Vietnam ranks first at world powerboat race

Binh Dinh: Vietnam secured the first place at the Binh Dinh Grand Prix of the UIM F1H2O World Championship, the flagship international series of single-seater inshore circuit powerboat racing, which took place in Quy Nhon city, the south central provi…

Wood, furniture industry advised to make operational reforms

HCM City: Experts have suggested domestic businesses in the wood and furniture industry to quickly reform their operations, and invest more in research and development, and design to create high added values.

Wood and furniture exports have faced a h…

Offshore wind industry to create thousands of jobs: conference

Hanoi: Existing staff working in the oil sector, and those who work building construction on the sea, electricity plants and marine industry can move to work in various technical positions in the offshore wind sector.

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Construction worker yields P7.4-M shabu in Lapu-Lapu sting op

CEBU CITY: A construction worker yielded more than a kilo of illegal drugs worth PHP7.4 million during a sting operation in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu province on Black Saturday afternoon.

The Lapu-Lapu City Police intelligence unit said the 20-year-old su…

Marcos names Peralta as PNP OIC

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has designated Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Peralta as the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) following the retirement of Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr.

‘In the exigency of the service, and to ens…

BI aborts departure of female trafficking victim, recruiter

MANILA: The Bureau of Immigration (BI) warned the public about another trafficking scheme luring women to work in sex trade abroad.

In a belated report released Easter Sunday, the BI said it stopped a female victim and her supposed partner on March 2…

Italian football team Napoli takes knee before match to protest racism

ANKARA: Italian football team Napoli’s players took a knee before a league match Saturday to support their Brazilian teammate, Juan Jesus, who claimed he was racially abused during a match.

Before kick-off against Atalanta which the defending Italian…