T-bond rates to move sideways

YIELDS on Treasury bonds (T-bonds) on offer tomorrow may move sideways, with demand to remain healthy on the back of ample liquidity, amid geopolitical concerns offshore. The...

It ain’t Uber till it’s Uber

By Romeo L. Bernardo
The Uber-LTFRB controversy has highlighted, to our great inconvenience, what happens when modern technology clashes with antiquated laws and regulations. This is further complicated...

Peso expected to climb on weak US jobs report

THE PESO will likely trade higher against the dollar this week on the back of softer-than-expected US labor data and ahead of the European...

Mercy and forgiveness in justice and injustice

By Amelia H. C. Ylagan
“Have you done your corporate examination of consciousness? Are the poor in the mission-vision statement of your company? Are the underprivileged in society somewhere...

Yields on gov’t debt drop

By Christine J.S. Castañeda, Researcher YIELDS on government securities (GS) traded in the secondary market went down last week amid Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) decision...

PSEi seen range-bound on geopolitical concerns

STOCKS will continue trading within range this week amid continued geopolitical tensions offshore. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) edged up 0.02% or 1.84 points...

Price hikes could have picked up in Aug.

HIGHER oil and electricity costs as well as rising rice prices likely drove inflation faster in August, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said...

Companies advised to give back more

BOSSES of some of the country’s conglomerates believe that businesses “can do more” to improve lives as they scour the fast-growing general economy for...

Fed likely to see little change in economy, policy course after the flood

WASHINGTON -- The economic fallout from Hurricane Harvey will make the Federal Reserve’s job more difficult when it meets in three weeks, but US...

Higher fines can now be levied after penal code gets amended

PENALTIES AND fines imposed by the Revised Penal Code (RPC) have been adjusted to current economic standards after President Rodrigo R. Duterte approved amendments...

Gordon, Trillanes fight over move to invite Dutertes to drug probe

TWO SENATORS got into a heated argument with one threatening to file an ethics complaint against another after the latter insisted on inviting presidential...

Cops face murder charges for slay of 17-year-old

By Kristine Joy V. Patag Reporter THE NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday filed murder, planting of evidence raps against four Caloocan cops over the...