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Senate political chameleons: An agenda for reform
Wednesday, 16 July 2025 22:57 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
First of three partsMY column last week featured the four sets of siblings in the Senate (Cayetanos, Villars, Tulfos and Estrada/Ejercitos) and how the tentacles of political families could affect governance. This week’s article expands the profile to the rest…
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Incoming Senate profile: Political dynasties’ team sports, corruption and perversion
Wednesday, 09 July 2025 10:59 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
ON July 28, 2025, the 20th Congress — the Senate and House of Representatives — convenes. This will be timed with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) which is to be delivered in a joint session…
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The evolving war: A case for regime change
Thursday, 03 July 2025 01:07 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
ON June 22, 2025, US President Trump announced: “The US military carried out a massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime. The strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have…
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Iran-Israel war: Insanity in the Middle East
Wednesday, 25 June 2025 19:19 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
CONGRATULATIONS, Donald. You have your war! Ukraine was Biden’s; Obama shared Iraq and Afghanistan, with Bush Jr. who started them. Clinton had his Kosovo and the Bosnian wars; Bush the dad has his Gulf wars, Desert Shield and Desert Storm;…
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Trump's actuations: Method to this madness
Thursday, 19 June 2025 01:14 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
MY column last week was about the global trade war resulting from Trump's tariffs. This act — unsanctioned by the US Congress — was aimed at protecting American industries through his faulty concept of reindustrializing America ("Trump's fool's errand," TMT,…
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Trump's fool's errand: Reindustrialization of America
Wednesday, 18 June 2025 23:57 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
LAST April 2, 2025, Trump imposed reciprocal tariffs against all US trading partners. This tanked the financial and bond markets, prompting Trump to suspend these tariffs for 90 days. His reason was to give the 100-plus countries the opportunity to…
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Bobos and bobotantes: Sad consequences of PH education
Wednesday, 04 June 2025 02:29 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
"THE Philippines today produces one illiterate for every five senior high school graduates." This was the disturbing finding of the Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media survey (Flemms) released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Under the promulgated redefined standards…
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BBM'S Cabinet revamp – a prelude to what?
Wednesday, 28 May 2025 23:15 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
SHORTLY after Ferdinand "Makoy" declared martial law in 1972, he purged the bureaucracy, targeting government agencies which he deemed to be corrupt, incompetent and ineffective, particularly the Bureaus of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Customs (BOC). Makoy was in his second…
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