The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

What more comforting an activity brings to a person in such an uncertain time as the novel coronavirus threat than recollection of the past?

There couldn’t be more apt a description of the saying “death comes like a thief in the night” when Cynthia Alcantara-Barker, the very first British-Filipina Mayor of Hertsmere district in Hertfordshire county in the United Kingdom succumbed to a sudden demise last Monday, September 14, 2020.

AREIT, Inc. (AREIT) signed a Deed of Sale with ALO Prime Realty Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of its Sponsor, Ayala Land, Inc., to acquire Teleperformance Cebu (TP Cebu).

Philippine Airlines has launched a ‘September Deals’ promotion offering base air fares as low as P688 for one-way domestic flights and USD99 for round trip international tickets. 

The shipment from Brazil were unloaded at TecPlata last month, and included a seismograph bound for the Vaca Muerta unconventional oil and gas field in Argentina’s Neuquen Province.  The equipment will be used by Wellfield Industry Ltda.

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will institute drastic changes to ensure the payroll-padding scheme that led to the agency losing approximately P14 million in five years will not be repeated.

Malacanang announced that spectators will be barred from venues of non-contact sports and exercises in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified general community quarantine (MGCQ).

The Philippine Basketball Association fined Blackwater P100,000 for breaching health protocols when the Elite conducted a practice session as a team.

Eumir Felix Marcial has joined MP Promotions, the boxing promotions company of Senator Manny Pacquiao.

During the lockdown, there is a flurry of online cooking videos on various social media platforms. Home-stranded people have turned to discovering their culinary skills by experimenting on kitchen recipes. It’s important to keep in mind crucial guidelines on conserving energy and avoiding food waste.