• Japan and the US: Partners for a free and open Indo-Pacific

    Japan and the US: Partners for a free and open Indo-Pacific

    Joint Statement By US PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDENAND JAPAN PRIME MINISTER FUMIO KISHIDAApril 10, 2024 Over the course of the last three years, the U.S.-Japan Alliance has reached unprecedented heights. We arrived at this historic moment […]

  • PREPARING FOR AN ASIA Pacific war  VS. CHINA

    PREPARING FOR AN ASIA Pacific war  VS. CHINA

    Siege and seduction By ANTONIO S. LOPEZ “Diplomacy must never be a siege but a seduction,” says Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin in the Apple TV+’s “Franklin”. The leaders of the United States, Japan, the Philippines, […]

  • BBM approval ratings down

    BBM approval ratings down

    By TONY LOPEZ In the March 6-10, 2024 Pulse Asia survey, the approval and trust ratings of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. (BBM) fell dramatically, an early indication of popular dissatisfaction with his performance, […]

  • Artificial intelligence

    Artificial intelligence

    By Tony Lopez Today, tomorrow begins, thanks to Artificial Intelligence. AI. AI, says IBM, is “technology that enables computers and machines to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving capabilities.” In plain language, AI is a robot […]

  • The Philippines’ game-changing measures to improve business environment

    The Philippines’ game-changing measures to improve business environment

    By Ralph G. Recto Secretary of Finance (Keynote speech during the  Manila Overseas Press Club “Finance Night”, Fairmont Hotel, Makati, March 20, 2024) Mr. Tony Lopez, Chairman of the Metro Manila Overseas Press Club; distinguished […]

  • P170.6B NAIA PPP MODERNIZATION

    P170.6B NAIA PPP MODERNIZATION

    “AN INVESTMENT IN OUR FUTURE,” SAYS MARCOS JR. “This (NAIA Management) undertaking is not just about revenues that will be remitted to treasury alone, but resources invested in the airport and in many ways, it […]

  • SMC, MPIC form the biggest infrastructure company

    SMC, MPIC form the biggest infrastructure company

    By Tony Lopez San Miguel Corp. President and CEO Ramon S. Ang and Metro Pacific Investments Corp. Chair, President and CEO and Manuel V. Pangilinan are talking to merge their respective tollways operations—SMC Tollways (under […]

  • TOP MONEY MAKERS

    TOP MONEY MAKERS

    By TONY LOPEZ The best business in the Philippines today is banking.  Banks are hauling profits like there was no tomorrow.  By the billions per month.  A number of banks reported record profits ever. In the whole […]