iPads delivered by helicopter to kids living in stranded mountain communities

NASC Black Hawk helicopter delivering supplies in Taoyuan District, Kaohsiung City

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment National Airborne Service Corps, Taoyuan District

A helicopter was used to deliver iPads to a remote mountain community in southern Taiwan yesterday, as kids prepare to go back to school in villages left cut-off after roads and bridges were destroyed by floods earlier this month. Forty-two iPads were among the 600 kilogram load of essential supplies airlifted by a National Airborne Service Corp Helicopter yesterday, August 24. The iPads were purchased by the Kaohsiung City Government Education Bureau, and delivered to Zhangshan Elementary School to help

Mustard Seed Mission volunteers load truck with essential supplies for disadvantaged families

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August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 Guest Commentary 0 Comment COVID-19, economy, Mustard Seed Mission

Press Release: Mustard Seed Mission The nationwide lockdown has caused the highest unemployment rate in 10 years and even affected the right of the child to education. The Mustard Seed Mission (MSM) conducted a survey on the impact of the epidemic on its long-served families and found that among the 3,182 valid samples, 46.9% of served families were financially affected, and about 29.3% of families have reduced income by more than 1/3, and 17.4 % of families have been experiencing

Italian national arrested after attempted robbery of convenience store

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July 10, 2021July 10, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment New Taipei City, Tucheng District

An Italian national who was sentenced to two years in prison for attempting to rob a convenience store in New Taipei City last year lost his appeal to the Supreme Court and will serve the full term before being deported, according to United Daily News. Bruno Giuliano Maicol, aged in his 30s, was sentenced in November 2020 after being found guilty of an attempted armed robbery in which he held a pair of scissors to a female convenience store clerk’s

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June 30, 2021June 30, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment child-safety, Taichung City

A seven-year-old boy who was repeatedly thrown by his judo coach and an older classmate until he was unconscious, has died after spending 70 days in a coma in a hospital in Taichung City. Doctors at Fengyuan Hospital removed life support systems in the presence of the boy’s parents yesterday evening, and the boy, named Huang, was declared dead at around 9:00 pm, June 29. See previous story: 7-year-old brain-dead after being thrown more than 20 times in judo class

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June 13, 2021June 13, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment drunk people, highrise-rescue, Keelung City

A man in Keelung City was rescued by firefighters after his foot got stuck in a fourth floor apartment’s window bars, leaving him dangling precariously late last night, June 12. Mr Wang, who is said to be in his 50s, and was reported to be very drunk, first drew the attention of police after neighbors reported a disturbance on the roof of a five storey residential building in Xinfeng Street at around 11:00 pm. Police found that Mr Wang was

life survival supply kits for vulnerable families prepared by Mustard Seed Mission, Taiwan

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June 12, 2021June 12, 2021 Guest Commentary 0 Comment charity, COVID-19, Mustard Seed Mission

Press release by Mustard Seed Mission Taiwan has experienced a severe rise in COVID-19 cases since May and a nationwide level 3 COVID-19 alert has been extended to June 28th. Some industries have stopped work, and schools are closed. With a network of 9,000 community partners all over Taiwan, including caring stores and partner churches, the Mustard Seed Mission (MSM) has been providing assistance to vulnerable families and people in need by launching emergency relief funds, epidemic prevention kits, and

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June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment COVID-19, Nantou County

Police in Nantou County raided a funeral and issued fines to eleven family members, Saturday, June 5, after neighbors informed the police of an illegal gathering. Chen Zhiwen, deputy sub-director of the Puli Police Station said that police had received a report Saturday that “twenty to thirty” people had gathered in Guoxing Township, against epidemic alert Level 3 mandates that limit gatherings to a maximum of five people indoors, and 10 people outdoors. Police rushed to the scene to find

President of Legislative Yuan, You Si-kun

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May 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment adultery, constitution, legislative-yuan

Adultery will no longer be a criminal offense after Taiwan’s parliamentary body, the Legislative Yuan approved the deletion of Article 239 of the Criminal Code on the third reading today, May 31. The removal of the law comes after Constitutional Interpretation No.791 by the Judicial Yuan’s Constitutional Court May 29, 2020 determined that Article 239 of the criminal code was unconstitutional and thus immediately invalidated. Article 239 reads: “A married person who commits adultery with another shall be sentenced to

woman confronted by paramedics after being reported for sunbathing

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May 21, 2021May 21, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment COVID-19, New Taipei City

A woman sunbathing outside a sports stadium in New Taipei City was apparently misidentified as an accident victim, after a concerned member of the public witnessed her lying in the sun while not wearing a surgical mask yesterday, May 20. The New Taipei City Fire Department received a report at 8:00 am that a woman was lying on the ground and not wearing a mask on the terraced steps outside the Xinzhuang Gymnasium. Paramedics rushed to the scene dressed in

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May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration, Port of Taichung, Taiwan Strait

A man was arrested at Taichung Harbor yesterday after crossing the Taiwan Strait from Fujian Province, China in an outboard-motor-powered inflatable boat. Coast Guard officers and harbor police were alerted to the man’s arrival at the Taichung Harbor West Warf at around 2:00 am yesterday. The 33-year-old man named Zhou said that he is from Sichuan Province and had purchased the boat and motor on Huabao.com for RMB16,000. He also purchased four fuel containers with a capacity of 125 liters.

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April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment littering, Miaoli County

The Miaoli County Environmental Protection Bureau announced today that it has already received reports of 10,994 littering cases of which 90% consisted of dropping cigarette butts via the “Incentive Measures for Violation of Waste Clearance Cases” system this year. Two informants reported more than 800 cases of littering in a single month, and if every case results in a fine, each of those two informants will have earned more than NT$384,000 (US$13,672). The calculation is based on a fine of

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iPads delivered by helicopter to kids living in stranded mountain communities

Mustard Seed Mission Helps more than 1,000 Taiwan Disadvantaged Families during COVID-19 Outbreak

Italian man loses appeal in attempted armed robbery case

Judo boy dies after 70 days in a coma

Man rescued after getting stuck hanging upside down from 4th floor window

Mission helps vulnerable families as COVID restrictions shut down jobs, schools

Cops raid family funeral and issue fines after neighbors inform of illegal gathering

Crime of adultery wiped from Taiwan statute books

Concerned citizen calls 119 on sunbathing woman

Chinese man crosses Taiwan Strait in inflatable boat: yearning for freedom and democracy

Snitches get riches reporting cigarette butt littering in Miaoli County