The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

It is distressing to see the single-minded obsession of the House of Representatives to impeach Commission on Elections ( Comelec) Chairman Andy Bautista putting all the other pressing issues staring at us in the face to the back burner.

By Jun Ledesma New Zealand is not all about sheep and cattle.

Majority of school and athletic leagues in the country want a unified body on collegiate sports.

Davao City—Samual “Silent Assassin” Salva kept his unblemished record by stopping his former stablemate and fellow undefeated Marco John Rementizo in the first round only to capture the vacant Mindanao Professional Boxing Association (Minproba) minimumweight title on Saturday night at the Robinson’s Place here.

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) will introduce the trials of the two-day format and the best-of-three matches during the Zone Group level competitions of the Davis Cup next year.

The Philippine Super Liga (PSL) has announced the appointment of Abby Marano as ambassador of the league starting with the Chooks to Go-PSL Grand Prix, which opened at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan last Friday.

By Luis Leoncio The Philippines has started its economic breakout, turning it into one of Asia’s engines of growth despite the political noise and the recent terrorist attack in Marawi City, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III told the American business community in a visit to New York City last week.

By Riza Lozada The Philippines will remain a leader in economic growth this year in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) region with an estimated gross domestic product (GDP) expansion of 6.6 percent against 5.2 percent in Indonesia; 5.4 percent in Malaysia; 3.7 percent in Thailand, and 6.3 percent in Vietnam, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.

The country was cited for its support system for overseas workers as the World Bank said other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members can learn from the country’s experience as it called on easing restrictions on labor migration to boost workers’ welfare and accelerate regional economic integration.

By Riza Lozada The Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines (JFC) is seeking a status quo on the exemption of locators in Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) from the 12-percent value added tax (VAT).