COVER STORY
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 […]
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Strains in PH-China relations
By Antonio S. Lopez On June 9, 2023, the Philippines and China marked the 48th year of formal diplomatic relations. On June 9, 1975, President Ferdinand Edralin Marcos Sr. and China Premier Chou En-lai signed […]