The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
by Boy Villasanta Everything is heading towards the road to full recovery. That is what Queen of All Media Kris Aquino and one of her most trusted writer-friends Dindo Balares have been harping on social media appearances. According to Dindo, it’s obvious in Kris’ physical looks that she is on the speedy healing process from life-threatening autoimmune diseases she has …
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February, 2026
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8 February
The business enterprise of Valentine shows
Valentine’s like Christmas is an occasion deeply rooted in tradition, global or indigenous, cultural and otherwise. It is a season when the celebration is also founded on religion. It is because Valentine’s Day commemorates the martyrdom of St. Valentine on February 14 thousand of years ago. St. Valentine He was martyred because of his defense of epilepsy and other causes. …
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8 February
Wanted: A fitting tribute to Rannie, Lance Raymundo’s dad
The socio-civic fraternal organization Eagles has gone a long way. It has continuously invited and accepted explorers to its expanding membership. Thanks to Danilo H. Raymundo, also known as Nilo Raymundo or “Haring Agila Nilo Raymundo,” dad of pop idols Rannie and Lance Raymundo and husband of veteran actress Nina Zaldua. For everyone’s information, Nilo Raymundo was the Founder of …
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8 February
Amazing Diva Armida Zuniega, the rose among the thorns of sportsmen
These are the guys from Cabuyao City, Laguna: Sonny Tapia, Butch Marana, Boy Diamante and Ferdie Medina. They are the so-called Cabuyao Boys—a name this columnist has just christened them. They are a bunch of golfers to reckon with. They aren’t sophomores in the field, though. As a matter of course, they have been around …
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8 February
Phl to still depend on rice imports
BEYOND ELLIPTICALBy Rose Marie de la Cruz THE LAST quarter of 2025, the Department of Agriculture was boasting that a coming good palay production– arising from less storms and floods that normally destroy the crops– would assure the country of less imports of the staple. And then, earlier this year I read about DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel talking about …
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8 February
Fisheries output slid to lowest level in over two decades
By Rose de la Cruz OVERFISHING, illegal fishing and other destructive methods by local and foreign fishing vessels have caused output to decline to its lowest level in over two decades to 3.96 million metric tons in 2025 or by 2.51 percent. Unless the government shows a determined effort to protect the marine resources and shelter small communal fishermen from …
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8 February
Government interventions up milk output to record 43.3-M liters
GOVERNMENT interventions in the dairy sector caused milk output to rise to a record 43.3 million liters in 2025 or by 12.17 percent from 38.6 million liters in 2024. The value of dairy production hit P1.67 billion that year. Administrator Marcus Antonius Andaya of the National Dairy Authority (NDA) attributed the growth in milk output to the effectiveness of the …
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8 February
Regulation on artificial sweeteners pushed
THE sugar industry made a united front in pushing for regulation in the importation and use of artificial sweeteners which had threatened the very survival of the country’s sugarcane sector. In a signed manifesto, received by the Sugar Regulatory Administration last January 30, the Department of Agriculture and SRA were asked to prevent, if not stop, the growing influx of …
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8 February
Phl places 2nd as top banana exporter
FOR ABOUT TWO years, the Philippines lost its 2nd place footing as top banana exporter. But last year, it regained such rank in what is seen as a vote of confidence for the country’s agricultural strategy and a springboard for more more aggressive export expansion, the Department of Agriculture said in a press release. DA Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel …
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8 February
EastWest Bank eyes mid-teen growth in assets, loans
East West Banking Corporation (EastWest Bank) expects low- to mid-teen growth in assets and loans this year, building on strong performance in 2025. While full-year results for last year are yet to be released, the bank reported that as of end-October, net income rose 14 percent to ₱6.6 billion, revenues grew 16 percent to ₱37.3 billion, and consumer lending increased …
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