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Nilustay ng bruha

by Tony Lopez - August 15, 2026 - 12:00am

What or how would you feel if a third or a fourth of your annual income was given away by Sara Duterte to somebody you did not know from Adam, somebody the government itself has said it has no record of having been...

The new Supreme Court

by Tony Lopez - August 13, 2026 - 12:00am

Like all once immutable age-old institutions, the 125-year-old Supreme Court of the Philippines is undergoing an unprecedented modernization and transformation, thanks to the five-year Strategic Plan for Judicial...

A Judiciary Night to remember

by Tony Lopez - August 11, 2026 - 12:00am

Nine justices, led by Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo, attended the sellout “Judiciary Night” of the Manila Overseas Press Club, which I chair, Aug. 7 at Fairmont Makati’s ballroom.

John L. Gokongwei, 100

by Tony Lopez - August 8, 2026 - 12:00am

Aug. 11 this year marks the centennial of the birth of the late John Lim Gokongwei Jr. He died in 2019, at the age of 93.

System loss

by Tony Lopez - August 6, 2026 - 12:00am

My boss and compadre, Manny V. Pangilinan, has railed against the plan of the Marcos Jr. administration to totally do away with system loss charges in a bid to lower the cost of electricity delivered to consumers...

Outrage

by Tony Lopez - August 4, 2026 - 12:00am

Have we no sense of outrage?

BBM’s odyssey

by Tony Lopez - August 1, 2026 - 12:00am

Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s presidency has been an odyssey, one that rivals the adventures, misadventures, exploits, conquests and triumphs of any warrior king in the fantasyland called the Philippines, or anywhere...

BBM promises P1.28 trillion windfall

by Tony Lopez - July 30, 2026 - 12:00am

One trillion pesos.That is my estimate of the money households and businesses who consume electricity will save as windfall if President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. makes good on his promise to put a stop...

Sara loses majority support

by Tony Lopez - July 28, 2026 - 12:00am

The people have begun to view Sara Zimmerman Duterte for what she is – a do-nothing, divisive vice president and, as the ongoing impeachment trial gains momentum in the prosecution’s favor – abusive,...

A crushing legal defeat

by Tony Lopez - July 25, 2026 - 12:00am

The Senate, acting as the impeachment court (IC), has just dealt Sara Zimmerman Duterte a crushing blow, a devastating, irreversible legal defeat. By now, she is toast. Expect her removal as vice pres...

Resilience, pride,dignity

by Tony Lopez - July 23, 2026 - 12:00am

Monday’s State of the Nation Address of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. should be one of the most substantial speeches of his six-year presidency which ends on June 30, 2028. It should summon time-honored...

Sara a multi-billionaire

by Tony Lopez - July 21, 2026 - 12:00am

Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte became awesomely rich while serving as vice mayor of Davao City from 2007 to 2010, and as its mayor from 2010 to 2013.

Threat

by Tony Lopez - July 18, 2026 - 12:00am

How does one handle a threat?

Sara guilty of grave threats, sedition

by Tony Lopez - July 16, 2026 - 12:00am

After the July 14 and 15 hearings of the Senate impeachment court, I now conclude:

Sara’s character loan

by Tony Lopez - July 14, 2026 - 12:00am

Banking has a facility called a character loan.

The fall of Mike Defensor

by Tony Lopez - July 11, 2026 - 12:00am

I never thought I would see Michael “Mike” Tan Defensor, 57, behind bars, holding the cold steel bars of a suburban detention facility where inmates wear a bright orange t-shirt emblazoned with PDL –...

Being UMIC; Sara bludgeoned but unbowed

by Tony Lopez - July 9, 2026 - 12:00am

Finance Secretary Frederick Go sent me a primer on what it means for Filipinos for the Philippines to be upgraded by the World Bank into an upper-middle income country.

What upper-middle income means

by Tony Lopez - July 7, 2026 - 12:00am

Amazing, the cynicism that greeted the World Bank’s July 1, 2026 upgrade of the Philippines into an upper-middle income country, with a Gross National Income per capita of $4,850 – $214 more than...

Milestones to make one optimistic

by Tony Lopez - July 4, 2026 - 12:00am

Three recent developments make me optimistic about the future, as a Filipino and as a citizen of this world.

An explosive, riveting trial

by Tony Lopez - July 2, 2026 - 12:00am

The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte begins Monday, July 6, 2026. It will last from two to three months, probably much shorter, with 153 witnesses – 57 for the prosecution, 96 for...

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