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A shady legacy: POGO
Wednesday, 19 October 2022 09:59 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
Last of 2 partsQUITE recently, President BBM was mulling over the possibility of declaring POGO illegal. Although quite tentative, it's an observation of alarming developments in the country.To refresh our memory, POGO (Philippine offshore gaming operations) was an offshoot of…
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A shady legacy: Pharmally
Wednesday, 12 October 2022 17:27 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
First of 2 partsFORMER president Duterte left office with accomplishments his constituency can be proud of. The much-touted Build, Build, Build (Triple Build!) program was one of those successes that ushered in his "Golden Age of Infrastructure" — an unprecedented…
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Ukraine war redux
Thursday, 06 October 2022 19:21 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
SIX months ago, I wrote a piece on Ukraine predicting a quick defeat, after Russia launched its attack on February 24: "In the coming days Putin will unveil his endgame. Thousands will be dead and those that fled the cities…
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Light at the tunnel's end: Reviving Cha-Cha
Wednesday, 28 September 2022 08:29 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
JUST when the Centrist Democrats, particularly the Centrist Democratic Party (CDP), were losing hope at the end of former president Rodrigo Duterte's term when he dropped the ball on constitutional revisions, we had our expectations revived with the pronouncements of…
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Thucydides Trap: The coming US-China (non) war!
Wednesday, 21 September 2022 07:55 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
IN November 2019, I wrote a piece on the rise of China based on the book of our Harvard Dean Graham Allison — Destined for War (2017, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). The book described China's reappearance on the world stage as…
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Political prostitution — two similar professions?
Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:11 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
SHORTLY after the opening of the 19th Congress, Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers filed House Bill 1536, an act seeking to ban political turncoatism. Flamboyantly titled the "Anti-Political Prostitute Act," this bill is a watershed on two counts:…
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'Maid in Malacañang,' Imee's opus
Wednesday, 07 September 2022 11:31 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
I WATCHED the film "Maid in Malacañang" (MnM) at its premiere showing at the Gaisano Theater in Davao City last month. The last time I went to a film premiere was four or five decades ago at Garmon or Galaxy,…
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Federal-parliamentary vs presidential-unitary systems
Wednesday, 15 June 2022 10:17 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA
THIS is a supplementary article to my series on "Centrist Democratic (CD) Agenda for President-elect BBM" which started just after the May 9, elections. My memo to president-elect BBM, was followed by "Political dynasties – party-lists" (May 22); Part 1…
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