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SM: The greatest growth story
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,…
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Gusto ko happy ka
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…
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The Ideal Senator
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…
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Duterte’s crime against humanity (CAH)
By TONY LOPEZ Rodrigo Roa Duterte panicked. Late Friday, March 7, he heard from the grapevine that the three-person Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands had issued an arrest warrant against him dated March 7, 2025 and marked “Secret”. Duterte made a quick trip to Hong Kong Saturday, March…
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THE GREATEST YEAR FOR GREAT BANKING
By Antonio S. Lopez 2024 has been the best year for Philippine banking, the region’s oldest banking system. And 2025 might prove even better, if only slightly, despite unprecedented geopolitical challenges of the worst trade war in 100 years, the highest tariffs in 100 years, the resurgence of imperialist America after 80 years, and the…
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Why and how we became incompetent and corrupt
By TONY LOPEZ Two provisions of the 1987 Constitution explain why our government became very incompetent and very corrupt, resulting in the most breathtaking economic decline in Asia, from the region’s second richest or even richest (after Japan was nuked by the US, twice) in the 1960s to the 21st century. One, the removal of…
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Comelec to manage three polls
By ATTY. GEORGE ERWIN GARCIAChairman, Commission on Elections (Speech before the Rotary Club of Manila, Feb. 6, 2025) Good afternoon to everyone. Mr. President, the officials, and members of the Rotary Club of Manila. The oldest, the first, and the largest in the Philippines. You see, 2025 po is a super election year for the…
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Sara betrayed the public trust
By TONY LOPEZ Betrayal of public trust. That plainly is the crime, in sum, of Sara Z. Duterte, who will be 46 this May 31. As vice president and as the secretary of the Department of Education from July 1, 2022 to June 24, 2024, she committed acts that are impeachable. As vice mayor of…
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