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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 […]

  • Simply More

    Simply More

    “A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much” — Cynthia Erivo In 193 brief pages, multi-awarded singer Cynthia Erivo shares how her childhood and challenges shaped her art and asks the reader […]

  • A novel of characters

    A novel of characters

    This debut novel by engineer entrepreneur Kenn Altarejos deals with the drama and disillusion that only your family can wreak. Returning to his Philippine hometown after the 1986 People Power Revolution, the protagonist Pepe grapples […]

  • SM Investments Corp. shows how to thrive during crises, conflicts, global challenges

    SM Investments Corp. shows how to thrive during crises, conflicts, global challenges

    The world is in turmoil.   Never ending wars are taking place in a number of areas across the globe, with no end in sight.  Major armed conflicts are ongoing in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, […]

  • BBM, upheavals, the next president

    BBM, upheavals, the next president

    By TONY LOPEZ Who is the ideal president in 2028? At a fireside chat-cum-forum with ASEAN editors and businessmen Feb. 24 in Makati, replying to a question by moderator Rico Hizon, President Ferdinand R. Marcos […]

  • Accountability

    Accountability

    By Tony Lopez You are the brother of the king of one of the world’s greatest imperial powers.  Your royal house has produced four kings and one queen in 109 years.  Current King Charles is […]

  • Audrey Hepburn – A life of beautiful uncertainty

    Audrey Hepburn – A life of beautiful uncertainty

    Every year there’s an Audrey Hepburn book. Most of them are just photographs with some text, which avid fans like me adore. This is the first book on Audrey I’ve seen that is sized like […]

  • A failing and dying democracy

    A failing and dying democracy

    By Tony Lopez At the celebration of Constitution Day, Feb. 10 at the Manila Polo Club, retired Chief Justice Reynato Puno declared: “Democracy all over the world is on the decline, including democracy in the […]

  • When rulers are deaf and blind

    When rulers are deaf and blind

    By TONY LOPEZ Our politicians, our public servants, are deaf and blind.  They do not hear the sentiments and wishes of our people.  And if they ever hear the people, our politicians simply ignore the […]