Rain Predicted to bring Cool Respite from Record May Temperatures

May 31, 2018May 31, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drought, heat-wave

[Picture: Renyitan Reservoir, which supplies water in the Chiayi area.] Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau forecasts say that a rainy front will arrive tomorrow, June 1, bringing rain to northern Taiwan, and reducing temperatures to a range between 24°C and 29°C in New Taipei City and northern districts. Central and southern Taiwan will see rain isolated mostly to the mountain districts. The CWB said the temperatures in central Taiwan will range between 26°C to 33°C, while the south will experience 26°C

products fell off supermarket shelves in Taitung City

Earthquakes

May 31, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Taitung

A series of 4 shallow quakes offshore of Taitung City this morning caused sirens to sound, sending residents to seek the safety of the outdoors. The largest of the quakes measured 4.6 at the epicenter but was felt as a magnitude 5 in the city. The first, and strongest tremor hit at 9:03am at a depth of 7.4km, 13.1km north-east of the city, and was followed by aftershocks of magnitude 3.9, 3.5, and 3.5, at 9:04am, 9:17am, and 9:19am, respectively.

guns and drugs found in old tv set at recycling plant

Crime and Criminals

May 31, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment amphetamines, drugs, firearms, guns

Guns and drugs suspected of belonging to a man currently serving time in prison for drugs offenses fell out of a television at a recycling plant in Taichung City the other day. Police traced the origin of the TV to the home of the suspect’s family in Changhua County. The broken television had sat in the family home for more than 10 years. The Tsai family recently had a new television installed, and asked the technician to take away the

Student from Burkino Faso interacts with Taiwanese students at junior high school in Keelung City

Society

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Burkino Faso, foreign students, Keelung, trade and diplomacy

A post-graduate student of Taiwan’s Central Police University met junior high school students in Keelung to say an emotional goodbye, after his country caved into pressure from the People’s Republic of China, and broke diplomatic relations with Taiwan last week. Zhou De-si (Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of: 周德思), went to Keelung’s Cheng Gong Junior High School today to farewell students and staff with whom he had shared the culture and customs of Burkino Faso during his stay in Taiwan. The multi-lingual

woman in intensive care unit after suffering heatstroke

Weather

May 29, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Changhua County, heat-wave, heatstroke, Hot weather

A woman in Changhua County collapsed on the roadside, and was found to have a body temperature of 41.5°C after being rushed to hospital. Medical staff in the emergency department of Changhua Christian Hospital applied ice to the unconscious woman’s body until her temperature dropped to 38°C, and the patient regained consciousness. The unidentified woman, around 60 years-old was then transferred to the intensive care unit to be kept under observation. Police are currently attempting to identify the woman and

record temperatures for May in Taipei City and Taiwan

Weather

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment heat-wave, hot, Taipei City, Taiwan

The Department of Health and Welfare reported that the number of people seeking hospital treatment for heat-related injuries this May is more than double for the same month last year, and the month isn’t over yet. According to statistics gathered from 180 hospitals around the nation, 335 people have sought treatment for heat-related symptoms so far this month, which is more than double the 160 cases reported for the whole month of May last year. Record May Temperatures Taiwan has

Violent Crimes

May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, murder, shooting, Tainan City

A man who showed up to a property in Tainan City armed with baseball bats, to menace a debtor, died after he was shot 10 times by the debtor. The 36 year old man named Chen pulled up outside a privately owned shrine in Annan District in the early hours of the morning with accomplices. The men were armed with baseball bats, and apparently intended to menace the 41 year-old owner of the shrine, Mr Huang. However, Huang picked up

security monitor footage of suspect in garden

Violent Crimes

May 28, 2018May 28, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Banciao, homicide, murder, New Taipei City

Police in Banciao District, New Taipei City, found seven plastic bags containing body parts buried in the garden of a building complex while investigating a missing person’s case, it was widely reported in Taiwan’s media today. A 27 year-old woman, named Huang, was reported missing by family members on May 26, after they failed to make contact with her for around one week. Ms Huang’s brother believed that she was being held against her will by her 28 year-old boyfriend

Violent Crimes

May 27, 2018May 27, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, murder, Taoyuan City

A man was arrested in Taoyuan after his daughter found her mother’s head and other body parts distributed in bags and boxes in a house in Taoyuan City yesterday, May 26. Yesterday, at around noon, the couple’s daughter visited the house and was shocked to find a pool of blood on the floor of the bathroom on the second floor. Her father, Mr Chen, told her that he had cut his foot. Later the same day, the daughter returned to

Crime and Criminals

May 25, 2018May 26, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Changhua, homicide, vigilante

Changhua City: Crowds gathered around the home of a man suspected to have sexually assaulted and murdered his 5 year old niece, while a vigilante group vandalized and broke into the house after rumors circulated on social media that the man had been released on bail. The suspect, who has not been named in media reports, was charged with attempted murder, after a girl was taken to a hospital after being beaten into a coma May 23. The charge was

injured person put into ambulance after knife attack

Violent Crimes

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment knife-attack, Taichung

A dentist died and two nurses were injured, one critically, after a man entered a dental clinic in Taichung city and attacked them with a knife this afternoon, May 24. Shortly after the clinic opened at 2:00pm, a 33 year-old man named Lai, whose sister worked at the clinic as a dental assistant, entered the clinic seeking his sister so he could borrow NT$1,000. The nursing staff, who were forewarned by the man’s sister, told the woman to hide and

Rain Predicted to bring Cool Respite from Record May Temperatures

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Debt Collector Shot and Killed in Tainan City

Remains of Missing Woman found Buried in Bags

Taoyuan Man Arrested for Killing and Dismembering Wife

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1 Dead and 2 Injured in Dental Clinic Knife Attack