The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business
President Rodrigo Duterte appointed recently Pocholo Joselito D. Paragas as General Manager (GM) and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (Tieza).
Read More »Tieza has new GM
A polluter’s Potemkin propaganda
Among environmentalists, it’s defined as greenwashing. In the energy sector, greenwashing is when polluters refer to their circulating fluidized bed (CFB) coal-fired plants as clean coal technology. That is a lie. It is by no means clean. It is just not as dirty as the toxic and deadlier flat bed pulverized coal-fired plants. Less deadly however does not mean it …
Read More »Will Congress investigate its own members?
A few months back, Solicitor-General Jose Calida filed a manifestation with the Court of Appeals recommending the acquittal of alleged pork barrel scam architect Jeanette Lim-Napoles for the crime of serious illegal detention of her erstwhile trusted aide and whistleblower Benhur Luy.
Read More »Invisible wounds
She had turned into a stranger, altered beyond recognition. If not for her eyes that still flashed from a pale violet to purple when she fumed, I would have had no way of knowing who it was that answered to her name—she writhed in constant pain, moaned and sniffled quite often.
Read More »Philippine pole vault artist wins gold in Sea Youth Athletic Meet
Francis Obiena struck gold in the boys’ pole vault event of the 12th Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships Tuesday at the Ilagan Sports Complex.
Read More »Pagcor chief addresses gaming industry stakeholders during first Asean Gaming Summit
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) Chairman and CEO Andrea Domingo officially opened the inaugural Asean Gaming Summit held in Conrad Manila last March 21- 23, 2017 as the event’s keynote speaker.
Read More »Iran defeats China, takes a major step toward 2018 Fifa World Cup
Iranian national football team defeated China 1-0 on Tuesday to become so much closer to 2018 Fifa World Cup.
Read More »Santamaria quits as Davis Cup team captain
Collegiate coach Karl Santamaria has resigned as captain of the Philippine Davis Cup team.
Read More »Al-Hussaini reunites with Guiao at NLEX
Rabeh Al-Hussaini is set for a reunion project with Coach Yeng Guiao as he heads to NLEX after a three-club trade with Meralco and Blackwater was approved by Commissioner Chito Narvasa recently.
Read More »Lenovo launches new ThinkPad devices for professionals on the go
Top computer manufacturer Lenovo unveiled in the Philippines recently the latest additions to its ThinkPad lineup that are powered by Intel’s newest 7th Generation Kaby Lake processor.
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