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BBM promises P1.28 trillion windfall

By TONY LOPEZ One trillion pesos. That is my estimate of the money households and businesses who consume electricity will save as windfall if President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PBBM) makes good on his promise […]

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Sara a multi-billionaire

By TONY LOPEZ Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte became awesomely rich while serving as vice mayor of Davao City from 2007 to 2010, and as its mayor from 2010 to 2013. During those years, transactions […]

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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 […]