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Gusto ko happy ka
by Tony Lopez - March 25, 2025 - 12:00am
Filipinos have become happier. They have never been happier now than at any time since COVID in 2020.
Sara brought down Duterte
by Tony Lopez - March 22, 2025 - 12:00am
A mouth brought down former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte. It’s the BM variety.
How crime against humanity was waged
by Tony Lopez - March 20, 2025 - 12:00am
One lawyer has, over the years, compiled and documented, with religious passion, many of the acts of mass murder waged by Rodrigo Roa Duterte, first as mayor of Davao in 1998 when he established the Lambada Boys,...
A rule of law
by Tony Lopez - March 18, 2025 - 12:00am
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has done two things no president has:
Duterte faces a hostile court
by Tony Lopez - March 15, 2025 - 12:00am
Friday, March 14, at 9 p.m. Manila time, former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte was to appear for the first time before the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court, at The Hague, the Netherlands.&...
Duterte’s crimes against humanity (CAH)
by Tony Lopez - March 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Rodrigo Roa Duterte panicked.
Camille Aguilar Villar
by Tony Lopez - March 11, 2025 - 12:00am
In my over 50 years of journalism, I had one of my best interviews, for two hours, with a tycoon politician, Camille Aguilar Villar, yesterday.
The greatest year for banking
by Tony Lopez - March 8, 2025 - 12:00am
During 2024, the Philippine banking system scored its best year.
The decline of Oriental Mindoro
by Tony Lopez - March 6, 2025 - 12:00am
A political earthquake could erupt this May 12 elections in Oriental Mindoro island. A maelstrom of outrage threatens to end the stranglehold on the province by two-term re-electionist governor Humerlito “Bonz”...
My EDSA story
by Tony Lopez - March 4, 2025 - 12:00am
The four-day People Power began in the afternoon of Feb. 22, 1986. I was there, with both rival camps, in Cebu and in Manila, the first day, a Saturday.
Bad leaders
by Tony Lopez - March 1, 2025 - 12:00am
The president of the Philippines is one of the most powerful in the world. He wields some powers even the US president cannot exercise.
After this, the deluge
by Tony Lopez - February 27, 2025 - 12:00am
Of the first ten Philippine presidents, eight were Bar topnotchers.
Why and how we became incompetent and corrupt
by Tony Lopez - February 25, 2025 - 12:00am
Two provisions the 1987 Constitution explain why our government became very incompetent and very corrupt, resulting in the most breathtaking economic decline in Asia, from the region’s second richest or even...
Billionaire senators
by Tony Lopez - February 22, 2025 - 12:00am
The political air has suddenly become polluted, what with the Feb. 11 start of the 90-day campaign period for candidates for national positions. 
The US and Russia are friends again
by Tony Lopez - February 20, 2025 - 12:00am
Inside the intricate Saudi Arabian palace in the capital Riyadh, over jokes and a hearty meal lasting four hours on Tuesday, Feb. 18, senior officials of the United States and Russia decided on three things:
The American dictator
by Tony Lopez - February 18, 2025 - 12:00am
Finally, America has a dictator. He is Donald J. Trump, 79. He is the 45th and 47th US president.
Sara betrayed the public trust
by Tony Lopez - February 15, 2025 - 12:00am
Betrayal of public trust.
The Senate
by Tony Lopez - February 13, 2025 - 12:00am
This 2025 is a watershed year for the Philippine Senate, once the bastion of excellence, purposeful governance and visionary nation building.
Outstanding journalists
by Tony Lopez - February 11, 2025 - 12:00am
For the second time in 80 years, the Manila Overseas Press Club honors the Philippines’ outstanding journalists, this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 6 p.m., at the Raffles Fairmont Grand Ballroom, before a sellout audience...
Hunger, poverty and corruption
by Tony Lopez - February 8, 2025 - 12:00am
In 25 years, the Philippines suffered massive declines on three fronts: 1) in the output and growth rate of agriculture, once the economy’s mainstay and biggest employer; 2) in economic growth, down to just...
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