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Where EDSA goes from here? Bury, cremate or resurrect?

Wednesday, 17 March 2021 06:38 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Last of 3 parts THIS is the last of a trilogy on EDSA 1986. Looking back, people on both sides of EDSA have interpreted its meaning over the years through the prism of their own deep-seated beliefs, values and biases.…

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EDSA then and now: Slow killing of expectations

Wednesday, 10 March 2021 09:35 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THE second part of this series on the EDSA People Power Revolution discusses the expectations of the dramatis personae in 1986 in contrast with the current years 2017 to 2021. Excerpts from my The Manila Times column of March 9,…

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Who killed EDSA?

Wednesday, 03 March 2021 09:16 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

LAST week, the EDSA People Power Revolution was commemorated. Strictly not a “revolution,” having caused no systemic political structural changes, but in essence, it refers to the ardor of those four heady days in 1986 that fueled remembrances, holding the…

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Anatomy of two impeachments — nuances and repercussions

Wednesday, 24 February 2021 09:14 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THE acquittal of former president Donald Trump by the US Senate is now part of its Congressional Records, an indelible historical blight that will haunt America for generations. That this trial doesn’t follow the conventional “trial by jury” enshrined in…

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Duterte’s time running out: A case for repairing his legacy

Wednesday, 17 February 2021 06:09 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana

IN the first part of this series last week, I critiqued President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s three pledges as monumental failures. “Operation Tokhang,” his flagship program on war on illegal drugs, left in its wake thousands of dead Filipinos, meriting him…

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Duterte’s time running out — monumental failures

Wednesday, 10 February 2021 09:36 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THIS regime ends in 15 months. Before that, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (PRRD) becomes a lame duck unless he is perceived as still powerful and influential in shaping the next administration, either as a “surrogate president” under the harebrained proposals…

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The political economy of vaccines: World poverty, vaccination, herd immunity

Wednesday, 03 February 2021 08:34 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Last of 2 partsTHIS second part on the Covid-19 vaccine puts into perspective the need for massive vaccination as a precondition to lifting the lockdowns and reviving the global economy.Lockdowns, the knee-jerk solution to the pandemic, have exacted an intolerable…

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SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS. The fall of Trump, the rise of Biden

Wednesday, 27 January 2021 03:50 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

JAN. 20, 2021. The world was riveted to their TV sets for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Earlier that morning, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania were seen sneaking out of the White House for the very last time. Marine…

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