• “Economy strong, resilient, sustainable,” says Diokno

    “Economy strong, resilient, sustainable,” says Diokno

    By Antonio S. Lopez The world economic outlook is bleak—this year, next year, in fact, over the next five years, of you believe experts of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. I use […]

  • Strains in PH-China relations

    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 […]

  • Maharlika Investment Fund will free millions of Filipinos

    Maharlika Investment Fund will free millions of Filipinos

    By Tony Lopez On June 12, 2023, at the 125th anniversary of the Philippine declaration of independence, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. pledged before the nation nearly impossible goals. “We will strive to remove […]

  • TRUST

    TRUST

    By Tony Lopez So much distrust.  Every step of the way. That is the sad drama that accompanied the creation of the Maharlika Investment Fund. We cannot trust our government to do one of its […]

  • 12 years

    12 years

    By Tony Lopez That is how Filipinos should look at the presidency of  Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr., aka, BBM. As president, BBM should serve from noon of June 30, 2022 to noon of June […]

  • GMA 7: The unrivalled

    GMA 7: The unrivalled

    No. 1 in broadcast tv Including all platforms, GMA reaches 78 million viewers, 96% of all Philippine television viewers. In 2022, COVID-19 dissipated as a pandemic, the worst in the last 100 years. With mobility […]

  • Banking boom

    Banking boom

    Banks’ profits keep hitting record highs During January to March this year, banks made more money than in any first quarter, in fact, in any quarter or three-month period in the history of Philippine banking. […]

  • Philippines, Asia, global tourism back with a vengeance

    Philippines, Asia, global tourism back with a vengeance

    By Antonio S. Lopez In the first quarter of 2023, aviation jet fuel sales of Petron Corp., the Philippines’ largest oil company, nearly doubled, because of the travel boom. For the whole of 2023, Cebu […]