Ivy Digest

AS HEAT RISES, CROP YIELDS FALL

Farmers used to be able to rely on predictable weather patterns. We enjoyed mild temperatures throughout the year, regularly punctuated by winter cold and summer heat. Over the last centuries, many factors produced environmental changes […]

Ivy Digest

DO YOU HAVE A 90-SECOND FIRE ESCAPE PLAN?

Once your house is on fire, you only have 90 seconds to evacuate before the heat and fumes overpower you. “In just two minutes a fire can become life-threatening. In five minutes a residence can […]

Spotlight

SMC vs. SMIC: BATTLE FOR BIGNESS

In the battle for bigness in Philippine business the field has narrowed down to two groups, and only two – the beer, packaging, petroleum, power and infrastructure mega conglomerate San Miguel Corp. of Eduardo Cojuangco […]

Government

BSP’S NEW MANTRA: FINFRASTRUCTURE

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla has coined a new word that blends the Duterte administration’s focus on infrastructure and the monetary authority’s thrust of financial inclusion: FINfrastructure. “It’s original!” exults the BSP […]