The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

By Riza Lozada The Association of Filipino Franchisers, Inc. (AFFI) is urging legislators to craft a law regulating rental rates in mall spaces.

Budget carrier Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) recently took delivery of the very first ATR 72-600 high-capacity aircraft at an event in Toulouse, France.

Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) plans to put up a power plant and feed mills in Sulu before the year ends, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said on Friday.

The first local telecommunications company to adopt the TV white space frequency for broadband use, Globe Telecom has successfully completed a TV white space trial for wireless backhaul.

The Department of Energy (DoE) will require gasoline stations with underground storage tanks to be located a safe distance away from residences.

This time, the typically vigilant and characteristically incisive debt watchdog seemed to have gotten its messages mixed. As aggressively zealous as the watchdog is, caution and prudence still seem to be the best practices in any endeavor, including the most passionately purposed special-interest group. 

Is the current situation of Sen. Leila de Lima consistent with the saying that “haste makes waste?” 

The research group IBON says the P125 across-the-board wage increase proposed by the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) is necessary, possible and good for the economy. 

By Riza Lozada Petitions for adjustments in power rates with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) and proposals to raise excise taxes on petroleum products, along with a new round of transport-fare increases, threaten to raise inflation, which may trigger higher bank rates, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

The Trust and Investments Group of BDO Unibank became the first institution in the country to be accredited as Personal Equity and Retirement Account (PERA) administrator after hurdling stringent qualification requirements of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).