The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

By Riza Lozada Universal bank BDO Unibank Inc. is pioneering the issuance of so-called green bonds after re- cently raising $150 million from process.

Something’s afoot at the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and we fear that the hard-earned money of hundreds of thousands of our public schools teachers and government workers are now at risk.

The free trade movement in the Philippines “took back seat” as the Duterte administration shifted the government focus to addressing the ills of society, according to a Philippine trade expert.

They may still have opposing views regarding the commissionership in the PBA but on Wednesday, board members shared a common take in terms of which teams will likely prevail in the Philippine Cup.

The International Olympic Committee (POC) has commended the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) for building three multi-purpose activity centers in areas affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda in Leyte.

The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) will double its efforts to help Filipino professional boxers secure more victories in the future.

Filipino-American fighter Mark “Mugen” Striegl of Fist Gym validated his status as an Asian mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar by hacking out a hard-earned unanimous decision victory over South Korean Kim Ki-Sung of BK Wang Ho/Top Gym BF recently in their featherweight bout in the Casino Filipino (CF) Battle Extreme Tournament of Superstars (Bets) IV at CF Mactan in Lapu-Lapu …

By Luis Leoncio Despite the rapid growth in the local banking industry the past few years, more than 86 percent of the population or roughly 86 million Filipinos do not have a bank account, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said.

By Riza Lozada Government spending grew by a hefty 28.2 percent in October to reflect the pick up in government projects and programs.

A Filipino-French joint venture building a $25-million pilot phase of an ocean tidal power plant in San Bernardino Strait, which will be the first in the Philippines and the Asean region, encouraged the government to create a single state-run guarantee agency to provide assistance to major projects.