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Francis Lim at SEC

by Tony Lopez - October 8, 2026 - 12:00am

There is a new man at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Sara’s dirty money

by Tony Lopez - October 6, 2026 - 12:00am

Amid seeming boredom among the populace and among the hard-working judges of the 20-senator Senate impeachment court, the trial of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte has entered its most crucial chapter.

The GCash phenom

by Tony Lopez - October 3, 2026 - 12:00am

The price per share of the Philippines’ biggest e-wallet, GCash, was pegged at P6.60 on Oct. 1, 2026.

It’s the corruption, stupid

by Tony Lopez - October 1, 2026 - 12:00am

It’s the economy, stupid.

Political stability

by Tony Lopez - September 29, 2026 - 12:00am

On Friday night, Sept. 25, 2026, I was a moderator at the MOPC Senate Night with Senate President Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian as guest of honor and speaker.

Catharsis

by Tony Lopez - September 26, 2026 - 12:00am

From ancient Greek tragedies is the word called catharsis.

Toxic Sara

by Tony Lopez - September 24, 2026 - 12:00am

In my 56 years of journalism, I have never seen a political personality who has so riven the body politic as to divide, bitterly, the nation at large.

Truth, fairness, common sense

by Tony Lopez - September 22, 2026 - 12:00am

Truth, fairness, common sense.

The fall of Sara and Martin

by Tony Lopez - September 19, 2026 - 12:00am

By yearend, two of the most powerful political personalities and dynasties in the Philippines would have fallen, from the dizzying height of a breathtaking pinnacle of power to the ravine of ignominy and disgrace...

Bastos

by Tony Lopez - September 17, 2026 - 12:00am

Bastos.

The gravest threat

by Tony Lopez - September 15, 2026 - 12:00am

A grave threat is a grave issue these days.

Leadership lessons from Marcos

by Tony Lopez - September 12, 2026 - 12:00am

Serve your country, serve your people.

When the high and mighty fall

by Tony Lopez - September 10, 2026 - 12:00am

What a thrilling moment in Philippine history.

Afraid na afraid

by Tony Lopez - September 8, 2026 - 12:00am

Suing Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte before a Quezon City regional trial court for three counts of grave threats (Article 282 of the Revised Penal Code) was a masterstroke, legally and politically. For these...

Floods

by Tony Lopez - September 5, 2026 - 12:00am

Almost always, when it rains, the ancient town of Bulakan in Bulacan province gets flooded.

Army intelligence

by Tony Lopez - September 3, 2026 - 12:00am

Can you believe that among our best, fightingest, most experienced, most-be-medalled, most battle-tested and most intelligent officers of the land did not have enough intelligence and common sense to determine that...

Two tragedies

by Tony Lopez - September 1, 2026 - 12:00am

Two disasters have riveted the Filipino consciousness lately.

Aliases and thieves

by Tony Lopez - August 29, 2026 - 12:00am

In a touch of irony or poetic justice, the senator who harangued prosecution lawyer Mae Divinagracia last week on the use of aliases when at war is named after an alias – Robinhood Padilla.

Four positive economic developments

by Tony Lopez - August 27, 2026 - 12:00am

Amid a seemingly clouded if unpredictable economic environment, four good things have stood out lately:

Two-thirds to punish a scam

by Tony Lopez - August 25, 2026 - 12:00am

Seventeen so-called senator-judges showed up at the resumption yesterday, Tuesday, Aug. 24, of the trial of twice impeached Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte.

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