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Stopping BBM — the big if

Thursday, 21 April 2022 08:55 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

NINETEEN days to the day of reckoning, BBM is holding his own. The Teflon boy is comfortably biding his time mouthing the same message that resonated with the tired electorate. "Time to Unite for the country" — and the devil…

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Bongbong, the Teflon candidate

Wednesday, 13 April 2022 11:15 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

A MONTH to election day last week, The Manila Times came out with a screaming headline, "Marcos expected to rake in 36M votes." This would translate to over 56 percent of eligible Filipino voters, a clear majority comparable to Ferdinand…

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Sophie's choice: The CDP electoral candidates

Wednesday, 06 April 2022 07:02 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

"SOPHIE's Choice" was a compelling movie where baby-boomer moviegoers, my age group, were persuaded to confront, think and suffer moral dilemma vicariously throughout the entire film unlike contemporary flicks where computer-generated images (CGI) with motion-capture (MoCap) driven technology enhance the…

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Political realignments non-ideological, simply utilitarian

Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:23 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

First of a seriesLAST week, candidates started campaigning for 18,000 local elective positions. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) came out with some interesting tidbits. Eight hundred forty-five (4.7 percent) are running unopposed. But at the Congress, three-fourths of whom are…

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Senate elections and systemic political reforms

Thursday, 24 March 2022 09:07 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

LESS than 50 days from now, the PRRD regime will have come to pass. I have been critical of many of the President's policies and acts of commission and omission. For one, he should have taken proactive steps to resolve…

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Closing act to Putin's war

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 08:13 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

TODAY marks the 20th day of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. In the coming days Putin will unveil his endgame. Thousands will be dead and those that fled the cities are the lucky ones. Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv and Odessa…

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Ukraine: Putin's war — a briefer

Wednesday, 09 March 2022 09:36 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

SINCE December when Russian troops were massing at Ukraine's borders, social media was inundated by requests for prayers anointing Zelenskyy as the good guy and Putin, the devil incarnate. These supplications accelerated as Russian troops crossed over.In the Philippines, half…

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EDSA People Power 1986 redux

Wednesday, 02 March 2022 09:29 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

TODAY, while Covid-19 may no longer be as lethal compared to the past 25 months or so when the Grim Reaper stalked the land harvesting 6 million souls worldwide, our fear of death has subsided, leaving us simply to mourn…

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