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  • THE CRISIS IN PHILIPPINE EDUCATION

    THE CRISIS IN PHILIPPINE EDUCATION

    By TONY LOPEZ What a monumental mess Vice President Sara Duterte left at the Department of Education. Public elementary and high school education has failed our kids. Our 15-year-olds cannot read, cannot write, cannot count […]

  • Miracle Man

    Miracle Man

    President BBM is unfazed about the challenges at DA. He knows Secretary Kiko will deliver. And fast. “I know his persona,” BBM declares, “he works hard, he understands the business.”  “Farmers and fishermen are close […]

  • JAIME AUGUSTO ZOBEL DE AYALA

    JAIME AUGUSTO ZOBEL DE AYALA

    Chair, Ayala Corp. BizNewsAsia Publisher and President Tony S. Lopez recently had an hour-long televised interview with Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, 65, chair of the Ayala Corp., the Philippines’ oldest business house.  Excerpts: Tony […]

  • KAMALA D. HARRIS VS. DONALD J. TRUMP

    KAMALA D. HARRIS VS. DONALD J. TRUMP

    THE ELECTION THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD By Tony Lopez The outcome of the Nov. 5, 2024 American presidential election will surely change the world.  For better.  Or for worse. The world will be a […]

  • The Gokongwei Group

    The Gokongwei Group

    Built by visioning, innovation, boldness, management excellence, and service to country and people By Tony Lopez The late John Lim Gokongwei Jr. (1926-2019) was the quintessential Filipino industrialist and serial entrepreneur.   He was bold, almost […]

  • Agenda for prosperity

    Agenda for prosperity

    BBM to fulfill needs, aspirations of Filipinos By President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. (Message on the Proposed National Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, July 29, 2024) Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives; Honorable President […]

  • Gold, genes and golds

    Gold, genes and golds

    By TONY LOPEZ Did you know that the Philippine government budgeted only P52 million to prepare, train, and send our athletes to the Paris Olympics? For that money, the Philippines so far has won two […]

  • “Last Supper” mocked

    “Last Supper” mocked

    By TONY LOPEZ On July 28, the Paris Olympics organizers apologized to Christian and Catholic groups over a parody of Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” that was part of the four-hour made-for-TV opening ceremony […]