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By Tony Lopez Is Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. (BBM) by now a lame duck president?   Hell, no. With three years and 40 days left of his six-year term, BBM is a breathtakingly powerful president […]

By Antonio S. Lopez Leo XIV greeted, from the Central Loggia or balcony of Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica, the 100,000 faithful who had stood in vigil for hours waiting for news of a new pope […]

BBM alliance to sweep May polls By TONY LOPEZ I  averaged the 2025 results of the OCTA Research (April 10-16) and SWS (April 11-15) surveys on senatoriables and here are the percentages and the equivalent […]

Pope Francis’s reign became remarkable for his humility, for promoting a more merciful, less rigid Church, a smiling, relevant Church, with a singular focus on ministering to the poor, the suffering, the imprisoned, the dispossessed […]

By Tony Lopez There was no illegal hidden wealth after all. That is the conclusion I make after reading the stunning Dec. 6, 2024 decision of the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan on the eight coconut levy […]

By Tony Lopez The main enemies of America are the CRINK group – China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, which the CIA says “individually and collectively—are challenging US interests in the world by attacking or […]

By TONY LOPEZ On March 21, 2025, the family of the late Henry Sy Sr. and executives of his holding company, SM Investments Corp. (SMIC) marked the 20th year of its public ownership, at the […]

THE WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2025 By TONY LOPEZ Filipinos have become happier.   They have never been happier now than at any time since COVID in 2020.  A dramatic improvement in happiness has been taking place […]