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Resilience

by Tony Lopez - December 19, 2024 - 12:00am

Three seemingly incredible achievements amid domestic noise on the Dutertes and budget finagling and abroad, rising geopolitical tensions as Donald Trump prepares a swashbuckling White House comeback: 1) the Philippines...

The Duterte family’s criminal enterprise

by Tony Lopez - December 17, 2024 - 12:00am

Davao’s Duterte family was one grand criminal enterprise.

Uncertainty

by Tony Lopez - December 12, 2024 - 12:00am

The Philippines and the world are in the grip of uncertainty not felt in the last half century.

GMA, Gozon, greatness

by Tony Lopez - December 10, 2024 - 12:00am

Lawyer Felipe L. Gozon celebrated his 85th year on earth Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024.

The abusive Sara Duterte

by Tony Lopez - December 5, 2024 - 12:00am

Guilty.

A Christmas of assassins

by Tony Lopez - December 3, 2024 - 12:00am

Christmas is supposed to be a time to celebrate the birth of a famous person, the Savior no less, and not a season to kill.

Excellence 2024

by Tony Lopez - November 28, 2024 - 12:00am

At the Nov. 25, 2024 23rd anniversary dinner of BizNewsAsia in Makati, we honored outstanding individuals for their excellence in visionary management, general management and the arts and the professions.

The future of journalism

by Tony Lopez - November 26, 2024 - 12:00am

I celebrated my 76th birth anniversary yesterday, Nov. 25.

Lino Cayetano, Olivia Rodrigo, Manny Pacquiao, Carlos Yulo

by Tony Lopez - November 21, 2024 - 12:00am

The last four slots of my Power 100, the Most Powerful and Influential Filipinos, are occupied by four iconic figures – No. 97, Lino Cayetano; No. 98, Olivia Rodrigo; No. 99, Manny Pacquiao and No. 100, Carlos...

Power 100

by Tony Lopez - November 19, 2024 - 12:00am

A companion to my new book, “Great Lives, Great Deeds,” is “Power 100,” a special BizNewsAsia issue on the 100 most powerful and influential Filipinos. “Power 100” will be released...

‘Great Lives, Great Deeds’

by Tony Lopez - November 14, 2024 - 12:00am

That is the title of a book I have just written, now being printed, to be launched on Nov. 25, the 23rd anniversary of BizNewsAsia, the Philippines’ largest weekly business and news magazine.

GCash

by Tony Lopez - November 12, 2024 - 12:00am

GCash is a phenomenon.

Trump wins

by Tony Lopez - November 7, 2024 - 12:00am

Republican Donald J. Trump, 78, the oldest to seek the US presidency, appears to be winning, and handily, over the Democratic Party’s presidential amateur, Kamala Harris, 60. Trump is leading in the electoral...

The best and worst of times: RSA for president

by Tony Lopez - November 5, 2024 - 12:00am

I texted this to my various viber groups:

Duterte 2.0

by Tony Lopez - October 31, 2024 - 12:00am

Former president Rodrigo Roa Duterte spent almost 10 hours seated before the Senate Blue Ribbon sub-committee hearing on the “Philippine war” on illegal drugs, Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.

RSA, airport king

by Tony Lopez - October 29, 2024 - 12:00am

Over the next three to 25 years, San Miguel Corporation chair and CEO Ramon S. Ang has committed to spend, without cost to the government, a whopping P1.743 trillion to modernize and manage three of the country’s...

Bicol storms, Bicol boys

by Tony Lopez - October 24, 2024 - 12:00am

This week, two storms hit Bicol.

Fissiparous Sara D.

by Tony Lopez - October 22, 2024 - 12:00am

Disclosure: The D does not stand for deranged or demented, but rather to the first letter of one of the most awesome political brands locally.

For senator (2)

by Tony Lopez - October 17, 2024 - 12:00am

Pia Cayetano, 58, a lawyer, economist, triathlete and mother, she is the epitome of a Pinay In Action and a woman leader for our times.

Garma’s metanoia

by Tony Lopez - October 15, 2024 - 12:00am

In Congress’s hallowed halls, Friday evening, Oct. 11, 2024, at half past 8, retired police Lieut. Col. Royina Garma had a metanoia. A changing of her mind, a breakdown, an epiphany.

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