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  • 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 […]

  • One nation, one Constitution

    One nation, one Constitution

    By Tony Lopez Possibly the best Constitution Day ever was celebrated on Feb. 8, 2024, jointly by the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) and Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC), at Makati Shangri-la Hotel).  Some 450 guests came, […]

  • SMC offers P1 trillion to government to manage NAIA in the next 25 years

    SMC offers P1 trillion to government to manage NAIA in the next 25 years

    In RSA’s strategic visioning, San Miguel’s business is not beer, not beverages, not food, not flour, not feeds, not packaging, not gasoline and diesel, not energy, not tollways—but growth and development. With three airports—Bulacan, NAIA, […]

  • THE HOUSE DELIVERS

    THE HOUSE DELIVERS

    THE 19TH CONGRESS UNDER SPEAKER FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ The most reform-minded Congress If things seem brighter, better and more buoyant these days for millions of Filipinos, they have President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and […]

  • An irrelevant Constitution

    An irrelevant Constitution

    By TONY LOPEZ On Feb. 2,1987, the 1987 Constitution was ratified. On Feb. 11, 1987, it came into force. Approved by the 48-member 1986 Constitutional Commission on Oct. 12, 1986, the 1987 Constitution was presented […]

  • Cha-cha momentum

    Cha-cha momentum

    By Antonio S. Lopez Two kinds of charter change: One, amendment; and two, revision.  Amendment is like changing the old dirty oil of a car engine.  Revision is like overhauling a car’s engine or replacing […]

  • The 3 major crises today

    The 3 major crises today

    Food shortages, joblessness, and tension in South China Sea By Antonio S. Lopez Filipinos are in the grip of three major crises: a food shortage, joblessness, and the West Philippine Sea tension. The food shortage […]

  • MASSIVE MODERNIZATION

    MASSIVE MODERNIZATION

    Traffic costs the economy P3.5 billion a day for Metro Manila and P2.4 billion for surrounding provinces such as Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite. By TONY LOPEZ The Marcos Jr. administration is undertaking the most massive transport […]