The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Luis Leoncio Vestiges of corruption, which President Aquino frequently cites as the source of most of the problems of his administration, have been a major source of the problems that sunk Metro Manila’s mass-transit systems, particularly the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) 3, into inefficiency, leading in turn to frequent breakdowns of the system, according to documents made available to The …

February 22, the anniversary of the start of the 1986 People’s Power Revolution, echoes with a different call this year. No more paeans to the son of the icon of democracy who led the popular revolt that toppled the Marcos dictatorship nearly three decades ago.

The House inquiry into the Mamasapano massacre resumes tomorrow (Tuesday), with militant lawmakers out to crack the riddle of President Aquino’s involvement in Operation Exodus, amid charges his officials have been covering up his role at the height of the fighting between police commandos and Muslim rebels and its tragic aftermath.

Riza Lozada Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. (PSPC) expects to complete its P6.75-billion refinery upgrade this year to enable the facility to comply with the January 1, 2016, implementation of the Euro IV fuel specification reducing sulfur content in diesel. Company officials said PSPC’s FuelSave gasoline and diesel, which its parent Royal Dutch Shell Plc makes available in 22 countries, is …

Luis Leoncio Port stakeholders have proposed in a report the adoption of permanent and coordinated solutions to prevent a resurgence of the congestion at the Manila ports largely brought about by the Manila truck ban, which the city government lifted last Sept. 13.

Dean dela Paz / The Next Page What does a patently unconstitutional patronage system have to do with train fares? Normally, nothing. Until funds are malversed and immediately the disconnect disappears. In its place, anger seethes.

Alegria A. Imperial / Peregrine Notes More as devotion, this kind of love has no bearing on the common notion, though it feels like one for me. Or how does one explain the enormity of emotions it draws out—so compelling that we agonize over this beloved’s miseries, want to right the wrongs done to her, and even die for her …

Ed Javier / Where I stand Talks are rife that resigned Philippine National Police Director-General Alan Purisima was planning to stage a spectacular comeback as PNP chief by bagging international terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, the so-called “Osama bin Laden of Asia,” while serving his six-month preventive suspension by the Office of the Ombudsman for allegations of graft and …

Edmund Tayao / Mettle Works e are victims of an ambidextrous leadership; twice now, the country and our Moro brothers have been made to hope—for nothing.  The story of the BBL seems to be, and many still hope not, going the same way as the MOA-AD. Not many support having peace with the MILF, but what is not debatable is …

Doug Ferguson PEBBLE BEACH, California— Tiger Woods said Wednesday his game is “not acceptable” to compete in tournaments and he will return when he thinks it is.