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JAIME AUGUSTO ZOBEL DE AYALA
Chair, Ayala Corp. BizNewsAsia Publisher and President Tony S. Lopez recently had an hour-long televised interview with Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, 65, chair of the Ayala Corp., the Philippines’ oldest business house. Excerpts: Tony […]
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KAMALA D. HARRIS VS. DONALD J. TRUMP
THE ELECTION THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD By Tony Lopez The outcome of the Nov. 5, 2024 American presidential election will surely change the world. For better. Or for worse. The world will be a […]
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The Gokongwei Group
Built by visioning, innovation, boldness, management excellence, and service to country and people By Tony Lopez The late John Lim Gokongwei Jr. (1926-2019) was the quintessential Filipino industrialist and serial entrepreneur. He was bold, almost […]
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Agenda for prosperity
BBM to fulfill needs, aspirations of Filipinos By President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. (Message on the Proposed National Budget for Fiscal Year 2025, July 29, 2024) Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives; Honorable President […]
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Gold, genes and golds
By TONY LOPEZ Did you know that the Philippine government budgeted only P52 million to prepare, train, and send our athletes to the Paris Olympics? For that money, the Philippines so far has won two […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]