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When rulers are deaf and blind

By TONY LOPEZ Our politicians, our public servants, are deaf and blind.  They do not hear the sentiments and wishes of our people.  And if they ever hear the people, our politicians simply ignore the […]

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PROFICIENCY COLLAPSE

The world’s super “bobos” (idiots) By TONY LOPEZ The Filipino child is one of the most malnourished, most stupid, and most incompetent children in the world. Nine in ten Filipino kids cannot understand what they read […]

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RSA and SMC

By TONY LOPEZ I have covered San Miguel Corp. mostly relentlessly, in my 56 years of economic and business journalism, thru its various management teams and controlling stockholders –the legendary Don Andres Soriano Jr. (ASJ), […]

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BIG, BOLD REFORMS: PH open for business

By TONY LOPEZ This one is for Ripley’s Believe It or Not.  The Investor Relations Office of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Department of Finance conducted a three-hour “Big, Bold Reforms” forum […]

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TIME TO ACT, PBBM

By TONY LOPEZ This 2026 is a watershed year for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. (BBM), a decisive year of either great achievements or great disappointments, an annus mirabilis or an annus horribilis. This […]