CAL vaccine delivery flight completely avoided flying over China and Chinese Flight Information Region

China Airlines Cargo unloading vaccines at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment china-airlines, vaccine

The first batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Taoyuan International Airport this evening, and aircraft watchers noted that the flight path deviated significantly from the usual route, completely avoiding flying over Chinese airspace, Apple Daily reported today, May 28. Flight CI5556 landed at 5:00 pm after taking off from Dubai earlier in the day. Originally scheduled to land at 3:57 pm, the flight was delayed for around one hour in Dubai. Apple Daily suggested that the flight delay was

Health and Safety

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment building fall, Kaohsiung City

A female university student fell from the 6th floor of a building onto a roof 5 floors below, in Kaohsiung City in the early hours of this morning, but remained conscious and is not seriously injured, according to reports today, May 28. Kaohsiung City Fire Department received a report that a person had fallen from a residential building in Gushan District at around 1:00 am. Firefighters found the 22-year-old woman, named Tsai on a roof on the first floor. Tsai

Business and Economy

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment immigration, National Immigration Agency

Foreigners in Taiwan whose residency permits are about to expire do not have to apply for an extension, as an automatic 30-day validity period has been implemented during the Level-3 epidemic restrictions, the National Immigration Agency announced today, May 28. The NIA stated that, based on the priority of epidemic prevention, and the safety and rights of foreign residents, for those whose residence permit validity is about to expire, the residence period will be automatically extended for 30 days, for

Traffic Accidents

May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Taichung City

Firefighters found the burned corpse of a driver after extinguishing a fire that consumed a car after a crash in in Taichung City this morning, May 27. The Taichung City Fire Department received reports that a car was ablaze after crashing through a fence in a dead end street in Daya District at around 9:30 am. Two fire trucks, an ambulance, and five personnel were dispatched to the scene of the blaze in Fenglin Street. After extinguishing the fire, firefighters

Weather

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment meiyu front, plum-rain

Taiwan will begin to be affected by the first rainy season Meiyu front starting Saturday, bringing significant rainfall that will help to relieve the current drought, according to meteorologist Der-Romg Wu (吳德榮), writing in his column Boss Weather News for SETN. The former Central Weather Bureau Forecasting Center director said that the stationary front that affected Taiwan Sunday and Monday, has now weakened and moved northward. There is still a chance of brief, isolated showers or thunderstorms, mainly in mountainous

Protest

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments China expansionism, Chinese Communist Party, Hong Kong

The Vice-Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, former Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying has raised the reward offered for information on the whereabouts of a young woman who became a symbol for protesters in Hong Kong in 2019. The existing reward of HK$400,000 was raised to HK$1 million (US$128,820) via Leung’s “803 Fund” after a newspaper report revealed, yesterday, May 25, that the “broken eye girl” as Chinese language reports call her,

Drugs

May 25, 2021May 25, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment cannabis cultivation, marijuana, migrant workers, Pingtung County

A group of migrant workers were charged for growing cannabis, and producing marijuana cigarettes in Pingtung County, Sunday, and will also be fined for breaching epidemic restrictions, Liberty Times, and United Daily News reported today, Tuesday, May 25. Ligang Police Sub-bureau received a report claiming that someone was growing marijuana and making marijuana cigarettes, leading to an investigation that culminated in a raid on a property in Yanpu Township at around 3:00 pm, Sunday. Police arrested six Thai and Vietnamese

Weather

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment rain

The Central Weather Bureau issued heavy rain and extremely heavy rain warnings for parts of Taiwan extending from the north to mountain districts in the south, and much of the east coast this afternoon, as the influence of a front saw the development of strong convective cloud systems in some coastal and mountain areas. Heavy rain alerts were issued for a total of 16 counties and cities, with extremely heavy rain alerts issued for Keelung City, Taipei City, New Taipei

Ko Wen-je and Hou You-yi the twin city mayors

Politics

May 24, 2021May 25, 2021 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment china unification party, COVID-19, information warfare

Taiwan managed to keep the lid on COVID by being smarter than most other countries, more wary perhaps, by being closer to the original source of the virus, and most importantly by avoiding mass testing, using technologies that were questionable for use for even for well-known disease agents. During early days of the outbreak, in 2020, Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Central Epidemic Control Center (CECC) decided to implement border controls, put people into a 14 day quarantine upon

child on ledge outside window on 7th floor

Health and Safety

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment child-safety, Taoyuan City

A 7-year-old girl was seen climbing out the window of a 7th-floor apartment and walking along a narrow ledge of a residential building in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Friday. The Taoyuan City Fire Department received reports about a little girl of a ledge of the building at 11:53 am, May 21, according to a Liberty Times report. The fire department dispatched 10 personnel to the scene, but fortunately, by the time firefighters arrived, the girl had already been taken back

Stupid Criminals

May 23, 2021May 23, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Hsinchu County, robbery

A man who reported the theft of his motorcycle was promptly arrested when a police officer recognized him as a suspect seen on traffic monitor footage during an investigation into four shop robberies in Hsinchu County, yesterday, May 22. The 30-year-old man, named Luo, threatened storekeepers with a hammer, demanding they hand over their cash at four traditional grocery stores in Hukou and Xinfeng districts late yesterday afternoon. Escaping on a scooter with a surgical mask covering the license plate,

CAL vaccine delivery flight completely avoided flying over China and Chinese Flight Information Region

Uni student survives 5-storey fall after leaving her key at home

Foreign residency permits automatically extended 30 days, unlimited during Level-3 and above epidemic alert

Burned corpse of driver found in car after crash and fire in Taichung City

“Plum rain” rainy season front expected to bring significant rain starting Saturday

CCP plutocrat offers Hong Kong $1,000,000 reward to rat-out protest icon “eye girl” believed to be in Taiwan

Migrant workers caught growing cannabis, breaching epidemic restrictions in Pingtung County

Much-needed rain soaks parts of Taiwan, but brings minor flooding and rockfalls

How China undermines Taiwan’s national anti-COVID success with local-government actors

Little girl safe after climbing out of 7th-floor window while grandma not paying attention

Man who robbed four shops gets instant karma when he reports scooter theft