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BBM, upheavals, the next president
By TONY LOPEZ Who is the ideal president in 2028? At a fireside chat-cum-forum with ASEAN editors and businessmen Feb. 24 in Makati, replying to a question by moderator Rico Hizon, President Ferdinand R. Marcos […]
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Accountability
By Tony Lopez You are the brother of the king of one of the world’s greatest imperial powers. Your royal house has produced four kings and one queen in 109 years. Current King Charles is […]
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A failing and dying democracy
By Tony Lopez At the celebration of Constitution Day, Feb. 10 at the Manila Polo Club, retired Chief Justice Reynato Puno declared: “Democracy all over the world is on the decline, including democracy in the […]
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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 […]







