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The long road beyond Wimbledon
Wednesday, 08 July 2026 19:40 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
FOR two unforgettable weeks, Alexandra “Alex” Eala gave Filipinos something increasingly rare: a reason to celebrate untouched by the country’s exhausting political theater, economic anxieties and the ripple effects of wars abroad that continue to push prices higher and tighten…
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THE SCOREBOARD NEVER LIES – Alex Eala and the Meritocracy We Still Refuse to Build
Wednesday, 08 July 2026 21:09 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
Last night, while searching YouTube for the Alex Eala - Iga Świątek Wimbledon match, I joined millions of Filipinos cheering for Alex. For two glorious hours, I escaped our own national reality show.I forgot the Iglesia ni Kristo's three-day mobilization…
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The remittance trap: The export we never planned
Wednesday, 01 July 2026 22:55 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
FOR decades, the Philippines has proudly celebrated one of its greatest exports: the overseas Filipino worker (OFW). Our nurses heal patients across America, Europe, Australia, and the Middle East. Our seafarers keep global commerce moving. Filipino engineers, accountants, architects, teachers,…
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Alex Eala and the Philippines we could have been
Wednesday, 24 June 2026 21:17 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
FOR months, Filipinos have been treated to what may be the most expensive reality show ever funded by taxpayers: the political circus starring the Senate, House of Representatives and the highest offices of government.The year opened with President Ferdinand Marcos…
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The remittance trap – building an economy of exit
Wednesday, 10 June 2026 19:59 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
Last of two partsONE of the great tragedies of Philippine development is that the country did not fail because it lacked talent. It failed because it never learned how to keep and organize that talent at home.In the 1950s, the…
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The indispensable archipelago
Wednesday, 10 June 2026 19:45 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
First of two partsTHESE past weeks, Filipinos were treated to another despicable, scandalous Senate reality show. In less than eight months, the Senate presidency changed hands twice. Francis Escudero was replaced by Vicente Sotto III in September 2025, only for…
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The art of the ‘no deal’: How China stood still and won a summit
Wednesday, 27 May 2026 22:27 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
THE smoke from “Operation Epic Fury” had barely cleared from the Persian Gulf before Washington’s MAGA strategists began sketching the architecture of a new American century. Their thesis was seductively simple: By crippling Iran’s regional network and imposing a military…
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The Philippine Senate, an escape tunnel for the privileged
Wednesday, 20 May 2026 19:56 Written by Lito Monico C. Lorenzana
MY last domestic column concluded a series on political dynasties. For nine weeks since, this space tracked a global apocalypse: a catastrophic war ignited by a megalomaniac Trump that decapitated Iran’s leadership, devastated the Middle East, and wrecked the global…
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