The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

When people terrified by radical Islamic fundamentalism as advocated through a Salafi jihad by the Islamic State (IS) or the ISIL caliphate (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a.k.a. ISIS or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), think of ending such threat, they debate on the use of overwhelming force as the final solution. “Bombing-the-hell-out-of-them” has been so often …

Under the same chestnut trees, where three years ago she had mused with me her expectation of Johnny finally joining her here in Vancouver, Daisy, pushing a stroller, and I, on the same side of the sidewalk on Cartier Street, met from opposite sides—she, in glee waving her hand, “Ate!” The baby, already her second since, my first time to …

We can only commiserate with the neophyte senator, former Justice Secretary Leila de Lima. It looks like her planned expose’ on alleged extrajudicial killings linked to the police was not just a dud – it is backfiring on her. 

By Riza Lozada The cross-border liquidity arrangement (CBLA) or the currency swap facility between the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Bank of Japan (BOJ) has taken effect after the release of its guidelines last August 26, the BSP said.

Washington—US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen said the case for another interest rate hike has strengthened as the US economy and labor market continue to improve. 

Stepping up its efforts in disaster preparedness, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has come up with a handbook for designing and building safer public infrastructure and facilities amid the increasing impact of climate change.

Environment Secretary Gina Lopez is planning to turn the man-made forest area along Central Avenue, a property of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City, into an “ecological paradise” with the help of stakeholders, including its informal settlers. 

Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) scientists from the NTU-JTC Industrial Infrastructure Innovation Centre (I³C) have invented a new type of concrete called ConFlexPave that is bendable yet stronger and longer lasting than regular concrete which is heavy, brittle and breaks under tension.

Australia-based company Fastbrick Robotics has developed a giant truck-mounted robot that can construct an entire house in two days.

To establish a sustainable management of the environment and water resources of Abra River, various stakeholders inked a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) creating the Abra River Basin Management Council.