January 31, 1998:
AVON BUILDS P1-BILLION PLANT IN LAGUNA

PESO CLIMB STOPS, RATE DIPS TO P42.41=$1

January 30, 1998:
STOCKS RISE AS GOVT LIFTS A SHARES RESTRICTION

PESO GAINS 93 CENTAVOS, NOW P41.82=$1

January 29, 1998:
OPTIMISM PUSHES SHARES UP

PESO GAINS 65 CENTAVOS

January 28, 1998:
PESO RECOVERS, CLOSES AT P43.08=$1

STRONG PESO PULLS UP SHARES

January 27, 1998:
ELECTION GOOD FOR UNITY-- FVR

January 26, 1998:
WOMEN LAUNCH "DEFEND THE PESO" MOVEMENT

January 25, 1998:
PESO BREACHES P45, AVERAGES AT P43.36/$1

January 24, 1998:
PESO, STOCKS WEAKEN

LUCIO TAN BUILDING CHINA BEER EMPIRE

January 23, 1998:
PESO, STOCKS IN CORRECTIVE SLUMP

January 22, 1998:
PESO STEADY AT P40.954=$1

SHARE PRICES FIRM

January 21, 1998:
PESO GAIN CONTINUES

STOCKS UP 5.68% ON GOOD NEWS

January 19, 1998:
HOLBROOK PRAISES FVR, JDV FOR ECONOMY

HITACHI, TOSHIBA JOIN $100-M CLARK PROJECT

January 18, 1998:
PESO GAINS 22 CENTAVOS, NOW P41.35:$1

January 17, 1998:
PESO FLIES, NOW P41.57:$1

RP STOCKS RISE DESPITE HK WEAKNESS

January 16, 1998:
SOARING PESO NOW 42.622:$1

STOCKS JUMP 6%

January 15, 1998:
PESO RISE PUZZLES BANKERS

STOCKS LEAP 3.8%

January 14, 1998:
PESO AND STOCKS REBOUND

INCREASED PALM OIL PRODUCTION IN MINDANAO

January 13, 1998:
WEALTHY NATIONS SHOULD HELP ASIA -- FVR

ASIAN COMMON CURRENCY STUDIED

January 12, 1998:
RP PROPOSES DOLLAR-LESS TRADE AMONG ASIANS

DUTY-FREE SHOPS CUTTING OPERATIONS BY HALF

January 11, 1998:
$4.5-B GAS PALAWAN NATURAL GAS ACCORD SIGNED

STOCKS AT FIVE-YEAR LOW, PESO STRONGER

January 10, 1998:
STOCKS SINK TO FOUR-YEAR LOW

MANILA MONEY CHANGERS CLOSED

January 9, 1998:
PESO DIVES TO P46.50=$1

January 8, 1998:
STOCKS FALL ACROSS THE BOARD

PESO RATE NOW P45.20=$1

January 7, 1998:
FOOD PRICES KEEP INFLATION DOWN

PESO RATE HITS P42.65/$1

January 6, 1998:
RP TO SUPPLY CHICKEN TO HK

January 5, 1998:
CONVERSION OF FARMS STOPPED

January 4, 1998:
RECORD LOW FOR PESO: P41.80/$

STOCKS HIGHER, VOLUME THIN

January 3, 1998:
305-THOUSAND NEW JOBS IN BATANGAS

MINDANAO HOUSING OVERSUPPLY SEEN

January 2, 1998:
SHELL BEGINS $2-B PALAWAN GAS PROJECT

SUBIC EXPORTS TO HIT $1-BILLION

January 1, 1998:
$3.5-B MULTI-NATIONAL PORO POINT DEVELOPMENT

50,000 NEW JOBS FROM ECOZONES IN '98

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