The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

The German women’s gymnastics team wore full-body suits at the Tokyo Olympics, saying their fashion choice went against the sexualization of their sport and showed that women could wear what they choose.

As President Duterte boasts of his administration’s spectacular achievements over the last five years at his last State of the Nation Address (SONA), his avid drumbeaters offer only lame excuses for the failure to act on –

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Guillermo Eleazar said policemen are not “fools” to follow unlawful orders when conducting anti-illegal drugs operations, adding that President Duterte did not give the PNP “permission to kill.”

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) recently reported that Metro Manila’s population density is now 60 times over that of the national average.

President Rodrigo Duterte failed to fulfill his 2016 election campaign promises to end crime, corruption and illegal drugs within three to six months once he becomes president, according to a study by the Ateneo School of Government.

The best three-year-old horses in the country will be battling it out this Sunday, July 25 at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite to take the first step toward immortality as the first leg of the PHILRACOM Triple Crown unfolds.

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte cited the importance of cleaning up esteros and creeks as Manila Water recently kicked off the Adopt-an-Estero program in the city as part of the tripartite agreement with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and two other local government units (LGUs), San Juan and Mandaluyong, to rehabilitate the San Juan River along with …

Traditional bands in the Philippines would mean “bugle corps-type” in schools or rural communities or marching bands in towns or barrios like Banda 24 or the bands performed by orchestras.

Manila Harbor Center Port Services, Inc. recently donated construction materials to help build the Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) Vitas substation at Pier 18 in Tondo, Manila.   

The Philippine Supreme Court recently ruled that the President of the Philippines can unilaterally withdraw from international agreements that he or she considers contrary to the 1987 Constitution or existing laws.