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  • THE GREATEST YEAR FOR GREAT BANKING 

    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 […]

  • Why and how we became incompetent and corrupt 

    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 […]

  • Comelec to manage three polls 

    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 […]

  • Sara betrayed the public trust

    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 […]

  • Gutom na, tanga pa

    Gutom na, tanga pa

    By TONY LOPEZ Two disturbing reports I learned about recently: 1) the Philippine economy has slowed down considerably and has consistently missed annual growth targets of 6.5 to 8%, since 2022; and 2) The Year […]

  • The elections, NGCP and DeepSeek’s AI

    The elections, NGCP and DeepSeek’s AI

    By TONY LOPEZ Three topics this week: 1) The May 2025 elections, the Philippine National Police, and the Commission on Elections; 2) the purchase by Maharlika Investment Corp. of 8% of the National Grid Corporation […]

  • AMERICA – Back as an imperial power

    AMERICA – Back as an imperial power

    By ANTONIO S. LOPEZ America is back as an imperial power.  The US will try to dominate nations and conquer new territories, including Greenland, Panama, and things terrestrial and planetary like Mars where Trump will […]

  • THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS

    THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS

    The secret: How to be big, profitable, and fast growing By Antonio S. Lopez 2024 has been a good year for the Philippines’ largest corporations, especially for conglomerates which are highly diversified.  Growth in revenues […]