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Floods

by Tony Lopez - September 5, 2026 - 12:00am

Almost always, when it rains, the ancient town of Bulakan in Bulacan province gets flooded.

Army intelligence

by Tony Lopez - September 3, 2026 - 12:00am

Can you believe that among our best, fightingest, most experienced, most-be-medalled, most battle-tested and most intelligent officers of the land did not have enough intelligence and common sense to determine that...

Two tragedies

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

Two disasters have riveted the Filipino consciousness lately.

Aliases and thieves

by Tony Lopez - August 29, 2026 - 12:00am

In a touch of irony or poetic justice, the senator who harangued prosecution lawyer Mae Divinagracia last week on the use of aliases when at war is named after an alias – Robinhood Padilla.

Four positive economic developments

by Tony Lopez - August 27, 2026 - 12:00am

Amid a seemingly clouded if unpredictable economic environment, four good things have stood out lately:

Two-thirds to punish a scam

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

Seventeen so-called senator-judges showed up at the resumption yesterday, Tuesday, Aug. 24, of the trial of twice impeached Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte.

The Odyssey: A tale of abandoned wives

by Tony Lopez - August 22, 2026 - 12:00am

“If you’ve felt abandoned in your marriage, then you are Penelope in The Odyssey,” writes my daughter, a lawyer, in her BizNewsAsia column.

Pax Silica

by Tony Lopez - August 20, 2026 - 12:00am

On Aug. 14, the Senate committees on the environment and natural resources and finance conducted a five-hour hearing on the hottest and most controversial economic and investment idea of the day – Pax Sil...

Bastos

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

Bastos.

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...

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