THE PESO is seen to weaken against the dollar this week amid expectations of a cut in banks’ reserve requirements and mixed US data.

SHARES MAY continue to trade sideways in the week ahead as investors digest the government’s decision to cut growth targets.

THE Senate’s proposal to hold a special session for the approval of a supplemental budget is a “workable compromise” to settle the impasse over the 2019 national budget, an analyst said Sunday.

OUTSTANDING foreign debt rose 8% in 2018 as companies and the national government resorted to foreign sources for funding, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said.

IMPORTERS disputed claims that their cement fails to meet regulatory standards, noting that Vietnamese cement in particular meets government standards.

As May elections draw near, legislators are faced with the daunting task of reflecting upon -- and marketing -- their legacies. Two candidates of note are Senator Sonny Angara and Senator JV Ejercito, both of whom authored bills instituting universal health care in the Philippines. President Duterte signed Republic Act No. 11223, the Universal Health Care Act, in late February 2019.

“Many areas in the metro have experienced weak to no water supply, with some areas having people line up for hours to get water from tankers,” BusinessWorld reported, as all other media did, in the anxiety of worse to come. The people are angry.

THERE are two ways to look at disruption.

THE Philippine national men’s basketball team will take on Italy when it begins its campaign at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in China in August.

THE University of Santo Tomas Golden Tigresses ended their first-round assignment in Season 81 of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines on a high note, chalking up their third straight victory by defeating the University of the East Lady Warriors in three sets, 25-18, 25-14 and 25-20, on Sunday at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City.

THE NLEX Road Warriors gave their PBA Philippine Cup playoff push a boost after a big win over the Blackwater Elite, 122-101, in league action on Sunday at the Smart Araneta Coliseum.

THE PHILIPPINES has officially withdrawn from the International Criminal Court (ICC) as of Sunday, March 17.