The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
Ending the year with a bang, Honda Philippines, Inc. (HPI) officially undraped another three new Big Bike models starring the 1.8 million-peso scorching red giant GOLDWING, and two Neo Sports Cafe Roadsters; the CB650R and CB1000R, at a press conference in Paranaque City, December 18, 2018, Tuesday.
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January, 2019
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7 January
German central bank remains optimistic
Just before Christmas, the German central bank published its monthly report with a bright outlook for the German economy several years ahead – but that was not enough to reassure the financial markets.
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December, 2018
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10 December
Ex-boxing champ proves there’s life outside the ring
By Danny Simon Remember Filipino boxing great, Rolando Bohol?
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10 December
Underemployment rate drops to lowest
The country’s underemployment rate fell to its lowest in over a decade, indicating the improvement of the quality of work nationwide, the National Economic and Development Authority said.
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10 December
Lifestyle probe on Piñol
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol volunteers to undergo a lifestyle check to clear his name amid what he claims as “orchestrated” insinuations of his involvement in anomalous rice importation transactions.
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10 December
Border heroes
By Jann Ryan P. Padua Leaving the country to work in a foreign land, driven by the need to provide for the needs of the family. It is always a difficult decision. Dubbed as “modern-day heroes”, Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) have their own adventures and struggles to deal with head on.
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10 December
DoH proposes ‘malwards’ in target hospitals
By Tracy Cabrera In addressing the problem of malnutrition in the country, the Department of Health (DoH) is proposing the establishment of malnutrition wards in target hospitals to combat the growing rate of malnutrition in government medical facilities.
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10 December
Treasury mulls timing of Marawi bond issuance
Dominguez III said the Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) is studying the “exact timing” of the issuance of the Marawi bonds in relation to the schedule of the delivery of the pledges raised by the government from the international community last week in Davao City.
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10 December
Reforms to create 1.4M jobs in 10 yrs
The Duterte administration’s tax reform package that aims to lower the corporate income tax (CIT) and overhaul the country’s “convoluted” fiscal incentives system is projected to generate some 1.4 million jobs, mostly in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), over the next decade and create a business environment conducive to inclusive growth, according to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III.
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10 December
PHINMA’s CEO gets global award
Last November 24, 2018, in Lisbon, Portugal, PHINMA President and CEO Ramon R. del Rosario, Jr. was presented with the inaugural Business as a Noble Vocation Award at the UNIAPAC World Congress 2018.
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