The first step is to have a thermometer which is hopefully disinfected after every use placed in the visitors ear to check his/her temperature.
The second step is for the visitor not a nurse or a doctor, mind you to check the appropriate box in answering three questions (you know, whether you have recently visited China or Hong Kong or whether you have come in close contact with any person known to be infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).
As everybody knows, Honey Girl de Leon is the sister of former Ilocos Sur Governor Luis Singson.
As everybody, Mr. Siy is not talking to his sister, Bernadine Siy (and vice versa) over who should manage which family business. Not surprisingly, both siblings are effective managers of the businesses either left by their late father, Ramon Siy, or put up using the money their father left behind.
Then again, that multimillion fortune could be growing at a faster rate if there was peace and unity within the family.
Mr. Mogar isnt new to the business. He used to run the direct selling operation of competitor, The House of Sara Lee, after coming home from a long stint in Indonesia (pushing Gilette blades).
Besides, Mr. Mogar has ready access to his predecessor, Malu Dybuncio, who has been moved up as executive director for regional business development, as well as to Ms. Dybuncios predecessor, Jose Marie Franco, who remains area head vice-president for southern Asia.
Both Ms. Dybuncio and Mr. Franco are still based in the Philippines.
Under such a scenario, the 40-year Cocobank would become something like the current Philippine National Bank, which government jointly owns with Lucio Tan and which will be eventually privatized.
Under such a scenario, the normal one-year proscription period imposed on the senior officers of certain government agencies supervising the banking system would not apply, should there be changes at the top.