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Massive debt as instrument of foreign policy
Wednesday, 08 February 2023 09:18 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana
IN 1945, World War 2 ended and another war began. This was not a shooting war — it was the Cold War, a period of geopolitical tension involving erstwhile allies, the United States and the Soviet Union, now competing for…
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BBM's travels and the new bromance with China
Wednesday, 01 February 2023 07:42 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
I WILL not begrudge BBM's traveling all over with his barkada, the latest of which was to Davos with an entourage of 70, including several two-faced businessmen prominent in financing the People Power Revolution that booted the Marcos père out.…
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The sacking of the NSA and the takeover by the generals
Wednesday, 25 January 2023 08:21 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
JUST recently, one of the more qualified Cabinet members was sacked by the President. Speculations are rife as to what triggered this singular act: from appeasing the restive military in the wake of the Duterte law that fixed the tenure…
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Rebellion in China!
Wednesday, 18 January 2023 09:23 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
THERE is a rebellion brewing in China. No guns, weapons and armaments of war. No actual fighting and skirmishes, and no blood flowing in the streets. There are no leadership structures; no single spokesperson articulating their demands, hopes and aspirations.…
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Spillover from 2022: Ukraine and China's continuing gift to the world
Wednesday, 11 January 2023 08:51 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
THE year 2022 is not done with us yet. It is continuing to spill over and influence the course of events in 2023. I don't see any silver lining. I see only a bleak landscape. But Filipino resilience as always…
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No more New Year's resolution!
Wednesday, 04 January 2023 08:02 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
I WRITE my first column for 2023 at Heavenly Village in Lake Tahoe while on Christmas skiing holiday with my six grandchildren, ages 3 to 10, two pairs of parents, and a pair of grandparents. While Lolo and Momsie (Lola)…
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US justice department: The son of God — a rapist!
Wednesday, 28 December 2022 10:33 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
THESE are serious accusations. And it is a measure of the inadequacy of our justice system that it has taken a foreign country to indict one of the Philippines' most powerful personalities, described as a shrewd businessman, an influential radio…
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Harvard Bureaucrats Ball
Wednesday, 21 December 2022 08:57 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
LAST December 15, the Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Association of the Philippines (HKSAAP) celebrated its 33 years in the country with a gala event, the Bureaucrats Ball, a tradition started at the Harvard Cambridge campus and replicated in the Philippines…
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