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Taiwanese team slams Philippines as capricious
A Taiwan investigation team that was sent to Manila to probe the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guard returned to Taipei on Saturday, slamming the Philippines' attitude toward the joint investigation "capricious."Chen Wen-chi, head of the investigation team, said the team has been negotiating with the Philippine government on a joint investigation, but ...
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Armed gangsters hunt down Filipinos in Taipei
Taiwanese gangsters armed with baseball bats and wooden clubs are on the prowl in Taipei to hunt down and physically assault Filipino workers. The Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco), the country’s de facto diplomatic post in Taiwan, yesterday confirmed reports that intially spread in social media networks of Filipinos getting beaten up or being denied service in establishments. ...
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Taiwan Philippines to cooperate in shooting investigation
Philippines have agreed to cooperate on an investigation into the death of a Taiwanese fisherman at the hands of Philippine coast guard personnel, and the two sides are working out the details of the arrangement, Foreign Minister David Lin said Sunday. The agreement was achieved during negotiations between a Taiwanese investigation team that was in Manila from May 16 to 18 and the Philippine ...
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Talk of the Day -- Protect South China Sea sovereignty
The shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government vessel on May 9 in waters where the two countries' exclusive economic zones overlap has highlighted the growing challenge facing Taiwan in defending its sovereignty and fishing rights in the ...
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Philippine Workers in Taiwan Feel Backlash
MANILA -- Advocates for Philippine migrant workers say they are concerned about the effects of a hiring freeze Taiwan's government has put in place against the Philippines. The move came less than a week after a Philippine Coast Guard crew admitted shooting at a Taiwanese vessel, killing a fisherman. Statistics from ...
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Filipinos in Taipei pray for deceased fisherman
Taipei, May 16 (CNA) Around 20 Filipino nationals participated in a prayer ceremony in Taipei on Sunday to express their apologies for the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine Coast Guard and also urged people in Taiwan not to discriminate against them. The participants gathered in front of St. Christopher's Church and stood in silent tribute to the late Taiwanese fisherman ...
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Despite row Taiwanese students show support for Filipino workers
Taipei, May 19 (CNA) A group of Taiwanese students launched a campaign on Sunday to show support for Filipino workers in Taiwan amid growing tensions between the two countries over the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman on May 9. The students held posters and placards during a rally outside a Taipei church where migrant workers from ...
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Taiwan seeks joint investigation into fishermans death
InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5 TAIPEI - Taiwan Sunday repeated calls for a joint investigation into the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coastguards, an incident which has ignited a major diplomatic dispute. A team of Taiwanese investigators returned to the island Saturday, accusing the Philippine government of failing to honor its agreement to conduct a joint ...
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Santiago Harassment of Filipinos in Taiwan may warrant MECO abolition
Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago warned on Sunday that injuries sustained by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Taiwanese attackers could be considered "an act of aggression" that could serve as basis for the fold-up of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei. "The 87,000 overseas ...
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Boracay hotels resorts hit by Taiwan tourist cancellations
Boracay Photo by Don Lejano/INQUIRER.net ILOILO CITY, Philippines -- Hotels and resorts on Boracay Island have been reeling from the cancellation of bookings of Taiwanese tourists amid the diplomatic row following the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards, according to travel operators. Henry Chusuey, chair of the Boracay Foundation Inc. (BFI), said several resorts catering ...
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Heavy rains in southern Taiwan to continue CWB
Taipei, May 19 (CNA) A stationary front that has drenched the southern part of Taiwan over the past three days is expected to bring further downpours across the country until Thursday, the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) said Sunday. The mountainous Taoyuan District in the southern city of Kaohsiung had received 212 millimeters of rain between midnight Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday and 423mm of rain ...
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Commercial Times Clarify disparity in cross-strait trade data
China since the beginning of this year. While Chinese customs data showed substantial growth in cross-Taiwan Strait trade in the first four months of the year, Taiwan's official figures pointed to almost zero growth during the same period. According ...
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Employers says relations with Filipino workers unaffected by row
Philippines has not affected their relationships with their Filipino workers, and they did not think the spat would deter them from hiring Filipinos in the future. "They come to work and get off work as usual, and we pay them as we should. I tell them there is nothing to worry about," K. R. Lin, owner of a marble factory in Hualien and chairman of the Taiwan Marble Association, told ...
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Ang Lee attends Taiwan cinema night in Cannes
Cannes, France, May 18 (CNA) Taiwan held an event at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday to promote the country's films, with the attendance of director Ang Lee one of the highlights of the evening. Taiwan's representative to France Michel Lu opened the annual "Taiwan Cinema Party" with a short hand puppet performance about Taiwanese movies and the Cannes Film Festival. The ...
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Taiwan investigation team to revisit Philippines soon
Philippines to investigate the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by a Philippine government patrol boat, after both sides finalize details on how they will cooperate, Foreign Minister David Lin said Sunday. Both sides have to establish a communication mechanism and agree on the details of cooperation before Taiwan again sends an investigation team, Lin added. Lin's remarks came one ...
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Philippines waiting for Taiwan anger to cool
Amadeo Perez, chairman of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Center) AFP FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is waiting for tempers in Taiwan to cool before settling the dispute over a shot Taiwanese fisherman, the head of an office in charge of relations said Sunday. Issues like Manila’s ';one-China'; policy and comments by Taiwanese investigators ...
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Taiwan fishermen burn Filipino flags in protest over fatal shooting
Angry fishermen burn Filipino flags outside the Philippine representative office in Taipei in a protest at the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard. Hundreds of fishermen wearing yellow headbands and chanting "Justice must be done!" and "Killer must be punished!" hurled eggs at the office and demanded Manila apologize for the incident last Thursday ...
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Taiwan delegation returns after Manila rejection
The investigative team that the government dispatched to Manila, in order to investigate the recent killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guards, returned yesterday after the Southeast Asian country's officials refused to cooperate. According to local media, a new investigative delegation may head out to the Philippines as early as Monday once the Philippine government ...
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Ma urges early resolution to dispute with Philippines
Philippines over the May 9 shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman in disputed waters should be resolved as soon as possible, emphasizing that a joint investigation is needed, according to Garfie Li, spokeswoman of the Presidential Office. Ma made the comment at a National Security Council meeting convened with several officials from relevant government agencies to discuss the ongoing row with ...
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Navigation recorders will shed light on shooting death official
Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Deputy Justice Minister Chen Ming-tang said Saturday that a comparison of the navigation recorders on the Taiwanese fishing boat ...
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U.S. congressmen back Taiwans demands over fishermans death
Ma Ying-jeou , U.S. Representative Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) expressed regrets over the death of Hung Shih-cheng, 65, who was shot dead in an encounter with ...
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Taiwan urges North Korea to maintain regional peace
Ma Ying-jeou on Saturday urged North Korea to exercise self-restraint and not fuel tensions in the region after Pyongyang launched three short-range missiles earlier in the day. After a meeting with national security top brass, Garfie Li, spokeswoman of the Presidential Office, quoted Ma as stressing that Taiwan opposes any action that would undermine regional peace and that he has asked ...
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Proposed joint investigation not impossible official
Philippines government vessel on May 9, despite Manila going back on its word, Deputy Justice Minister Chen Ming-tang said Saturday. Speaking to reporters in his office upon the return of a Taiwanese investigation team from Manila earlier in the day, Chen said the key factor that drove the team to leave Manila empty handed was the lack of consensus between the two countries on Taiwan's ...
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Taiwanese fishing boat arrives home after being intercepted by Vietnam
Taipei, May 18 (CNA) A Taiwanese fishing boat that was intercepted on May 14 by Vietnamese government vessels on open seas arrived home in southern Taiwan Saturday, with the skipper saying he was surprised that the boat was not seized by the Vietnamese government. The boat, the Lung Wang Li No. 97 from Pingtung County's Liouciou Township, was intercepted by Vietnamese government vessels ...
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Taiwan accuses Philippines of lack of cooperation
The Taiwan investigation team, tasked with conducting a probe into the fatal shooting of a Taiwan fisherman, has returned to Taipei from Manila. On arrival, the team held a press conference at Taipei Airport. The team has called on the Philippine government to conduct a joint investigation with Taiwan into the incident. It's accused the Philippine authorities of dishonesty, saying the ...
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Port of Taipei will greatly benefit the city
With the economic growth and development of Taiwan and its capital Taipei have come vast infrastructure challenges, not least of which is the ever-increasing demand for goods and services, which must be imported, requiring larger ports and in greater numbers.
Taiwan is a country that has experienced remarkable growth over the last several centuries since it broke away from the mainland politically and began operating as an independent country. The national capital, Taipei, has been at the centre of this growth, developing the country’s first mass transit system and spearheading economic development throughout the country. Read more
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