The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

As we approach the second-half of the year, most employees may have already received their mid-year bonuses in their respective payroll accounts. Unfortunately, scammers are also expecting the same. Recently, illegal investment schemes have been lurking around every corner, waiting for the most opportune time to fool you into “investing” your hard-earned money.

The Office of Vice President (OVP) Leni Robredo again received the highest audit rating from the Commission on Audit (COA) for three consecutive years.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will deploy female radio operators when confronting intruders within the country’s territorial waters.

Coconut farmers and agricultural sector workers stand to benefit from the merger of Land Bank of the Philippines – the largest government bank – and United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB), according to a LandBank executive.

The Philippine government is doubling its efforts to improve anti-money laundering and terrorist financing regulations for the purpose of getting the country removed from the watchlist of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global dirty money watchdog.

International tourism arrivals are expected to stagnate this year, except in some Western markets, causing up to $2.4 trillion in losses, with a full rebound no earlier than 2023, according to a United Nations (UN) study.

It was a calendar scheduled way before the death of former president Benigno C. Aquino III albeit heavy heart Kris Aquino pursued her trip to the US yesterday, a plan disclosed in her social media post.

Now it’s official.

She was flying high.

There were times when my family barely had two pesos in our pockets. My parents had seven children. Their earnings were barely enough for all of us. Those were very hard times but we didn’t stop dreaming. With a lot of sacrifice I finished med school in Pampanga. That still wasn’t enough. I took advantage of working in the US …