The saying” that “age does not matter” fits well for former President Fidel V. Ramos, who at 90 still plays golf with vigor aside from doing push-ups and sit-ups from time to time to keep him in shape.

State-owned Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank) has offered to buy Singapore Exchange Ltd.’s (SGX) 20 percent stake, or 1.25 million shares, in the Philippine Dealing System Holdings Corp. (PDSHC) at P350 apiece.

Political concerns in the US continue to worry investors resulting in the risk-off sentiment even in the Philippine equities market Thursday but the Philippine peso remained strong against the greenback.

The American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (AmCham) has welcomed the record-high foreign direct investment (FDI) that the country posted in 2017.

The Philippines is set to launch its planned RMB 1.46 billion-worth Panda bond soon, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said.

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company (Metrobank) has priced its stock rights offer at P75 per rights share, as it aims to raise P60 billion in fresh capital to grow its loan portfolio and support other strategic business initiatives.

The 2018 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, also known as BiFan, in Bucheon City, South Korea got in touch to assign me to write again the domestic film industry in the Philippines including the Top 3 box-office hits in 2017 in their book “Made in Asia,” a program meant for all Asian filmmakers and the region’s market trends.

There are already songs dedicated to the Overseas Filipino Workers or OFWs by the legendary folk singer Ferdinand “Ka Freddie” Pascual Aguilar namely “Kumusta Ka Aking Mahal?,” “Larawan” and “Pasko Ang Damdamin.” While these tunes border on the personal, they might be sentimental, saccharine, syrupy and mostly sensual and romantic that made them on top of the charts.

Economic managers approved the construction of 10 new bridges crossing the Pasig and Marikina rivers in Metro Manila and a massive flood control project in Mindanao, all included in the Duterte administration’s 75 flagship projects seen ushering in a “golden age of infrastructure.”

Following strong demand for manufacturing exports, with companies striving to deliver goods faster, global air freight demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), rose eight percent in January 2018 compared to the year-earlier period.