The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

“Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.” This is one of the many remarkable words left by a Czech dissident playwright turned statesman, Václav Havel.  Photo by: Filip Jandourek, Czech Radio In commemoration of his 85th Birth Anniversary, the Embassy of the Czech …

My knowledge and interest about the late Bienvenido Lumbera had stemmed from my reading his literary works like poetry and essays from magazines and newspapers back in my college days at the Faculty of Arts and Letters of UST when I was in third and fourth years majoring in Literature. 

It’s been centuries that the Philippine showbiz was blinded by the idea that entertainment isn’t political. 

Two of the most influential Filipino filmmakers of the current generation are leading the pack of native movies in the coming 34th Tokyo International Film Festival on October 30, 2021. 

As much as they wanted to grace the 2021 British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival, internationally acclaimed filmmaker Lav Diaz and actor John Lloyd Cruz decided not only because of the raging COVID-19 pandemic but more so, the health protocols in the Philippines and London that come with it.

Malacañang thanked Manny Pacquiao for bringing pride and honor to the country after the boxer-turned-senator announced that he is retiring from professional boxing. 

University of Perpetual Help System Dalta’s Jasper Cuevas wasted no time claiming a piece of history after reigning supreme in the Collegiate Center for Esports: Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB) 1-on-1 Exhibition Match recently — a tournament which serves as prelude to CCE’s main MLBB Varsity Cup (MVC) event in November. 

Ryan Ong Alonzo beat the Guinness world record for the double under skips during the Jump to Greater Heights event at Ayala Malls Circuit Makati on Saturday. 

San Miguel Beer set up a PBA Philippine Cup semifinal showdown against Talk ‘N Text with a 100-95 win over NorthPort in Game 2 of their quarterfinal series at the Don Honorio Ventura State University Gym in Bacolor, Pampanga on Thursday. 

Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano said the construction of the P50-million cauldron used during the 2019 Southeast Asian Games (SEA) Games was funded by the private sector.