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Taipei, June 1 (CNA) Seven people have so far died in a COVID-19 cluster infection that occurred last week at a care home in Taipei, the city government said Tuesday.
Taipei, May 29 (CNA) Several people across Taiwan have been found flouting the central government's regulations on indoor gatherings, which were put in place May 19 when a Level 3 alert for COVID-19 control was issued, police said Saturday.
President pardons Bunun man sentenced in Indigenous hunting rights case 05/20/2021 06:28 PM Tama Talum. CNA file photo Taipei, May 20 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Thursday issued a presidential pardon to Tama Talum, an Indigenous Bunun man who was controversially sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on illegal hunting charges in a case that ended up before Taiwan's Constitutional Court earlier this year. The Presidential Office said in a statement that Tsai had issued the pardon -- the first of her administration and only the seventh under the Republic of China Constitution -- "out...
Image courtesy of Tainan City Government Hualien, May 19 (CNA) The suspension of in-person classes in Taiwan has led a number of government officials, teachers and parents groups to voice concern about the plight of rural and low-income students who are most likely to be affected by the shift to remote learning. At a press conference Tuesday, Education Minister Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) announced that in-person school classes at all levels, as well as after-school day care and cram schools, would be suspended starting Wednesday through May 28 to contain the spread of COVID-19. Following the a...
Constitutional Court issues mixed ruling on Indigenous hunting rights 05/07/2021 10:30 PM An Atayal hunter. CNA file photo for illustrative purpose only Taipei, May 7 (CNA) The Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that while laws on the types of guns Indigenous people can use to hunt and requiring them to apply in advance for permission to do so are valid in principle, certain aspects of how they are applied are unconstitutional. In its ruling -- Interpretation No. 803 -- the court found that the requirement in the Controlling Guns, Ammunition and Knives Act that Indigenous people use "self-m...