?Vietnam capable of earning 200 million USD per year from carbon credit trade

Hanoi: Vietnam is capable of selling some 40 million carbon credits for a revenue of 200 million USD annually, the Department of Forestry has calculated.

It said the country has freshly signed an emissions reduction purchase agreement with Emergent, …

PH embassy rejects China’s remarks vs. Ambassador Romualdez

MANILA: The Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. on Monday disputed the recent remarks of the Chinese Embassy in Manila against Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez.

In a statement, the Philippine Embassy said Romualdez is not a mouthpiece for ‘another …

BIR wins ‘ghost receipts’ case vs. Buildforce Trading Inc.

MANILA: Bureau of Internal Revenue Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. said the BIR won the criminal case against the corporate officers and accountant of Buildforce Trading Inc.

“Just this February 2024, we won criminal cases before the DOJ against the g…

Negros Oriental leaders unite, to field common bets in 2025 polls

DUMAGUETE: Political leaders in Negros Oriental have agreed to set aside differences by fielding common candidates in the 2025 midterm elections.

Negros Oriental 2nd District Rep. Manuel Sagarbarria made the announcement on Monday as the province com…

P68-M shabu seized in Cebu

CEBU CITY: Anti-drug operatives confiscated PHP68 million worth of suspected shabu during a sting operation near a cemetery that also led to the arrest of an alleged ‘bodegero’ (caretaker) and his brother on Monday morning.

Jaime Dajao, 47, who just …

US, China urged to engage in dialogue to limit nuclear arms build-up

MANILA: The United States and China both play an important role in maintaining strategic stability and limiting the proliferation of nuclear arms, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said on Monday.

Speaking at the Lowy Institute in Australia, Marcos s…

US funds study for PH vessel traffic management system expansion

MANILA: The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the US Trade Development Agency (USTDA) signed a grant agreement for a PHP55-million feasibility study on the expansion of the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) vessel traffic management sy…