General Tan Sri Datuk Seri Mohammad bin Ab Rahman, Chief of Malaysia’s Defence Force is paying an official visit to Vietnam from August 13-16, at the invitation of Sen. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Arm…

ANKARA: Starbucks announced Tuesday it is replacing chief executive officer (CEO) Laxman Narasimhan with Brian Niccol, the chairman and CEO of the fast-food restaurant chain Chipotle, amid a plunge in sales.

Niccol will take the helm on Sept. 9 while…

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 14 stressed law building as a key task for ministries and agencies this month, urging great efforts to complete the draft laws that are slated to be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and app…

DAVAO CITY: Two Chinese nationals were apprehended for bringing with them PHP2 million worth of illegal cigarettes here on Tuesday, police said.

In a statement, Col. Hansel Marantan, acting Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director, said the suspects,…

The 27th meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (DGICM) officially commenced in the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on August 14, under a th…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will hold a bilateral meeting with Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam who will arrive in the Philippines on Thursday for a three-day state visit, Malacañang announced Wednesday.

‘President Ferdinand R…

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee debated the draft Law on Value Added Tax (revised) at its thematic session on law building on August 14. According to Chairman of the NA’s Committee for Finance – Budget Le Quang Manh, the bill has four c…

MANILA: The country’s hospitality industry’s largest sale on accommodations is set to open on Sept. 1, the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association (HSMA) announced Wednesday.

At a media launch in Manila, the HSMA said its annual September Online Sale (…