The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

A study by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) has practically validated the widespread cynicism over the benefits to ordinary Filipinos of the investment-grade ratings the country has been receiving from various credit watchdogs.

By Riza Lozada The Department of Energy (DOE) has sounded off the alarm on possible tax leaks in the importation of ethanol, with the demand for gasoline blended with biofuels increasing to its current level of 400 million tons.

The House of Representatives has ratified Fair Competition Act, otherwise known as Cojuangco Law before Congress adjourned last week.

By Jerry Maglunog Stock trading is not well accepted among majority of the 100 million Filipinos, according to John Mangun, a leading authority in stock trading. “Most Filipinos view stock trading as gamble that’s why so many are not keen on it,” the stock trader said.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) and United Airlines through the Asia Joint Venture (JV) Simple program will provide a complimentary corporate travel program that aims to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) based in Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam when their employees travel on business.

Maybank ATR Kim Eng Securities Inc. (MATRKE Securities) was again awarded the Philippines’ Best Broker by FinanceAsia in its Country Awards for Achievement 2015, an annual look at the best financial services firms in each country around the region.

That seemed to be the singular criterion that the one-dimensional statement that Benigno Aquino III repeatedly refrains, much like a warped broken record when he declared the qualities of a leader he felt would merit his endorsement, support and the billion-peso funding his administration and the ruling Liberal Party would array against challenges to the presidential throne in 2016. He …

I should have insisted, “Filipino is my native language not Tagalog, and yes, it’s called the same as my (former) citizenship, and it cannot be the same as American is to English (language).”8 But cornered by the crisp tone of the Tagalog reviewer’s written comment, I felt my limbs deliquescing as the proverbial shadow of a doubt took over my …

Something stinks to high heavens in the Bureau of Immigration (BI), and this case is proving to be the latest kink in this administration’s much-ballyhooed straight and righteous path.

The World Bank (WB) has noted that growth in the Philippines is becoming more inclusive. “The Philippines now has achieved macroeconomic stability. It has had high growth rates for quite a number of years and more recently, that’s the important point, it is starting to show the kind of growth which is more inclusive,” WB Philippines lead economist Rogier van …