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The first batch of about 500 reservists yesterday reported to Shanjiao Elementary School in Taoyuan’s Lujhu District (蘆竹) to undergo a new, more intensive 14-day reservist training program. The program is operating in a scenario of defending the beach near New Taipei City’s Linkou District (林口), said 203 Brigade Third Infantry Battalion Deputy Commander Major Chen Ming-chung (陳明中). All reservists would train for about 10 hours a day, including a two-hour, 10km nighttime combat march, for a total of 136 hours over 14 days, Chen said. Reservists said that the schedule — descr...

Heavy traffic was yesterday reported on freeways across Taiwan, as people returned to their hometowns or flocked to major tourist hot spots at the start of the three-day weekend. Yilan County police reported traffic jams on a recently improved section of the Suhua Highway, with heavy traffic observed as early as 5:30am and peak congestion at 8am. The Freeway Bureau reported a traffic volume of 18.1 million vehicle-kilometers on Taiwan’s freeways, following an earlier prediction of 115 million vehicle-kilometers for the whole long weekend, or about 1.3 times that of average normal weekday tra...

The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office has indicted a 37-year-old woman for allegedly scalding her mother to death in a bathtub. On June 9 last year, the mother, who was in her 70s, was reported dead in the bathroom at home. While relatives initially thought she had died from a bath-related accident, prosecutors who inspected the body noticed that there was swelling and peeled off skin. A forensic report concluded that the mother had second-degree burns over a large part of the lower half of her body, which sent her into cardiogenic shock, leading to her death. Prosecutors said the daughte...

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) The New Taipei City government has decided to suspend on-site classes at two schools in the city, as a student at each of them has tested positive for COVID-19, city Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) said Sunday.

The New Taipei City Government is suspending on-site classes at two schools, after two students tested positive for COVID-19, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said yesterday. A junior-high school student and an elementary-school student are among 12 domestic COVID-19 cases reported yesterday, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said. Hou said that the schools in Linkou District (林口) would conduct classes remotely for two weeks, but special provisions would be provided for families that cannot accommodate remote learning. In such cases, the students would be allowed on sc...