The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

By the time this piece gets published, voting would have been under way. It may even well be the case that the counting has begun in some places, while in others, the counting has been completed long before the precincts opened. 

Years later, the burst of magnolias as huge as my face fails to arrest my steps. I haven’t even noticed when the blue irises, which seemed to block me to revel in a few seconds of bliss, have shriveled into brown scraps of yesterday’s beauties. And while I had bemoaned the loss of the redolent briar rose, it took me …

Our countrymen troop to the polls today. 

Screeners at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) are being generally pilloried as “extortionists,” as cases of bullet-planting continue to hit the news. 

By Jerry Maglunog Nearly 90 percent of goods bought with credit cards are consumer items, making the local economy household lending-driven.

The demand for the lifting of the bank-secrecy law because of recent allegations that it is being used to conceal unexplained wealth may have a backlash on efforts of the country to attract more investments, bankers said.

Frankfurt, Germany—The Asian Development Bank (ADB) met the bulk of its operational targets in 2015, with most projects completed within budget, while financing hit new record highs over the year, according to an ADB performance review released recently. 

The Commission on Higher Education (Ched) gave its seal of approval for the construction of the second University of Rizal System (URS) Antipolo Campus during the recent meeting of the URS Board of Regents at the Ched main office in Quezon City. 

National Treasurer Roberto B. Tan signed recently the $100.13-million loan agreement for the Panguil Bay Bridge Project, with Chief Representative Yongkeun Oh, who signed on behalf of the Export-Import Bank of Korea-Economic Development Cooperation Fund (Kexim-EDCF). 

Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) has listed series one of its P50-billion debt securities program in the Philippine Dealing Exchange (PDEx)-organized secondary monetary market, the company reported recently.