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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 […]

  • A Christmas of assassins

    A Christmas of assassins

    By TONY LOPEZ Christmas is supposed to be a time to celebrate the birth of a famous person, the Savior no less, and not a season to kill. After all, the merriest season of the […]

  • Made in Asian America revives a forgotten history

    Made in Asian America revives a forgotten history

    I’ve never liked history because it’s old and boring. And I could never relate to a far-off land like America, even though they colonized the Philippines for 50 years. I love indexes, so I quickly […]

  • Whoopi’s memoir is an homage to her exceptional mom

    Whoopi’s memoir is an homage to her exceptional mom

    Bits and Pieces – My mother, my brother, and meBy Whoopi GoldbergHardcover, 247 pages, 2024.Black Stone Publishinghttps://amzn.to/3ADwCeo Who doesn’t know Whoopi Goldberg? She is as unforgettable as her stage name. I first saw Whoopi in […]

  • The best and worst of times: Ramon S. Ang for president

    The best and worst of times: Ramon S. Ang for president

    By TONY LOPEZ I texted this to my various viber groups: “This month I turn 76. Sadly, the world is not getting any better. Society is not getting polite at all. Nor intelligent. In America […]

  • 10 Young Adult Fiction Books By Filipino Americans

    10 Young Adult Fiction Books By Filipino Americans

    By Audrey Cabaltica GET THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/48BB0qHEverything We Never HadBy Randy Ribay Four generations of male Filipino immigrants deal with their identity, masculinity, and paternal relationship. GET THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/4dJhgTcThe Vanishing StationBy Ana EllicksonHardcover, 364 […]

  • Duterte 2.0

    Duterte 2.0

    By TONY LOPEZ Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte spent almost ten hours seated before the Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee hearing on the “Philippine war” on illegal drugs, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. The title alone of […]

  • Fissiparous Sara D.

    Fissiparous Sara D.

    By TONY LOPEZ Disclosure: The D does not stand for deranged or demented, but rather to the first letter of one of the most awesome political brands locally. During a rambling long-promised two-hour press conference […]

  • 6 Children’s Picture Books by Filipino American Authors

    6 Children’s Picture Books by Filipino American Authors

    Books by Asians have tripled in the US since 2016. Before 2020, it was rare to see any children’s book about a Filipino or any book written by a Filipino. From 2021, US publishers began […]