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Zero tariff for US, 19% for PH, Ironclad Security It all boiled down to 1% — the discount or reduction in tariff rate imposed by United States on Philippine products exported to America. Effective Aug. […]

By TONY LOPEZ At the groundbreaking for the Caticlan (Boracay) airport terminal on July 14, 2025, President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. (Bongbong Marcos, BBM) had effusive words for Chair and CEO Ramon S. Ang, whose […]

By Tony Lopez The Philippines is not so bad a country after all. The World Bank published July 2, 2025 its latest tome, the World Bank Development Indicators (WDI), the world’s premier collection of cross-country […]

By Tony Lopez Plunder.  Perfidy.  Political assassination. These are the three major crimes committed by impeached Vice President Sara Z. Duterte, against the people.  They are very grave, not silly, charges.  The evidence is so […]

US fails to destroy Iran nuke labs; NATO nations up defense budget to 5% of GDP By TONY LOPEZ Was it all drama and deception? The world might have just witnessed the shortest global war […]

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH By TONY LOPEZ Go to the Senate hall during the trial.  Sit down.   Listen to the proceedings, the presentation of evidence.  Let the defense lawyer and the prosecution tangle with […]

By TONY LOPEZ Finally, the trial of the impeached vice president, Sara Duterte has begun.   Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Senate President of the 19th Congress took his oath as presiding officer of the Senate Impeachment […]

By TONY LOPEZ Mobility.  Peace and order. Law. Corporate Governance. Higher Education. These are the themes I gather from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s calibrated efforts to revamp his cabinet and reset his presidency. Mobility […]