The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

Mapua University student Carvey Ehren Maigue was named the first-ever winner of the James Dyson Award for Global Sustainability.

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua bared the government’s reproductive health and family planning programs on Monday at the International Inter-Ministerial Conference on Population and Development organized jointly by the Partners in Population and Development (PPD) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).  

State pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will release the 2021 Christmas Cash Gift amounting to a total of P3.2 billion to its old-age and disability pensioners starting December 6. The benefit is also known to pensioners as their “Christmas bonus.”

Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has directed government social institutions (GSIs)— Social Security System (SSS), the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)—to fully comply with the Philippine Financial Reporting Standards (PFRS) 4 in reporting their social benefit liabilities (SBLs).

By Maja H. Dahan Just when the Philippine government began easing restrictions in an effort to bring everything back to normalcy, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease has started sowing terror in other parts of the world.

Ernest John “EJ” Obiena has assured that he will continue to represent the Philippines despite offers to switch allegiances.

A huge early Christmas gift awaits the champion of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Invitational.

Ryan Ong Alonzo got an early Christmas present when his feat was finally recognized by the Guinness World Records on Nov. 26, joining an elite club of world achievers.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has entered NBA health and safety protocols af­ter testing positive for coronavirus, the US basketball league announced Tuesday last week.

China is confident that next February’s Winter Olympics will go ahead “smoothly and successfully” despite the growing challenges posed by the new Omicron coronavirus variant, the country’s Foreign Ministry said recently.