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We own Sabah, but…

Wednesday, 14 October 2020 09:57 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THE West Philippines Sea (WPS) was dragged into center stage with the stunning speech of President Rodrigo Duterte before the United Nations General Assembly resurrecting the 2016 arbitral award that he unilaterally set aside while trying to extract from Chinese…

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West Philippine Sea redux

Wednesday, 07 October 2020 09:43 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THIS pandemic turned out to be a convenient alibi for critical concerns to be shunted to the back burner. Foremost of these are the political reforms and constitutional revisions central to restructuring the institutions and mechanisms to eliminate the systemic…

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Taipans — bulwark of democracy or China’s fifth column?

Wednesday, 30 September 2020 08:43 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Last of 3 parts SEN. Panfilo Lacson recently disclosed that close to 3,000 Chinese linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are now in the country for an “immersion mission.” They came in through the Philippine offshore gaming operators program.…

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Rise of the taipans

Wednesday, 23 September 2020 08:06 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana

Second of 3 parts PRIOR to Spain’s arrival in what is now the Philippines, trade with China was flourishing in the 10th century or even as early as the 2nd century. Artifacts date the presence of Chinese for 2,000 years…

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The taipans — Chinese Filipino oligarchs

Wednesday, 16 September 2020 09:54 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

First of 3 parts MY columns last month centered on the Philippine oligarchy and political dynasties. This week opens with the “Taipans,” a complimentary term referring to the powerful billionaire-founders of Chinese Filipino business empires. Originally, the appellation referred to…

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Intimations of mortality — an immortal legacy

Wednesday, 09 September 2020 04:58 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana

IN my past two columns, I described President Rodrigo “Deegong” Duterte as a reformer and a revolutionary president. The trilogy closes with him as a mortal president. It is a long-held belief that for emperors, kings, monarchs, autocrats and powerful…

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Duterte the revolutionary: Not RevGov but RevPres

Wednesday, 02 September 2020 08:08 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

IN the front pages of newspapers this week, the call for a revolutionary government (RevGov) threatened to dislodge Covid-19 from the headlines. In social media, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s shock troops, the Duterte Diehard Supporters or DDS, echoed this challenge.…

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Duterte the reformer — why he must not fail

Wednesday, 26 August 2020 09:15 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

LONG before the mid-March lockdowns, this column warned against a looming pandemic. The first sentence of my January column reads: “We are facing one of the biggest threats in the world today: the possibility of the annihilation of our species,…

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