The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

We can only com­miserate with the political gang of former President Noynoy Aquino. It is obviously trying to reemerge in the con­sciousness of the public, only to look even more miserable, bordering on the pathetic.

“Take a picture and enter a contest,” an item in my inbox from the United Na­tions Commissioner on Hu­man Refugees (UNCHR) sort of struck me as a challenge, at first. Such a commonplace image, I had thought. Yet, it would take more than a pic­ture for me; I would have to tell stories about the many spaces I wiggled into—always …

Jollibee, the Philippines’ leading fast-food brand, honored a new batch of outstanding Filipino families with admirable advocacies at the 6th Jollibee Family Values Awards’ (JFVA) Gabi ng Parangal para sa Pamilyang Pilipino, which was held recently at the Makati Shangri-La Manila hotel.

Having a snack with your family is definitely more enjoyable with the cheesy goodness of classic Red Ribbon ensaimadas. That’s why they have been a favorite treat for the young and young-at-heart.

By Leilani S. Junio  / Philippines News Agency  The construction of a Chinese-funded, 10,000-bed mega drug treatment and rehabilitation center for drug dependents in Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ejica province is almost done and will become fully operational by early November, the Department of Health (DOH) said last week.

Non-governmental organization Unilab Foundation, through its youth-engagement program Ideas Positive, is again inviting young people between 18 and 30 years old to form a team of five members and a mentor, and submit innovative ideas in solving health issues in their communities. 

Helsinki—A recent Finnish study showed that 10 minutes of vigorous exercise daily is enough to prevent a child from becoming overweight, Finnish national broadcaster Yle reported last Wednesday. 

Talk about being the talk of the town. And to think it all began with a Facebook post. 

To mark the 120th death anniversary of Dr. Jose Rizal and the 125th anniversary of the publication of his El Filibusterismo (The Filibustering) this year, Ballet Philippines (BP) will remount its award-winning Crisostomo Ibarra and present Simoun for the first time at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) from Oct. 21 to 23. 

Tanghalang Ateneo (TA), the longest-running theater company of the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University, opens its 38th season—which has “De/Constructing Narratives” as its theme—with award-winning American playwright Anna Ziegler’s thought-provoking Boy on Oct. 19.