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The National Development Council (NDC) yesterday detailed a plan to allocate an additional NT$210 billion (US$7.55 billion) budget to the government’s COVID-19 relief fund in the wake of an escalating community spread of the coronavirus in Taiwan. Council Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) told a news conference after a weekly Cabinet meeting that the budget is expected to go toward helping the hardest-hit individuals and industries, as well as providing additional loans to people in need. For instance, a one-time subsidy of NT$10,000 to NT$30,000 is planned for individuals such as farmer...

Share New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has granted ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) entered into by Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICoAl) and Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) with various Foreign Countries/Organisations. The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICoAl) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) have signed MoUs with foreign organisations namely Institute of Public Accountants (IPA), Australia, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, UK (CISI), Cha...

Bills to bolster virus-hit economy pass reading REMOTE ENCOUNTERS: In a ‘historic’ first, the legislature yesterday held a trial session using videoconferencing, with 36 legislators attending the mock meeting virtually By Jason Pan / Staff reporter Legislators yesterday passed the second reading of draft proposals to boost government spending for industries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic to NT$630 billion (US$22.55 billion). The proposed amendments to the Special Act for Prevention, Relief and Revitalization Measures for Severe Pneumonia wi...

Legislators agree to suspend meetings next week: speaker By Jason Pan / Staff reporter A cross-party consensus has been reached to suspend legislative meetings next week to reduce risks of a COVID-19 cluster infection, Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫堃) said yesterday, adding that plans are under way for lawmakers to hold meetings by videoconferencing. The decision to cancel next week’s meetings was made after cross-party negotiations earlier yesterday, following reports that a cleaner at one of the Legislative Yuan’s buildings had been infected with COVID-19. However, that turn...

根據「電腦網路內容分級處理辦法」修正條文第六條第三款規定，已於網站首頁或各該限制級網頁，依台灣網站分級推廣基金會規定作標示。 台灣網站分級推廣基金會（TICRF）網站：http://www.ticrf.org.tw 《TAIPEI TIMES》 Proposal to grant parents pandemic-leave subsidies Taiwan People...