of the ongoing spat between the Philippines and Taiwan over the death of a Taiwanese fisherman. Regional Director Helen Catalbas of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Region 6 confirmed the flight cancellations. She, however, expressed ...

  • Taiwan data recorder rejects PH claim

    Taiwan on Tuesday, May 21, released a satellite record of the route of a fishing boat fired on by Philippine coastguards, flatly rejecting Manila's allegations that the boat intruded into Philippine waters. The killing of crew member Hung Shih-cheng, 65, sparked outrage ...

  • Military drill aims to protect fishing boats not provoke report

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Spokesman for the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington Frank Yee Wang recently told The Washington Times that the military exercise is a response to the public furor in Taiwan over the fisherman's killing. He said the drill is not intended as a provocation, "it was just to show to our people that our government will protect their rights in ...

  • South fishery protection line not under MOI jurisdiction official

    TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The southern boundary for Taiwan's fishery protection is not a "temporary enforcement line," a Ministry of the Interior (MOI) official said yesterday, adding that it is the right of the Fisheries Agency (FA) -- not the MOI -- to decide if it needs to be ...

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