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THE NEW NAIA 2026
By TONY LOPEZ In 2025, Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) handled 52.02 million passengers, a new high and breaking the previous record of 50.1 million chalked up in 2024, also scored under the new airport management, the New NAIA Infra Corp. (NNIC) of industrial giant San Miguel Corporation headed by CEO Ramon S. Ang. The…
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US interest in Asia: Business, not war
By TONY LOPEZ The Philippines and the US are close allies. That’s the theory. The Philippines is the only and oldest defense and treaty ally of the US in Asia. Under the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1951, an attack on one is an attack on the other. If you attack the Philippines, it is like…
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Suicide by the dynasties
By TONY LOPEZ How do you tell the clans that control 70% of Congress to go, kill themselves? And how do you tell the families that control 80% of all local governments to go drown themselves into rivers unprotected by ghost flood control projects? Answer: Ask them to endorse a genuine anti-dynasty bill. An anti-dynasty…
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SC stops robbery
By TONY LOPEZ On Dec. 5, 2025, the Supreme Court announced that by a unanimous decision, it has ordered the Department of Finance (DOF) to return asap the P60 billion Ralph Recto dragooned from the benefits fund of PhilHealth, the state health insurance company. The high court, by a majority vote, also ruled as a…
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Catharsis
By TONY LOPEZ I am not an economist. I have had exposure in economics. I am a bachelor of literature, major in journalism, magna cum laude, but my electives in college were economics, banking, and marketing. I also took up three semesters of MBA, at Ateneo, and MBA is basically applying economic fundamentals to your business so you make…
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Strength behind the calm demeanor
The 17th President and Chief Executive has done what the 16 presidents before him could not—expose the largest act of corruption ever, the flood-gate (flood control scam+Watergate) where over P1 trillion was looted by corrupt senators, corrupt congressmen, corrupt contractors, and corrupt officials of other government agencies. President BBM (Bongbong Marcos) is determined to sue…
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No hope for PAGASA?
By Tony Lopez In one week, two powerful typhoons devastated half of the Philippine archipelago of 7,600 islands. The first, Tropical Cyclone Tino or Kalmaegi to non-Filipinos, entered Philippine territory on Nov. 2, and dropped a month’s rainfall in just 24 hours on the Visayas, central Philippines, and parts of Mindanao. With maximum sustained winds…
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Leading Maynilad’s Next Generation
The Transformational Leadership of CEO Ramoncito S. Fernandez BizNewsAsia Management Excellence Awardee for 2025 Enhance Maynilad operations and efficiency in the West Zone Maynilad Water is focused on enhancing service delivery and operational efficiency, supported by a comprehensive CAPEX program totaling P163.3 billion (U.S.$2,885.3 million), as provided in our business plan for 2023 to 2027…
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