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  • THIEVES, RELATIVES IN A NARCO-STATE

    THIEVES, RELATIVES IN A NARCO-STATE

    President Rodrigo Duterte was fuming mad in his 50-minute late night press conference the other night (August 21), at the presidential palace.  He announced the firing of the current Bureau of Customs chief, former military […]

  • “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 […]

  • Number of Black and Asian authors tripled from 2016

    Number of Black and Asian authors tripled from 2016

    2024 books by Black and Asian authors Book publishing has always been white. But the last five years showed a dramatic surge of books whose creators, characters, or topics were people of color. In a […]

  • Floods, money, banking and credit

    Floods, money, banking and credit

    By Tony Lopez In July 1972, Manila Bay and Lingayen Gulf had a date in Central Luzon.  It became what a British author described as northern Luzon’s “most serious floods recorded or remembered by man…775 […]

  • PH’s four major problems

    PH’s four major problems

    Philippine food prices are the highest in 100 years. In first quarter 2024, if you bought rice at the farm, you paid the farmer P24.82 per kilo, the highest in recent recorded history, and a […]

  • The assassination attempt on Donald Trump

    The assassination attempt on Donald Trump

    By TONY LOPEZ Donald J. Trump, bleeding profusely on his upper right ear, blood criss-crossing his reddened face, yet the former president looking defiant, his right fist pumped into the air as he hollers “Fight!  […]

  • BUNGLED BASIC EDUCATION

    BUNGLED BASIC EDUCATION

    By Tony Lopez That is the marching order given by President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. to his new Education secretary, Harvard Law-educated Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, 52. That means a stronger focus on the 3Rs of basic […]

  • Quality of Philippine education very poor at every level—elementary, high school, college; below global averages

    Quality of Philippine education very poor at every level—elementary, high school, college; below global averages

    Can new DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara do something?  The hope is that he can.  Or there is really no future for this country. By Tony Lopez Congratulations to Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara.  He is […]

  • Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow – A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories

    Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow – A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories

    Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow – A DIY Manual for the Construction of StoriesBy Steve AlmondPaperback, 235 pages, 2024.ZandoGET THE BOOK – https://amzn.to/3UgEc50 I recommend you visit the library to check out books. […]