Convenience store clerk stabbed to death after asking customer to wear mask

composite image of crime scene and suspect

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment convenience store, homicide, knife-attack, Taoyuan City

A convenience store clerk in Taoyuan City died after being stabbed in the chest by a customer he had asked to put on a mask this morning, November 21. According to reports, a 41-year-old man named Chiang entered a 7-11 store on Guangfeng Road in Guishan District at around 5:00 am. The 30-year-old clerk, named Tsai, requested that Chiang put on a facemask according to epidemic prevention regulations. Chiang, who lives upstairs in the same building as the convenience store,

composite image showing aftermath of scaffolding collapse

Health and Safety

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment construction industry, industrial-accident, New Taipei City, workplace-safety

Three workers died and two were injured after a scaffolding collapse on a metro construction site in Sanxia District, New Taipei City, today, November 20. According to reports, scaffolding collapsed at the construction site of the Sanying Line of the New Taipei Metro at the corner of Jiafu Road and Jiaxing Road at around 1:00 pm. Of five workers affected, four fell from a three-storey height, while one was caught in the scaffolding. Three of the workers lost vital signs

composite image showing snakebite and snake

Health and Safety

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Keelung City, snake-bite

Police in Keelung City provided a patrol car to escort a woman to hospital after she was bitten by a venomous snake Thursday, November 18. Ms Zhan was tending her flower garden at home in Qidu District, Thursday evening, when she was bitten on the ankle by a Taiwanese pit viper, also known as the Taiwan habu (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus). To save time, rather than call an ambulance, Zhan’s husband drove to Fuxing Police Station, and rushed in to inform the

composite image of vehicles after traffic accident on freeway

Traffic Accidents

November 20, 2021November 20, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment Chiayi County, freeway accident, National Freeway

Seven people were sent to hospital after a car slammed into the back of a broken down vehicle on the Zhongshan Freeway this morning, and it was just one of more than 5,500 cases of “failing to pay attention to traffic conditions in front of the vehicle” so far this year, the National Highway Police Bureau said. The Chiayi County Fire Department dispatched a total of six vehicles, including four ambulances after receiving reports of the accident at 12:28 am

gravel truck on fire in Hsinchu City, Taiwan

Traffic Accidents

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gravel-truck, Hsinchu City, truck-accident

The driver of a gravel truck died after he was trapped in the burning cabin of his vehicle following a collision with a chemical tanker in Hsinchu City today, November 19. The driver of a chemical tanker carrying liquid ammonia was slowing to a stop for a red light on the West Coast Highway when a gravel truck driven by a 72-year-old man, named Chen, plowed into his vehicle from behind. The violent impact caused the tanker to tip over

physician in China gives himself a colonoscopy

Health and Safety

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment medicine

A physician in Guangzhou Province, China, gave himself a gastroscopy and a colonoscopy, then removed polyps and hemorrhoids from his own rectum to show patients that getting a gastrointestinal endoscopy is “no big deal.” Zhang Weimin, Director of the Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases at the Guangzhou Southern Medical University of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine performed the procedures without anesthesia. “I talk to patients about the necessity of gastrointestinal endoscopy every day, but still encounter many patients

composite image of car and motorcycle crash

Traffic Accidents

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment heavy motorcycles, motorcycle accident, Pingtung County

A motorcyclist died after slamming into a car at high speed on a coastal highway in Pingtung County today, November 18. Traffic cam footage of the accident showed the driver of a Mercedes Benz sedan pulling out into traffic from a car park before a rider on a heavy motorcycle slammed into the vehicle without signs of braking on Provincial Highway 1 in Fangshan Township at 2:23 pm. The impact of the motorcycle hitting the car caused the car to

composite image of beached whale rescue and rehabilitation facility

Animals Marine and Fisheries

November 18, 2021November 19, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cetaceans, dolphin, marine conservation, Taiwan Cetacean Society

Marine conservationists are working in shifts in an attempt to keep a dolphin alive after it was found stranded on a beach at Su’ao in Yilan County, yesterday, November 17. The false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens), which is actually a species of oceanic dolphin, was reported stranded at around noon. Coast Guard officers and a veterinarian went to the scene to evaluate the dolphin’s condition and provide assistance. After examining the animal the coast guard and volunteers from the Taiwan

US China Economic and Security Review Commission

International Relations

November 18, 2021November 18, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment China expansionism, USA-Taiwan

A bipartisan congressional advisory group tasked with making an annual report on US-China relations urged US lawmakers to take urgent measures to strengthen the credibility of US military deterrence to potential Chinese aggression against Taiwan, Wednesday, November 17. The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) warned that a lack of clarity in U.S. policy could could fail to deter the Chinese Communist Party from opportunistic aggression against Taiwan. The report came just a day after a high profile meeting

composite image of owl and students in classroom

Animals

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Keelung City

Students and teachers at a high school in Keelung City were delighted when a collared scops owl (Otus lettia) perched in a classroom and stayed to observe lessons, yesterday, November 16. Nobody knows how the owl entered classroom 802 at Zhongzheng Junior High School, as all the windows and doors were closed reported United Daily News. But students discovered the visitor when they entered the classroom shortly after 7:00 am. The owl appeared to be unafraid of humans and sat

composite image of injured police officer and pedestrian crossing accident

Traffic Accidents

November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Hualien County, pedestrian-crossing

Police officers called to the scene of an accident in Hualien City yesterday were shocked to find their own police station chief had been hit by a car while walking on a zebra crossing. Chief Peng of the Fengchuan Police Station in the Hualien Police Precinct was hit by a taxi while crossing the road at the intersection of Guolian 4th Road and Guolian 5th Road at around 7:30 pm. Peng was returning to the station after working out at

Convenience store clerk stabbed to death after asking customer to wear mask

3 dead, 2 injured in metro construction site accident

Police escort helps rush woman to hospital after snakebite in Keelung City

7 injured in freeway accident: just one of more than 5.5k incidents of “not paying attention” so far this year

Gravel truck driver dies in fire after crashing into chemical tanker

Doctor performs colonoscopy, internal hemorrhoid surgery on himself

Rider dead, motorcycle embedded in car after high-speed crash

False killer whale rushed to rescue center after beaching on northeast coast

Bipartisan advisory group urges US Congress to get real on deterring China’s aggression against Taiwan

Owl visits classroom at Keelung City high school

Police Chief hit by car on pedestrian crossing in Hualien City