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Political dynasty handmaiden to oligarchy

Wednesday, 05 August 2020 08:43 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Third of 5 parts PRIOR to the arrival of Spain, the islands of the Philippines were composed of settlements and villages called barangay with no central government. The barangay, the autonomous component for basic governance, was headed by a datu…

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The Philippine oligarchy

Wednesday, 29 July 2020 04:47 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Second of 3 parts President Rodrigo “Deegong” Duterte’s claim that he had “…dismantled the oligarchy that controlled the economy and the Filipino people” was more hyperbolic than factual. But we may grant the Deegong this expansive boast as his performance…

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ABS-CBN closure in context

Wednesday, 22 July 2020 09:14 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

First of two parts CONGRESS has spoken. The ABS-CBN Corp. franchise is no more. The Deegong got his pound of flesh with implacable finality. As intimated by a senator-cum-personal aide, “Kung hindi ninyo sinaktan and damdamin ng Pangulo, hindi sana…

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Emerging post-Covid world order China is now at war

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 06:00 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Last of 2 parts “CHINA is the enemy” is Trump’s mantra that has found resonance with his base, whom Hillary Clinton famously described in 2016 as “deplorables.” A hemorrhage of United States companies in the manufacturing sector lured by cheaper…

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China is now at war

Wednesday, 08 July 2020 10:15 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

First of 2 parts As in most wars, the actual start of the conflict is often ambiguous. It is more a series of events, generating a spark that leads inevitably toward a conflagration. A case in point is World War…

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Covid conceals DU30’s failings

Wednesday, 01 July 2020 04:59 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THE reason why the Centrist Democrats (CDP) gravitated toward the candidate Rodrigo Duterte in 2016 was that our tenets and programs of government coincided with those of his political party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan. To the uninitiated, a…

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What does the data really say on Covid-19 and ‘Black Lives Matter’?

Wednesday, 24 June 2020 08:21 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte last week extended the general community quarantine (GCQ) by another two weeks, our fourth extension in 100 days. A spike in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections in Metro Manila, Cebu and other cities prompted this decision.We are…

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The graduating from quarantine Covid Class of 1960

Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:10 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THIS column departs from the usual op ed dissecting realities behind the headlines. This time, it is an intimate recounting of how high school 1960 classmates from the Ateneo de Davao (AdeD) survived the four months of quarantine. Firstly, we…

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