The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

The House deliberations for the proposed 2019 national budget will begin as scheduled on Tuesday, July 31, House Appropriations Committee Chairman, Congressman Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles said.

The House of Representatives on Monday night reached a majority vote to formally install former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new Speaker, replacing Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez.

Senators have expressed optimism that the Organic law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), or the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), will finally end decades-long conflict in Mindanao.

Telecommunication firms will be cutting off their mobile services during President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday afternoon.

Adverse weather conditions caused by the southwest monsoon enhanced by tropical cyclones “Henry”, “Inday” and now “Josie” has now affected 203,035 families or 914,353 persons residing in 753 barangays located in Regions 1, 3, 4A (Calabarzon) 4B (Mimaropa), 6, Cordillera Administrative Region and the National Capital Region (NCR), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in its …

By Ben Cal Former president, Fidel V. Ramos, has welcomed South Korea’s move to help the Philippines modernize its defense capability.

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Jaime Morente announced that they have started issuing new arrival and departure cards for international passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as part of their continuing efforts to improve its services to the traveling public.

By John Aaron Mark Macaraeg  TAGUIG CITY, July 18 – SAP Concur recently launched a Social Sabbatical program encouraging its employees to help social enterprises focus on their goals and maximize their social impact.

It has been quiet for a couple of months now in Italy, but scratching the surface discloses that the best bet is that turmoil returns in one way or the other.

PAL in Top 50 Airline Honor Roll  Philippine Airlines (PAL) is now ranked #49 in world airline standings and second most improved airline in the world for 2018, according to the largest airline passenger survey conducted by Skytrax — a leap of 34 notches from a rank of #83 just two years ago, and 18 notches from its 2017 ranking at #67.