The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Damage to public infrastructure by the 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Surigao Province last week was placed at P103.4 million, the Department of Public Works and Highways reported. 

Ayala Land, Inc. (ALI) continued to make progress on its 2020 growth plan, posting a net income of P20.9 billion in 2016, 19% higher than the previous year. Consolidated revenues reached P124.6 billion, 16% higher year-on-year on the back of the stable growth of its property development business, balanced with the steady performance of its leasing portfolio. 

Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Secretary General Angel R. Ojastro III and Lucena City Mayor Roderick Alcala led the distribution of Certificates of Lot Awards (CELAs) to 335 urban poor families who had been residing in non-core properties of the Philippine National Railway (PNR) in Lucena City. 

First, the Democrats blamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). And then they blamed the “Deplorable” Republican constituencies they were hell-bent on degrading. Then they went back to the FBI and blamed them a second time. Not yet done, they started looking at the voting machines in three states where they lost.

Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Gina Lopez is on a roll. 

While aging shows first in the hair and skin, for me, it does on lids when slackened, the sadness of what’s gone and the oncoming night, hint the most at such external inevitability.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) recently gave 57 national sports associations (NSAs) a 30-day period to liquidate the funds they received from the government sports agency or face sanctions. 

The Cebu City Ninos completed their dominant run in the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA), winning most of the individual and team gold medals at stake in the second to the final day to seal their 25th straight overall title. 

Eight men’s teams and another eight from the distaff side will see action in the Beach Volleyball Republic on February 25-26 as part of their nationwide tour to promote the development and growth of beach volleyball in the countryside. 

The 2017 Southeast Asia Basketball Association (SEABA) Men’s Championship has been set.