Taipei, Feb. 26 (CNA) Heavy traffic has been reported on freeways across Taiwan on Saturday as people return home or flock to major tourist hotspots around the country at the start of the three-day "228" long weekend.
Taipei, Feb. 23 (CNA) The Yilan District Court on Wednesday rejected a request by prosecutors to detain Yilan County Magistrate Lin Zi-miao (林姿妙) in an alleged corruption case, ordering her freed on NT$800,000 (US$28,700) bail instead.
Taipei, Dec. 25 (CNA) Four people were injured in a multiple vehicle pileup on a section of the upgraded Suhua Highway near the northbound exit of the Su'ao Tunnel in Yilan County on Saturday, according to local police.
Taipei, Dec. 3 (CNA) The driver of a tour bus which crashed into an embankment on the Suhua Highway that left six dead earlier this year was sentenced to 1.5 years in prison on Friday.
Taipei, Nov. 30 (CNA) The opposition New Power Party (NPP) urged the government Tuesday to tighten measures in overseeing safety at public works construction sites in Taiwan, as the number of worker deaths and injuries on these sites has been high for the past few years.