The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Tokyo – Fasten your seatbelts for a flight departing to Paris, and never leave the ground.

A vessel traffic management system (VTMS) worth 1.5-billion-yen (P739-million) was launched in Cebu as part of the development cooperation between the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

Despite missing the second round of the men’s figure skating competition, Michael Martinez was still happy about his second Winter Olympic stint in Pyeongchang.

For the second straight time since competing in the Southeast Asian Games, triathlon completed a golden sweep for the Philippines courtesy of Nikko Huelgas and Kim Mangrobang to provide one of the highlights of the Filipinos’ campaign in the biennial meet held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last year.

A Filipino athlete will try to brave the cold weather of the North Pole as he joins the FWD North Pole Marathon on April 9.

The 6th Fil-Am Criterium Grand Prix, which is organized by former national cyclist Wilson Blas, will be held in Clark, Pampanga on March 25.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has courted Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. (MMPC) to participate in the jeepney modernization program.

The Philippines and the Japanese governments recently met to firm up cooperation programs for the Duterte Administration’s “Build Build Build” campaign.

A new and improved rural health unit in Pangasinan was recently reopened, ready to deliver primary healthcare services more efficiently to patients including mothers and babies, children, senior citizens and persons with disability. Bugallon Rural Health Unit I and Birthing Facility, which recently underwent rehabilitation, was unveiled to the public in an event attended by local government officials.

Lawmakers should take into account the end goal of attaining economic self-sufficiency and sustainable development for the proposed Bangsamoro region to ensure fiscal autonomy and lasting peace in crafting the fundamental law creating this new autonomous political entity in Mindanao, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said.