COVER STORY

Seven BBM deals

By Tony Lopez There are seven focus areas to remember about the presidency of Ferdinand “Bongbong ”Romualdez Marcos Jr. 13 months after assuming the highest position in the land.  These seven will define the Marcos […]

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A bold step

By Antonio S. Lopez That is how President Ferdinand  “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. calls the latest measure he signed into law, the Maharlika Investment Fund Act.  “The MIF is a bold step towards our country’s […]

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Debt amnesia for farmers

By Tony Lopez Perhaps, the best economic reform so far by President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. is the law that condones the P58 billion debts of some 654,000 agrarian reform farmers to the government. Marcos […]

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Frasco, fiasco fun

By Tony Lopez What a Frasco, I mean a fiasco. Frasco, of course, is Maria Christina Frasco, 41, the corporate lawyer turned town mayor (of Lilioan, Cebu, the land of otap), and now, secretary of […]

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The “Mr. Quantitative Easing”, “Father of the VAT”, “Mr. Inclusion”, and “Mr. Infrastructure”

On June 30, 2023, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. completes his first year as the 17th president of the Philippines, the 12th largest nation on earth in terms of population. Considering the challenges and the […]