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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 at St. Peter’s Square, to introduce himself as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. In his first…

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 in number of votes (assuming 45 million vote for senators, an extravagant assumption given that only half of voters vote…

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 and the marginalized, those who often, are invisible to society. By TONY LOPEZ Easter Sunday, the day before he died,…

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 cases filed by the Presidential Commission on Good Government back in 1987 and in 1995.   PCGG lost all eight cases.…

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 threatening others in their regions, with both asymmetric and conventional hard power tactics, and promoting alternative systems to compete with…

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 Philippine Stock Exchange.  At the IPO listing anniversary were: Tatang’s eldest, Tessie Sy, vice chair of SM Investments, Amando Tetangco,…

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 since President Bongbong Marcos (BBM) took over in July 2022, from President Duterte, in detention in The Hague facing trial…

Heart. Brain. Beauty. Experience. The Future. Camille Villar is the future of governance.  She comes from a family of tycoons and public servants who have helped build the nation while building homes for the rest of us, improving people’s life and lifestyles, securing and meeting their basic needs and wants. In two generations, which means…