A major turning point with enormous implications in the accountancy practice was handed down by the Supreme Court lately. The en banc decision on petition for certiorari by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) challenging the original decision of the Regional Trial Court of Davao City that...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- The president of this year's COP28 climate talks, who heads one of the world's biggest oil companies, on Saturday urged a focus on lower emissions, warning global energy needs were set to accelerate. United Arab Emirates' Minister of State and CEO of the Abu Dhabi...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has categorically declared that "no deal" was firmed up with the Chinese government on any joint oil and gas exploration activities at the disputed West Philippine Sea, including the Recto Bank which is reckoned as a gas-rich domain of the Philippines. Energy...
A Makabayan bloc member in the House of Representatives is prodding President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro made this call a...
Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Wednesday, December 21 said the death of Jose Maria Sison should propel the government to renew its peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines and other remaining leftist groups. “This is the right time to resume peace talks locally. Local peace...
Two European countries have agreed to step up their partnership with the Philippines in defense technology and digitalization as President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. sought their respective government's support to digitalize the country's military as well as counter cyberattacks. Marcos'...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. will be conducting bilateral talks with at least 10 state leaders from the European Union to bolster the Philippine ties with the Western world, an official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday. The countries whose leaders the President...
High-ranking officials of the Philippine Navy (PN) and the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) engaged in a productive discussion in Busan, South Korea recently which showed the “developing cooperation” between the two navies. (L-R) Commo. Jose Ma. Ambrosio Ezpleta, Philippine Navy Chief of Naval...
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt -- UN chief Antonio Guterres urged rich and developing nations to stop the "finger pointing" at deadlocked climate talks on Thursday and reach a deal on covering the losses suffered by vulnerable countries battered by weather disasters. United Nations Secretary General...
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt -- UN climate talks got a boost Wednesday as Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launched the country back into the battle to curb warming and global leaders reaffirmed key pledges. Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a document as he...
United States Vice President Kamala Harris will hold bilateral talks with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and her Filipino counterpart, Sara Duterte, in her visit to the Philippines starting Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. Harris will be arriving in the country on the night of Nov. 20 after her trip to...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—The governments of the Philippines and Vietnam have agreed to bolster ties on defense and maritime security, among other areas of cooperation, as various state leaders warned of a volatile condition in the Indo-Pacific region. Such an agreement came as President Ferdinand...
