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By Tony Lopez The Philippines is not so bad a country after all. The World Bank published July 2, 2025 its latest tome, the World Bank Development Indicators (WDI), the world’s premier collection of cross-country comparable data on development. Compared with the development indicators of more than 200 other countries, the Philippines is among the…

By Tony Lopez Plunder.  Perfidy.  Political assassination. These are the three major crimes committed by impeached Vice President Sara Z. Duterte, against the people.  They are very grave, not silly, charges.  The evidence is so compelling only a dog or a rat will believe she is not guilty. Which is why VP Sara must be…

US fails to destroy Iran nuke labs; NATO nations up defense budget to 5% of GDP By TONY LOPEZ Was it all drama and deception? The world might have just witnessed the shortest global war on record—12 days, from June 13, 2025 to June 25, 2025.  World War I lasted four years, 1914-1918.   World War…

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 each other. Do not interfere, unless you want to ask clarificatory questions to understand the meaning of the evidence being…

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 Court, on Monday, June 9, 2025. Then 22 senators took their oath as judges before Escudero, the following day, Tuesday,…

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 is Vince Dizon, secretary of the Department of Transportation (DOTr).  Since Feb. 21, 2025, every day has been a dazzling…

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 over, for themselves, for their people, for their countries.  The South Koreans are leasing Clark lands by the hundreds of…

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 and commander-in-chief.  And personally likeable.  It’s the things BBM has failed to do or deliver for the people that make…