The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
As a gesture of appreciation to the country’s modern day heroes, the newly completed Clark International Airport terminal building has dedicated a transit lounge exclusively for the use of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
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August, 2021
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6 August
Solaire’s vaccine initiative starts with team members
Solaire Resort and Casino, the Philippines’ leading luxury integrated resort, began rolling out its vaccination program for its Team Members (employees) in the last week of June.
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July, 2021
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28 July
SMDC rolls out vaccination program for all its residents and employees
The race to stop the spread of Covid-19 through vaccination continues and SM Development Corporation (SMDC) is stepping on the gas to protect its residents and employees.
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27 July
Summer Games open under Covid cloud
The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was held July 23, 2021 in a nearly empty stadium after a year-long pandemic postponement and a build-up marred by scandal and controversy.
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27 July
Duterte adds 100K allowance to athletes at Tokyo
Just before the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, President Rodrigo Duterte granted additional P100,000 allowance to the 19 Filipino athletes and six paralympians participating at the Tokyo Olympics “as a token and to celebrate the achievement” of the athletes qualified for the Olympics and Paralympics.
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27 July
Fil-Am Lee Kiefer takes gold in foil fencing
Filipino-American Lee Kiefer fencer, representing USA, won the gold in the women’s individual foil fencing, defeating defending champion Inna Deriglazova of Russia in the Tokyo Olympics.
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27 July
PSC chief comforts Yulo
The pressure of winning the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medal is taking a toll on Filipino athletes competing in the world’s biggest sports spectacle in Tokyo, Japan.
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27 July
USA loses first Olympic basketball game since 2004
Team USA, led by NBA All-Star Kevin Durant, suffered a stunning loss, 83-76, from France, snapping an Olympic winning streak stretching back to the 2004 Athens Games.
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27 July
Germans wears full-body suit at Tokyo qualifications
The German women’s gymnastics team wore full-body suits at the Tokyo Olympics, saying their fashion choice went against the sexualization of their sport and showed that women could wear what they choose.
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27 July
Duterte’s last SONA (hopefully)
As President Duterte boasts of his administration’s spectacular achievements over the last five years at his last State of the Nation Address (SONA), his avid drumbeaters offer only lame excuses for the failure to act on –
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