The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

The RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) will be given more time for review of its abrogation in case Malacanang further suspends its total termination, according to Senate President Vicente Sotto III. 

The quality of life worsened in the past year, according to four out of five adult Filipinos, making it one of the worst trends in Social Weather Station survey history. 

The Department of Science and Technology targets vaccinations for COVID-19 to start by May 2021, according to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., the point person appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to negotiate for the procurement and distribution of vaccines. 

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed graft cases against 86 more officials and personnel of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) for their involvement in the illegal entry of foreign nationals under the so-called “pastillas” scam. 

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon admitted that the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives is not involved in any illegal activity, amidst the red-tagging controversy between state forces and leftist groups. 

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is investigating the killing of a supposed survivor of an attempted extrajudicial killing while he was recovering inside a Rizal province hospital. 

The Department of Finance (DOF) is pursuing steps to untangle the legal issues tying down idle mining interests held by the government in an effort to speed up the privatization of these assets and revive their operations.  According to the Privatization and Management Office (PMO), lawsuits filed by the private sector proponents in the operations of these once-flourishing mining assets …

Listed fixed broadband provider Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions Inc. (Converge ICT) raised about P29.1 billion from its initial public offering (IPO), the second largest in the local bourse, despite the pandemic.

Aurea Erfelo, better known as Madam Auring in and outside show business, died noon today due to a lingering illness.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez reported that DTI shall reimpose the mandatory certification of locally manufactured or imported plywood.  This is to assure customers that all plywood products would go through rigorous quality checking.