The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

The COVID-19 pandemic sledgehammered Asia Pacific airlines the most as passenger demand plunged 41% at the start of travel restrictions last February, according to the latest International Air Transport Association (IATA) data.

Despite a Luzon-wide lockdown, construction of the ₱9.36-billion Clark International Airport’s new passenger terminal building is almost complete, according to Megawide, project proponent.

The MVP group of companies, led by PLDT and Smart Communications, donated a fleet of 30 units of Toyota Vios sedans and cargo vans to the country’s Armed Forces of the Philippines.

The automotive industry is offering its expertise and manpower to the hospital sector as it gears up to build mechanical ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic, an initiative that is being met with some skepticism.

There is no “Plan B” for the Olympics if they need to be postponed again because of the coronavirus pandemic, Tokyo organizers said.

Asia’s top football tournaments will go ahead this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, although games may have to be played behind closed doors.

Philippine triathlon poster girls Kim Mangrobang and Kim Kilgroe are aware they could lose their chance to represent the country in the Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 global lockdown that prevent them from participating in qualifying tournaments.

Volleyball stars across the country hosted online raffles for their personal jerseys and other memorabilia to raise funds to buy medical supplies for COVID-19 frontliners.

The top US health and infectious disease specialist says reopening of professional sports leagues in America is possible only if athletes play games inside empty stadiums.

Queen Elizabeth II thanked healthcare workers on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus outbreak, promising a united effort would help defeat the disease.