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Milestones to make one optimistic

By TONY LOPEZ Three recent developments make me optimistic about the future, as a Filipino and as a citizen of this world. 1.    The World Bank has declared the Philippines an upper-middle-income economy, with a per […]

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Panic in Sara’s camp

By TONY LOPEZ With her trial to begin on July 6, 2026, a heat wave has struck the camp of Sara Zimmerman Duterte, the first Philippine vice president to be impeached twice, by huge numbers, […]

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AI AND THE FILIPINO

By TONY LOPEZ Bad news: The Philippines will be slow in adopting artificial intelligence (AI) and its improvements—artificial general intelligence (AGI), and artificial general superintelligence (ASI). Good news: The Philippines will be slow in adopting […]

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Senate President Win

By TONY LOPEZ At 9:24 Wednesday morning June 17, 2026, Sherwin Ting Gatchalian, 52, was sworn in as the 34th president of the Philippine Senate, the third highest official of the land and the leader […]

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SMC redefines resilience

By Tony Lopez The best is yet to come.  For San Miguel Corp., for its owners, for the customers it serves, and for Filipinos in general. That is the strong message delivered by SMC Chair […]