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PH’s four major problems
Philippine food prices are the highest in 100 years. In first quarter 2024, if you bought rice at the farm, you paid the farmer P24.82 per kilo, the highest in recent recorded history, and a […]
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The assassination attempt on Donald Trump
By TONY LOPEZ Donald J. Trump, bleeding profusely on his upper right ear, blood criss-crossing his reddened face, yet the former president looking defiant, his right fist pumped into the air as he hollers “Fight! […]
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BUNGLED BASIC EDUCATION
By Tony Lopez That is the marching order given by President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. to his new Education secretary, Harvard Law-educated Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, 52. That means a stronger focus on the 3Rs of basic […]
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Quality of Philippine education very poor at every level—elementary, high school, college; below global averages
Can new DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara do something? The hope is that he can. Or there is really no future for this country. By Tony Lopez Congratulations to Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara. He is […]
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Five things BBM did in two years
By Tony Lopez On June 30, 2024, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. completed the first two years of his six-year presidency. In two years, Marcos Jr. did five things: One, he unified the country. Two, […]