The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

SM Foundation turned over its 28th military health center improvement project to the Marine Barracks Gregorio Lim Medical Dispensary in Ternate, Cavite, the basic training ground and home for over 800 rookie marines, as the Christmas gift of Mr. Henry Sy and children to the men in uniform.

In its monitoring today at the Commonwealth Market and various supermarkets in Quezon City, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) found that prices of agricultural products dipped to its most reasonable level while manufactured basic necessities and prime commodities are pegged at their Suggested Retail Prices (SRPs) or even lower.  The decline in the prices of agricultural products such …

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) advises the public to carefully check their Philippine banknotes for identifiable security features to ascertain their genuineness.  On 13 February 2018, the Navotas City Police arrested two counterfeiters who tried to pay a fish vendor using a counterfeit Php 1,000 banknote at the San Roque Public Market. The fish vendor, who doubted the authenticity …

Opens new routes to New Delhi, Hanoi & Phnom Penh in H1 of 2019

A global long-term development, or mega trend, appears to have accelerated through 2018 and the speed currently continues, opening-up new opportunities.

In 2019, will Angelica Panganiban still hold the romantic torch with Carlo Aquino? Not only were Angelica and Carlo a romantic item in real life. They were also featured in a film together and eventually casted in Jeffrey Jeturian’s rom-com TV caper “Playhouse.”

Queen of All Media Kris Aquino is indeed tough as a person.

The Land Bank of the Philippines will attain P15.5 billion in net income in 2018 as it closed the year with a robust performance.

In transnational leadership, the Filipino has come a long way, indeed.

No, I haven’t seen any of the eight official entries to the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival which reeled off on Christmas day and would end today.