The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

In the local entertainment industry and outside of it, the good news breaking from the national health crisis is the loosening up of tension brought about by the decreasing cases of COVID-19 in the country and the lifting of restrictive protocols placing majority of places under Alert Level 2 which allows the reopening of most businesses provided their staff, clients …

Before lovers Cherry Pie Picache and Edu Manzano left the US, they had some more memorable and sweet moments together either with friends or just the two of them.

Film scholar, teacher, author, director and documentarist Nick Deocampo has a lot of things to give thanks for these days.

Young actor and GMA Network contract artist Jak Roberto isn’t one person who would sulk in a corner when disappointment strikes on him nor would he drown in a sea of beers when loneliness sets in.

However cliché the line “after the storm, the sun shines,” it still is a reminder that hope and life are always antidotes to the destructiveness of despair and death to get moving the everydayness.

More than a year after Taal Volcano erupted and the pandemic disrupted our lives, the town of Taal has started to beckon tourists to its colonial ancestral houses.

Escolta is the oldest street in Manila. Amidst the city’s embrace of moder­nity such as prolif­eration of laptops and cell­phones, Escolta still exudes a vague European feel.

Provinces in Northern Luzon have started accept­ing local visitors after more than 30% of Filipinos have been fully vaccinated. One such province is Nueva Ecija whose rich lands offer a wide range of fun adventures for travel-hungry wanderers.

For many, the first time Filipinos got to read a book during their early school days was during subjects on local language or history. Some may have enjoyed reading from the works of Dr. Jose Rizal and Francisco Balagtas or from contemporary authors like Bob Ong, Lualhati Bautista, and Ricky Lee.

Thirteen Local Government Units in Region 1 will benefit from various development projects resulting from the operations of TeaM Energy’s Sual Power Station in Pangasinan.