The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

This week will be the last week in office for the first Afri­can-American pres­ident of the United States. It will, perhaps, be doubly poi­gnant and triply painful for the Union’s 44th president, Barack Hussein Obama.

Will President Duterte’s ad­ministration be open to amending the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001?

He recognized me in­stantly. I had raked my memory but found no trace of him—a gaunt old man, tooth­less and graying in the skin, squinting rheumy eyes under thick tinted glasses, flailing tentative limbs, swaying as he walked with a cane, and held in place only when seated. As he began painfully in my sight to slip into a stupor, …

Prominent businessman and sports patron Jean Henri Lhuillier will run for the presidency of the Philippine Tennis Association (Philta) when it holds its elections next month. 

An up-and-coming billiards talent from Pampanga province is set to represent the Philippines in a prestigious pool event after being formally invited to participate in the 2017 Billiards Congress of America Pool League (BCAPL)/United States of America Pool League (USAPL) National Tournament Championship from July 19 to 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Kaya, one of the most successful football clubs in recent history, formally confirmed its participation in the inaugural season of the Philippines Football League (PFL) by naming Makati as its home city. 

It seems like there’s no stopping San Miguel Beer playmaker Alex Cabagnot these days, not even a depressed nasal fracture. 

The year-round sports program of the Philippine Amateur Track and Field Association (Patafa), coupled with the proper identification of athletes, scientific training, sound sports management and honest-to-goodness funding, boosted the association’s campaign. 

We all have heard of stem cells and stem cell therapy and how it could be the next big thing in the field of medicine. But what are stem cells exactly, and what can they do in the field of medicine? 

By Alvin I. Dacanay  Four months after winning the Golden Lion at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, Lav Diaz’s revenge drama Ang Babaeng Humayo (The Woman Who Left) continues to reap accolades abroad, the latest of which are three nominations at the 11th Asian Film Awards (AFA).