The Market Monitor Minding the Nation's Business

The Ceres-Negros Football Club (FC), the most decorated team in the country, is expected to be sold and could suit up in a different name when the Philippine Football League (PFL) returns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government’s economic managers are planning to institute reforms in the e-commerce industry after the current boom in digital transactions

Preliminary figures released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the country’s total trade contracted 38.7% and the trade deficit shrank 48.9% in May 2020

The Philippine peso has ranked first among four Asian currencies that maintained their value against the US dollar in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian wants the soonest passage of legislation that will create a business loan program to generate jobs to be able to “curb unemployment.”

Government data showed that the tourism industry’s contribution to the national economy increased to almost 13% of the gross domestic product (GDP) last year.

Sagada in the Mountain Province is technically a heritage town after a local ordinance declared all structures of cultural and historical importance as heritage sites.

A newly discovered comet is streaking past Earth, providing a stunning nighttime show after buzzing the sun and expanding its tail.

The government is discussing with two new potential investors the government’s much delayed plan to rehabilitate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in case the consortium of local big business withdraws its P102 billion project offer, according to Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III.

New Zealand Ambassador to the Philippine Peter Kell officially turned over Php 800,000 to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) to help them procure additional Personal Protective Equipment for healthcare workers and frontliners.