The national government is looking to utilize renewable energy in Mindanao by shutting down coal power plants and improve the capacity of the Agus River hydroelectric system, according to the ... ( read original story ...)
Truck driver among 7 charged in Taiwan train crash
Authorities in Taiwan on Friday charged seven people -- including the operator of a crane truck -- in a train crash that killed dozens of people earlier this month. ( read original story ...)
Biden and Suga to tout united front on Taiwan: official
US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga were to present a united front on Taiwan in a summit meeting yesterday, a senior US government official said. Biden and Suga were ... ( read original story ...)
Biden, Suga meet at White House, Taiwan statement expected
Suga is the first foreign leader to visit the US since Biden took office, underscoring US emphasis on the Indo-Pacific. ( read original story ...)
PH sets 75% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions
THE Philippines has set a 75-percent greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and avoidance target by 2030, according to the Department of Finance (DoF). In a statement on Friday, the DoF said the goal ... ( read original story ...)
The Philippines’ Nationally Determined Contribution
A few days ago, the President, who also sits as the chairman of the Climate Change Commission, as provided under Republic Act (RA) 9729, otherwise known as the “Climate Change Act of 2009,” has ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Taiwan says U.S. understood its ‘special’ situation in currency report
The U.S. decision not to brand Taiwan a currency manipulator was a reflection of the effective communication between the two sides and Washington understanding the island's "special" economic ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. stops short of declaring Vietnam, Switzerland, Taiwan currency manipulators
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday said Vietnam, Switzerland and Taiwan tripped its thresholds for possible currency manipulation under a 2015 U.S. trade law, but refrained from formally branding ... ( read original story ...)
U.S. says Vietnam, Switzerland and Taiwan violate currency thresholds
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday said it will continue enhanced engagement with Vietnam and Switzerland, and initiate similar talks with Taiwan after concluding all three countries met the ... ( read original story ...)
ASUS ROG 5 Is The Most Powerful Gaming Smartphone You Can Get But It’s Definitely An Overkill
ASUS’s Republic of Gamers Phone 5 or ROG 5 is the latest gaming smartphone from the Taiwanese company hitting the Indian market soon. The smartphone for what it’s worth does what it advertises, i.e. ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-U.S. says Vietnam, Switzerland and Taiwan violate currency thresholds
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday said it will continue enhanced engagement with Vietnam and Switzerland, and initiate similar talks with Taiwan after concluding all three countries met the ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan train crash: truck driver charged with negligent homicide
Forty-nine people died when train hit a railway maintenance vehicle that slid down an embankment ... ( read original story ...)
Taiwan Charges Man With Causing Deadliest Rail Accident in Decades
The driver of a crane truck that slid down an embankment — into the path of an oncoming express train — faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Designates Taiwan a Currency Manipulator
The country’s central bank continues to actively intervene in the foreign-exchange market, the Treasury Department said in its semiannual report analyzing economic policies of major U.S. trading ... ( read original story ...)
The gloves are off when it comes to Taiwan
Australians should be worried about Taiwan, where the threat of a new great power conflict is fast rising, prompting planners in Canberra to consider the unthinkable. ( read original story ...)
Time to Take Taiwan Studies Beyond America
Having long been relegated to the fringes of sinological research, Taiwan studies is finally establishing itself as an independent, interdisciplinary field of studies. This development has important ... ( read original story ...)