The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

The country’s top artistic gymnasts are scheduled to compete in two international tournaments next month, the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) announced recently.

In another step to further market the PBA to the fans, board chairman Mikee Romero pushed for a mini-tournament during the All-Star Week in which players of a certain region will comprise one team.

Wushu athletes Divine Masadao Wally and Arnel Mandal retained their respective titles in the recently concluded 8th Sanda World Cup in Xi’an City, capital of Shaanxi province in central-northwest China.

Melbourne—Aus­tralian research­ers have discov­ered a way to genetically engineer rice that would give significant health benefits to more than half the world’s population.

Nearly four years after intro­ducing the Z benefits for stan­dard-risk acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) in children, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is increasing their package rates to ensure that the mandatory services covering the entire treatment phases for three years are pro­vided to the patient.

Healthway Medical, the Philippines’s most trusted and preferred network of mall-based clinics, recently introduced Pri­meCheQ, an executive checkup package tailored for senior citizens.

Nutramedica Inc. President and CEO Sheila Mae Velilla earned the Outstanding Achievement in Entrepreneurship–Medium Scale prize at the 37th Agora Awards, held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on October 26.

by Alvin I. Dacanay Valentine’s Day may be three months away, but audienc­es can experience this month love as the ma­ny-splendored—and ma­ny-splintered—thing that it is with emerging theater com­pany Dalanghita Productions’ latest offering, Tatlong Ling­gong Pag-ibig (Three Weeks of Love), which opened at the Power Mac Center Spotlight in Circuit Makati on No­vember 11 and will run every weekend until …

Last Saturday, world-renowned classical pianist Noriko Ogawa performed in an exclusive concert, called Spirited Impres­sions: An Evening of Classical Music with Noriko Ogawa, at the Francisco Santiago Hall of the Banco de Oro (BDO) Corpo­rate Center in Makati City.

The “Maaga ang Pasko (Christmas is Early)” program, the Philippines’ biggest and longest-running annual toy and book donation drive, is once again bringing out the iconic boxes that have helped teach generations of Filipinos the value of sharing and the real spirit of Christmas.