The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Grandmaster Joey Antonio is keen on participating in four more international tournaments this year. 

The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) will stop collecting the one percent contribution to the professional boxers’ relief fund and mixed martial arts fighters’ welfare fund. 

The Fe del Mundo Medical Center (FDMMC), a pioneer in child health care in the Philippines, unveiled on February 17 its newly renovated buildings and facilities to become a fully upgraded private-general hospital catering to communities in Quezon City. 

Health Secretary Dr. Paulyn Jean B. Rosell-Ubial administered last week the oath of office to Dr. Roy B. Ferrer and Dr. Roberto M. Salvador Jr. as the new members of the board of directors of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) at the government-run health agency’s head office in Pasig City. 

Make this summer a season of thrilling adventures and exploring possibilities. Let nothing hold you back from conquering the beach, not even your fear of your skin darkening under the sun or of showing off your post-holiday tummy in public. Let Watsons help you with that. 

It is such a great joy whenever we find the perfect pair of eyeglasses, because it is sometimes a struggle to search for a pair that would match not only the shape of our face, but also our personality. 

Sambo Kojin is making its customers’ dining experience even more delightful by adding more delectable items to its already extensive menu, allowing them to indulge more in the best of Japanese and Korean barbecues that the restaurant is known for. 

Burmese-born jewelry designer Wynn Wynn Ong is celebrating 15 years in fashion and design with a retrospective exhibition, titled Wynn Wynn Ong: Redefining Boundaries, which opened at the Yuchengco Museum in Makati City last Thursday. 

The government has realized huge returns for every centavo it spent on the foreign trips of President Duterte last year, according to computa­tions by the Department of Finance (DOF).

The Philippines has among the most developed private-public -partnership (PPP) programs for the Asia-Pacific region, if not the world, an Asian De­velopment Bank (ADB) report said.