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Terrorism, racism in Vancouver

by Tony Lopez - April 29, 2025 - 12:00am

Eleven people, aged five to 65, died and more than two dozens were injured when a man, described as an Asian, plowed his black Audi SUV into a Filipino crowd celebrating Lapu-Lapu Day just as the party, which drew...

Lessons from Pope Francis

by Tony Lopez - April 26, 2025 - 12:00am

Pope Francis visited Manila and Tacloban, Jan. 15 to 19, 2015 – the third pontiff to visit the Philippines after Paul VI in 1970 and John Paul II in 1981 and 1995. Luneta in Manila is the site of the world’s...

The pope of inclusion

by Tony Lopez - April 24, 2025 - 12:00am

Easter Sunday, the day before he died, Pope Francis, 88, had a blitzkrieg meeting with JD Vance, 40, at the reception room of the Vatican hotel where the pontiff lives.

That Pulse Asia survey

by Tony Lopez - April 22, 2025 - 12:00am

Devastating.

Danding Cojuangco vindicated

by Tony Lopez - April 17, 2025 - 12:00am

There was no illegal hidden wealth after all.

The end of globalization

by Tony Lopez - April 15, 2025 - 12:00am

The tariff wars or the globalization crisis shows no signs of abating. It looks like the end of globalization or the cutting of barriers to exports and imports across borders is a done deal.

Wave away crime

by Tony Lopez - April 12, 2025 - 12:00am

On Nov. 15, 1986, past 3 p.m., a Japanese businessman, Mitsui & Co. executive Noboyuki Wakaoji, 53, was kidnapped by several armed men riding in two luxury cars.

Tariff wars worsen

by Tony Lopez - April 10, 2025 - 12:00am

China gets the message: Donald J. Trump’s terrifying tariffs are mainly directed at Beijing.

It’s USA vs China

by Tony Lopez - April 8, 2025 - 12:00am

To understand President Donald J. Trump’s shocking tariffs slapped on more than 160 nations including its traditional and closest allies and trading partners, read the latest Central Intelligence Agency’s...

Terrifying tariffs

by Tony Lopez - April 5, 2025 - 12:00am

It’s an instance when being late to the party yields benefits.

SM: The greatest growth story

by Tony Lopez - April 3, 2025 - 12:00am

On March 21, 2025, the family of the late Henry Sy Sr. and executives of his holding company, SM Investments Corp. marked the 20th year of public ownership, at the Philippine Stock Exchange. At the IPO listing anniversary...

A thousand days

by Tony Lopez - April 1, 2025 - 12:00am

On Thursday, March 27, 2025, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. quietly marked his 1,000th day in office as president of the Philippines

RSA for president

by Tony Lopez - March 29, 2025 - 12:00am

A number of my columnist colleagues, notably Boo Chanco and Iris Gonzales of this paper, have suggested San Miguel Corp. CEO Ramon S. Ang (RSA) should run for president in 2028, for two reasons:

Phl politics: Guns and money

by Tony Lopez - March 27, 2025 - 12:00am

The gall of the Duterte family.

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.

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