The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

For years, Edmar, Benedict and Daniel’s daily routine was classroom work, house duties and community service at an or­phanage. Early this year, little did they realize their lives would transform.

Much have been said about the sad state of our public utility buses and the dangers they pose to the lives of the riding public. However, it appears government is not doing anything to ensure the safety of commuters. 

I embraced my father’s death from lung cancer related to smoking with what could have been to relatives an inspiring acceptance, instead of my turning into a firebrand against the habit.

By Peter Paul Patrick Lucas  The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) recently laid down a five-year action plan seeking to make sports accessible to all Filipinos. 

After a young Filipino team placed eight and bagged P40-million prize in a prestigious E-sports event in Seattle, a senator on Thursday encouraged the government to support Filipino cyber athletes, noting that it was a chance for them to excel in the international arena. 

Mac Belo first thought it is just a typical knee injury for athletes. 

Tennis star Alberto “AJ” Lim, Jr. recently participated at the Australian Open Junior Championships in Melbourne. 

A senator on Tuesday said that aside from sports development, the Palarong Pambansa (National Games) also serves as a venue for instilling traits that future Filipino leaders must possess. 

Olympian Michael Christian Martinez will spearhead Philippine figure skating in the Southeast Asian Games slated from August 19 to 30 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

National table tennis player Richard Gonzales placed eighth in the recently-concluded World Championship of Ping Pong (WCPP) in London that was participated by the top 32 world champions.