The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

The Public–Private Partnership Center of the Philippines (PPP Center) is calling for expressions of interest (EOI) from eligible consultants to prequalify to the Panel of Project Preparation and Transaction Advisory Consultants, Probity Advisors and Independent Consultants of firms to be retained on a non-committal basis. 

With the onset of prolonged drought brought by the El Niño phenomenon, irrigation also becomes more important for cultivating crops, especially rice. 

The real estate exposures (REEs) of universal, commercial and thrift banks and trust departments reached P1.5trillion at the end of 2015. 

Seven years after becoming a finalist at a prestigious international art competition in Germany, artist Nasser Lubay is set to open his first solo exhibit, Nursery of Curiosities, at the Arte Pintura Gallery in Mandaluyong City on Sunday. Presented by the Artist Playground, Arte Pintura and Talent Factory Inc., and curated by Philip Almazan Paraan, Nursery of Curiosities will not only …

To celebrate its revamped website—millenniumhotels.com— Millennium Hotels & Resorts has introduced the Millennium Saver offer, which gives guests the chance to discover Southeast Asia at its best rate, one that is coupled with generous rewards and comes with greater flexibility. 

In a move that highlights its understanding of the significance and value that Filipinos give to personalizing things and to their ties with family and friends, Italian cocoa-spread brand Nutella unveiled late last week its #YourNutella campaign in the Philippines to encourage customers to pay tribute to people they consider special, as well as to express gratitude to them for …

As expected, several well-known entertainers and a few athletes outshone their rivals to emerge victorious in last Monday’s national and local elections. 

Actor Robin Padilla filed before the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) last Thursday charges of online defamation and online libel against one of the Internet users who criticized him after he posted on his Instagram account a photograph of a shaded ballot allegedly taken by him inside a polling precinct on May 9. 

Premier Apple reseller Power Mac Center formally ended its Pixelworkx Cinemansanas digital short film competition last Thursday by honoring 12 entries shot and edited using Apple devices as finalists, with two of these—one, about the coping power of the imagination; the other, an unusual portrait of Filipino millennials— coming out on top.

Flash-storage solutions provider SanDisk Corp. has unveiled its improved, next-generation mobile storage device designed to instantly free up space on iPhones and iPads, called the iXpand Flash Drive.