Universal bank Union Bank’s EON project has garnered recognition from numerous international award-giving bodies.

Credit watchdog Moody’s Investors Service said the Asian Liquidity Stress Indicator (Asian LSI), which measures the strength of financial system in the region, decreased in November 2017 to 26.4 percent from 27.6 percent in October.

Telecom giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) financial technology unit FINTQ and affiliate Smart’s Voyager Innovations are targeting to include 30 million Filipinos into the financial system by 2020 through a project in collaboration with the Liga ng mga Barangay (Liga), the association of local government units with the largest membership representing barangays nationwide.

The regulator Governance Commission for Government –owned and/or –controlled corporations (GCG) and the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) gave the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) the highest score in the Corporate Governance Scorecard for GOCCs for 2016.

By Riza Lozada Universal bank BDO Unibank Inc. is pioneering the issuance of so-called green bonds after re- cently raising $150 million from process.

Seven groups, including large Chinese companies, submitted offers to design and build a passenger terminal that would triple existing capacity of the Clark International Airport, which is being positioned as alternate to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) covering Binalonan to Pozorrubio has been opened to motorists after the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) issued the toll operation permit to Private Infrastructure Development Corp. (PIDC), a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation.

The United States supreme court has ruled a travel ban proposed by president Donald Trump on visitors from six mainly Muslim countries can go into full effect.

Geneva, Switzerland—Drunk passengers urinating on others. Passengers fighting with each other. And some trying to open the emergency exit door during a flight.

Five consortia were shortlisted as contractor for the P12.5 billion expansion project of the Clark International Airport which is being developed as an alternative gateway to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).