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ICI’s fighting faith
THOU SHALT NOT STEAL By TONY LOPEZ I asked retired Supreme Court Justice Andres Reyes Jr., “why did you accept such a thankless job as chair of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure?” His answer, biting his lips, “I pity our poor countrymen.” One trillion pesos was stolen from the budget of the Department of Public…
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Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla
People’s TribuneProsecutorEqualizerSaviorPatriot By TONY LOPEZ Two anecdotes about Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, 64, the new Ombudsman: Remulla made Erap to goon leave, not resign In the morning of Jan. 20, 2001, then Executive Secretary Edgardo Angara managed to convince Joseph Ejercito Estrada to sign a letter of resignation as president. Boying Remulla, then 40 and…
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The nation’s 15 TOWNS outstanding women for 2025
BRILLIANCE MEETS COMPASSION AND PURPOSE Can they help unravel the biggest political crisis in the Philippines in the last 127 years — the syndicated stealing of over P1 trillion of flood control money in the last 10 years? This question faces the 15 outstanding young women of 2025, announced Sept. 17, by the TOWNS Foundation. …
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Grand tourism
By TONY LOPEZ On Aug. 15, 2025, the Manila Overseas Press Club (MOPC) held its Grand Tourism Night at the New World Makati. It was a resounding success. Guests swelled to more than double the initial booked reservation and they included CEOs and senior officials of the Philippines’ best, biggest and oldest corporations and the…
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The biggest thieves
By TONY LOPEZ By this time, the government should have ordered the arrest of three people—spouses Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya and Cezarah “Sarah” Discaya and Bicol party list Congressman Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co—for crime against the people. According to Senate President Tempore Panfilo Lacson, over ten years, from 2016 to 2025, Curlee and Sarah Discaya bagged P207.25 billion…
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Rage against corruption
By TONY LOPEZ On August 23, 2025, I wrote: “It’s the biggest syndicated looting of the treasury – the plunder of P1 trillion of the P2-trillion flood control money in the last 15 years (2011 to 2025). Of the P2 trillion, over P1 trillion, 53%, came during 2023 to 2025, the first three years of…
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THE LEADER FOR OUR TIMES
The President confronts corruption, cleans house, vows to do something substantial for the good of all Filipinos By Tony Lopez On Sunday night (Sept. 7, 2025), President Marcos Jr. cried on camera, during the fourth episode of his regular presidential podcast. He wondered how did the flood control corruption become so massive, how has government…
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KING AGUILUZ: DISRUPTOR
By Tony Lopez To mark his 80th birthday this September 2025, Dr. Amable R. “King” Aguiluz V did something unusual. He gave an 80% discount on tuition fees for new enrollees to his schools—the largest conglomerate of schools in the Philippines and in Asia. The discount was offered by AMA University and Colleges, ABE International…
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