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Kusog Mindanaw, bloody wars and BARMM
Wednesday, 16 November 2022 06:18 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA
First of 2 partsLAST November 11, Vice President Sara Duterte keynoted the Kusog Mindanaw Conference in Davao City. For the past 28 years, most conferences have been conducted in Davao, being the most convenient venue for participants coming from all…
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The politics of Senate hearings
Wednesday, 09 November 2022 07:15 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA
THE Senate committee on accountability of public officers, or the blue ribbon committee (BRC), has been the bane of scoundrels and corrupt officials in government. Touted as the most powerful congressional committee, the BRC was created to investigate irregularities in…
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The gatekeepers, Philippine version
Wednesday, 02 November 2022 08:46 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA
Last of 2 partsAMERICAN presidential politics are where we patterned our own, except that in most cases, the Filipino penchant for adopting form rather than substance was the overarching consideration. Thus, when our American colonials imposed on us the presidential-unitary…
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The gatekeeper and the talking head
Wednesday, 26 October 2022 07:22 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA
First of 2 partsIN light of the sacking of Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez and Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles, a portent in presidential politics reared its ugly head marring the newly elected president's smooth accession to power. This peculiar frame of…
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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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