Taipei is now seeing a 10-percent annual growth rate in the number of HIV patients, the city's Department of Health (DOH) said yesterday, adding that most of the patients are infected through unprotected sex.

Police have arrested a wanted drug trafficker who has repeatedly evaded capture in a modified BMW convertible.

Construction on the Taipei Dome will be completed toward the end of 2015 — a year and a half later than previously estimated, Farglory Dome Co. Ltd. Chairman Chao Teng-hsiung (趙藤雄) said yesterday.

New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫) yesterday said two new underground reservoirs in Linkou District, with a total capacity of 50,000 tons of water, will be completed in 2015 and hopefully solve the area's constant water shortage.

Police said yesterday that they have determined the likely identity of a decapitated head and are zeroing in on a suspect.

Prosecutors yesterday ruled to uphold the controversial bail decisions for three suspects in the high-profile case dubbed “Murder Cafe.”

National Taiwan University (NTU) said yesterday that the school will increase patrols and enforcement after discovering free sex service flyers on campus recently.

Japanese and Chinese tourists like to visit the National Palace Museum (NPM), while European and American tourists favor Maokong (貓空), according to research released by the Taipei Department of Information and Tourism (DOIT).

A Taiwanese hot air balloon carrying Taitung Magistrate Justin Huang (黃健庭) took off Wednesday 7:20 a.m. local time in Australia's capital city Canberra as part of the Southern Hemisphere's largest ballooning festival.

New Taipei police authorities last week arrested four gangsters belonging to the Bamboo Union (竹聯幫), one of the major organized crime gangs in Taiwan, over alleged extortion, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said yesterday.