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LML Polettiques (518)

The Donald and the Deegong — lame ducks?

Wednesday, 04 March 2020 08:01 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

PRESIDENTS Rodrigo “Deegong” Duterte and Donald Trump are a fascinating study in the arrogance of power, bordering on megalomania, not seen since the leaders of World War 2. Winston Churchill, Charles the Gaulle (Après moi, le déluge), Franklin D. Roosevelt…

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The ‘Chinafication’ of the Philippines

Wednesday, 26 February 2020 14:00 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THIS is not to disparage the Chinese. I have Chinese blood. Also, what attracted me to my girlfriend ages ago was her having kutis porselana, mala-Intsik (porcelain-like skin, just like the Chinese). And she had “Chinita eyes (Chinese-like eyes). And…

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Scrapping VFA: Much ado about nothing

Thursday, 20 February 2020 10:16 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THIS comedy by Shakespeare is very apt for what’s happening in the Philippines today. In this Shakespearean comedy, rumors, gossip, lying and speculations are the pervading themes that override reality. At the turn of the 15th century, real news traveled…

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Scrapping VFA: Much ado about nothing

Thursday, 20 February 2020 11:16 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

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Trump’s irrational acts

Wednesday, 12 February 2020 11:17 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THE Republican-controlled United States Senate, as expected, has voted to acquit President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial. His winning reelection, however, is not assured. The American people will now have to pass final judgment this coming November. He got…

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DU30 on a rampage

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 11:25 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

AFTER the ignominious retreat of the water concessionaires, throwing away P10 billion that they won in the Singapore arbitration, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the Deegong, Du30 or PRRD, drew blood. There is nothing that arouses the killing instinct of a…

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The pandemic of 2020

Wednesday, 29 January 2020 13:36 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

WE are facing one of the biggest threats in the world today: the possibility of the annihilation of our species, the human race, no less, and only one country so far has understood the magnitude of the impending disaster and…

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Pedophiles in sutana

Wednesday, 22 January 2020 12:49 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

“JESUS said: ‘Suffer the little children and forbid them not to come unto me, for such is the kingdom of heaven.’” (Mathew 19:14) This beautiful biblical passage was meant to allow the lambs into the fold of the shepherd, the…

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