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EDUARDO MURPHY COJUANGCO JR.: THE GREATEST FILIPINO INDUSTRIALIST

June 22, 2020 Comments Off

By Antonio S. Lopez Eduardo “Danding” Murphy Cojuangco Jr. was the Philippines’ most successful and greatest Filipino industrialist. His entrepreneurship and public service served a singular purpose – to uplift the lives of many Filipinos […]

THE GREATEST TERROR

June 11, 2020 Comments Off

The Anti-Terrorism Law is a done deal. The bill was submitted to President Duterte yesterday (June 9). The President doesn’t even need to sign it to make it a law. He needs only to wait […]

DOF BARES ROADMAP TO QUICK ECONOMIC RECOVERY

June 3, 2020 Comments Off

By Carlos Dominguez – Secretary of Finance (Speech at the joint meeting with the local and foreign business community, May 28, 2020) His Excellency Peter MacArthur, Ambassador of Canada; His Excellency Koji Haneda, Ambassador of […]

THE CURSE OF COVID-19

May 28, 2020 Comments Off

Four cabinet members, Presidential Legal Counsel Sal Panelo, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, Trade and Industry Secretary Ramon Lopez, and Labor Secretary Silvestro Bello, reacted to my May 13 column, “Now, it’s modified”, in which I […]

STRONG ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS WILL POWER RECOVERY NEXT YEAR FROM COVID-19 CRISIS

May 21, 2020 Comments Off

Stimulus package costs P1.74 trillion, 9.1% of GDP Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said on May 19 that building on the economy’s solid fundamentals and making it more resilient against future challenges ensure the country’s […]

COMBATTING COVID-19

May 16, 2020 Comments Off

TIME TO HELP When lockdowns in whatever form are phased out, hopefully, on May 30, the job of reviving the economy and reconstruction begins in earnest. Revival is a herculean if not a revolutionary task. […]

Ivy Digest

WHY WE NEED TO SELF-ISOLATE IN A PANDEMIC

In an influenza pandemic, households are the most likely to transmit the virus (40%), followed by school and work combined (30%), and last thru other contact settings (less than 30%). (Epidemics, 2019) That’s why the [...]

WHY WE NEED TO SELF-ISOLATE IN A PANDEMIC

April 15, 2020 Comments Off

EACH WEEK OF SCHOOL CLOSURE DELAYS EPIDEMIC PEAK BY 5-6 DAYS

April 2, 2020 Comments Off

By Ivy Lopez In past pandemics, schools are typically closed first because children are usual vectors in the transmission of influenza in the household and community. “School closures have been found to be effective in […]

SILICON VALLEY STAYS HOME TO AVOID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

March 26, 2020 Comments Off

To spur innovation, Silicon Valley values collaboration and social interactions. Not anymore. To avoid the spread of COVID-19, SV told its workers, students, and residents to stay home until further notice. On March 11, the […]

HOW TO MAKE A HOUSEPLANT LOVE YOU: CULTIVATE GREEN SPACE IN YOUR HOME AND HEART

June 24, 2020 Comments Off

By Summer Rayne Oakes Illustrations by Mark Conlan Hardcover, 183 pages, 2019. Optimism Press (Penguin Random House) Since we’re indoors so much, it’s time to bring the outdoors in. Don’t fret if you have no […]

BORN TO ICE

June 24, 2020 Comments Off

By Paul Nicklen Foreword by Leonardo di Caprio Text also by Kim Frank Oversize hardcover, 344 pages, 2018. teNeues Publishing “Born to Ice showcases the life’s work of an artist whose love for the landscape, […]

A CLOUD A DAY—365 SKIES F ROM THE CLOUD APPRECIATION SOCIETY

June 24, 2020 Comments Off

By Gavin Pretor-Pinney Cover image by William Hawkins Hardcover, 368 pages, 2019. Chronicle Books We’ve been cooped up indoors for so long! “It’s easy to forget that you live in the sky—not beneath it, but […]