• SARA’S TRIAL

    SARA’S TRIAL

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH By TONY LOPEZ Go to the Senate hall during the trial.  Sit down.   Listen to the proceedings, the presentation of evidence.  Let the defense lawyer and the prosecution tangle with […]

  • Trial and errors: Philconsa denounces Senate delays, lack of impartiality

    Trial and errors: Philconsa denounces Senate delays, lack of impartiality

    By TONY LOPEZ Finally, the trial of the impeached vice president, Sara Duterte has begun.   Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Senate President of the 19th Congress took his oath as presiding officer of the Senate Impeachment […]

  • BBM’s cabinet reset

    BBM’s cabinet reset

    By TONY LOPEZ Mobility.  Peace and order. Law. Corporate Governance. Higher Education. These are the themes I gather from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s calibrated efforts to revamp his cabinet and reset his presidency. Mobility […]

  • CLARK: The dream that works

    CLARK: The dream that works

    Clark is the best investment and tourism destination in the Philippines today.  And perhaps in the whole of Asia. Filipino investors should take a serious look into it—now.  Otherwise, foreign locators are about to take it […]

  • BBM a lame duck?  Hell, no; Sara captive of petty politics

    BBM a lame duck?  Hell, no; Sara captive of petty politics

    By Tony Lopez Is Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr. (BBM) by now a lame duck president?   Hell, no. With three years and 40 days left of his six-year term, BBM is a breathtakingly powerful president […]

  • POPE LEO XIV THE GREATEST

    POPE LEO XIV THE GREATEST

    By Antonio S. Lopez Leo XIV greeted, from the Central Loggia or balcony of Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica, the 100,000 faithful who had stood in vigil for hours waiting for news of a new pope […]

  • Senatorial winners

    Senatorial winners

    BBM alliance to sweep May polls By TONY LOPEZ I  averaged the 2025 results of the OCTA Research (April 10-16) and SWS (April 11-15) surveys on senatoriables and here are the percentages and the equivalent […]

  • FRANCIS: THE POPE OF INCLUSION

    FRANCIS: THE POPE OF INCLUSION

    Pope Francis’s reign became remarkable for his humility, for promoting a more merciful, less rigid Church, a smiling, relevant Church, with a singular focus on ministering to the poor, the suffering, the imprisoned, the dispossessed […]