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Danding Cojuangco vindicated
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.…
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It’s USA vs. China
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…
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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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