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The GCash phenom
By TONY LOPEZ The price per share of the Philippines’ biggest e-wallet, GCash, was pegged at P6.60 on Oct. 1, 2026. At P6.60 per share, Mynt, Inc., the owner of GCash, is valued at P441.534 billion, with 66.9 million shares outstanding. Mynt is selling up to 9.23 billion shares worth P61 billion in the largest…
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The fall of Sara and Martin
By TONY LOPEZ By year-end, two of the most powerful political personalities and dynasties in the Philippines would have fallen, from the dizzying heights of a breathtaking pinnacle of power to the ravine of ignominy and disgrace – Sara Zimmerman Duterte and former speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez. They will be defanged, financially and politically. The…
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HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN
The wheels of justice in the Philippines grind over a former president, a sitting VP, a former speaker, 7 incumbent senators, and two congressmen By TONY LOPEZ What a thrilling moment in Philippine history. Never have so many elected officials, among the highest-ranking and most powerful in the land, been investigated, prosecuted, charged, hunted down,…
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THE FIRST TWO-TRILLION COMPANY IN REVENUES
SMC 2026 sales should hit P2 trillion, a new record By TONY LOPEZ Fearless forecast: San Miguel Corp. (SMC) will hit P2 trillion in consolidated revenues in 2026, becoming the first Philippine industrial conglomerate to have 2,000 billion pesos in annual sales and bolstering its unrivaled position as the country’s largest company in sales. SMC…
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Where ARTA reforms resonate
By Secretary Ernesto V. Perez ARTA Secretary and Director General (8th State of the ARTA Address, May 22, 2026) Distinguished members of the Cabinet, honorable officials of the national government, our partners in local government, representatives from the diplomatic corps, representatives from the private sector, our development partners, fellow public servants, the men and…
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REDEFINING ISLAMIC BANKING
Amenah Pangandaman brings visioning and dynamism to smallish Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank On paper, there are easily 11 million Filipino Muslims. After all, about 11% of the Philippine population of 117 million are Muslims. In the 2020 census, the Philippine Statistics Authority found that only 6.4% or 6.98 million of the population that year were Muslims,…
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The new Supreme Court
By TONY LOPEZ 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 Innovations (SPJI) of Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo. “The SPJI was developed from a simple but important recognition that an institution entrusted with constitutional…
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The three Rs of BBM
By TONY LOPEZ The arrest and trial of former President Rodrigo Duterte in The Hague for crimes against humanity. The impeachment and trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The vigorous campaign against the P1.4-trillion flood control corruption and its perpetrators. The Iran War. The 48th ASEAN Summit, May 8, 2026, in Cebu and the leaders’…
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