The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

A reelected lawmaker is not giving up on his advocacy for the exemption of Filipino homes from the real property tax.

Qualified villages may avail themselves of P1 million worth of development projects under the Bottoms-Up-Budgeting (BuB) program. 

The best and brightest civil engineers in the country have joined the government service through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). 

True productivity is now wedded to accessibility and affordability after leading computer-store chain PC Express introduced its line of budget-friendly personal computers (PCs), installed with genuine copies of the Windows 10 operating system under its new PCX brand, to answer customers’ growing need for high-quality, yet inexpensive desktops.

Story and photo by Alvin I. Dacanay  More than two months after announcing sweeping changes in the rules, selection criteria, and the composition of the executive committee of the Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF), its organizers introduced the people tasked to choose this year’s entries, and the activities aimed at generating more excitement for the annual event. 

Followers of the ongoing Virgin Labfest (VLF) would know by now that the celebrated theater festival not only introduced a dozen new plays this year, but also its new partnership with creative-content firm The IdeaFirst Company in bringing these works to life. 

Smart Padala, the remittance brand of PayMaya Philippines (formerly Smart eMoney Inc.), launched last Wednesday its new campaign with Angel Locsin as its brand ambassador as part of efforts to further strengthen its leadership in the remittance-service industry. 

Story and photo by Alvin I. Dacanay  In a move applauded by ordinary Filipinos, the National Museum of the Philippines announced last Thursday that admission to its museums nationwide is now “permanently free of charge.” 

We Filipinos love coffee, whatever the time of day. At least, that’s what Euromintor’s 2013 research tells us, which showed that we consume 1.2 kilograms of coffee per capital yearly, putting us among the top 50 coffee consumers in the world. 

By Luis Leoncio  Incoming Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno is confident of finally completing his “unfinished business” of making the annual national budget as an anti-poverty tool, which he started during the short-lived presidency of Joseph Estrada.