The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

By Ben Cal On the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the Korean War on Monday (June 25), former President Fidel V. Ramos, a veteran of the Korean War, recalled the  bravery and heroism of the Filipino soldiers fighting against all odds the combined Chinese and North Korean forces.

As part of its efforts towards continuous process improvement, Manila Water’s Strategic Asset Management Group (SAMG) recently obtained its ISO 9001:2015 certification for their Quality Management System. This is an upgrade of the Group’s existing ISO 9001:2008 certification, and is also the first Group in Manila Water to be upgraded to the 9001:2015 standards.

The volunteerism spirit is very high among the diversified SM Group of Companies be it for church-based activities, Brigada Eskwela for school repairs, disaster relief and response and livelihood programs.

Even as the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia set August 21 to September 2 is ticking down, we still have to finalize the list of events we will join out of the 40 sports to be played there and the athletes to be sent. 

The era of foreign players making waves in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is set to end.

Open-water swimming has finally arrived in the Philippines.

DeAndre Ayton made history as he became the first-ever overall pick by the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Friday (Philippine Time).

Philippine Airlines (PAL) started utilizing today its luxurious tri-class Airbus A330-343 on its non-stop flights from Manila to Auckland, offering passengers the fastest and most comfortable flight to New Zealand.

As part of its ongoing efforts to help improve the healthcare delivery system in the Philippines, BDO Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of BDO Unibank, has rehabilitated two rural health units in the province of Sorsogon—Sorsogon West District Health Office and Gubat Rural Health Unit.

We admire award-winning actress Elizabeth Oropesa for publicly apologizing to fellow actress Azenith Briones over the pieces of jewelry brouhaha that created a stir among show biz denizens and the public alike. It takes guts to muster an apology whether one is guilty or not of a crime one is accused of.