Ivy Digest
A PENALTY FOR MOTHERHOOD?
At the start of our career, our work defines us. But once a woman becomes pregnant, her child defines her. First, the woman’s body changes to sustain a human life. Her whole well-being affects the […]
Articles by BizNewsAsia
Spotlight
BANKING FOR THE POOR
Nestor “Nesting” Espenilla Jr. is the 11th governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas or central bank. He took over July 2 to begin a six-year term. A veteran banking regulator and an economist, Espenilla, […]
News
ISIS TERRORISM
“ISIS is here!”. That is the most important conclusion authorities have drawn from the ongoing siege in Marawi, 1,487 kms southwest of Manila. Marawi is an ancient Muslim-dominated lakeside settlement dating back to 1639. It […]
Government
HOW BANKS FIGHT ATM CRIME AND CORRUPTION
(The following is an edited version of the transcript of the Senate Banking Committee hearing on June 21, 2017, looking into the so-called hacking of BPI. Certain Tagalog words were translated into English whenever possible […]
Business
THE KING OF MALLS
In 2002, Edgar “Injap”Sia II, then 32 and an emerging businessman from Iloilo, saw an ad in a newspaper for a nationwide contest—the person to send the most number of text messages in reply to […]