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The unraveling of the Duterte legacy — political miscalculations

Wednesday, 16 February 2022 09:45 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Last of 2 partsFOR lack of a much gentler phrase, I substitute "political miscalculations" for blunder, debacle or catastrophe, contributory to the eventual demise of the President's legacy. My column last week detailed how the 18 hearings of the Sen.…

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The unraveling of the Duterte legacy — corruption

Wednesday, 09 February 2022 08:59 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

LOOKING back at the early years of the Deegong's rise, from the time he burst into the national consciousness as a maverick, straight-talking, dirty-mouth iconoclast, the promdi has always dominated center stage. He conducted a presidential campaign never before seen…

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Who's afraid of Omicron, and what's happening with the world?!

Wednesday, 02 February 2022 10:33 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

I CAN almost hear my long-departed friend Rey Teves proclaim from the great beyond in his original Bislish: "I don't afraid!" Translated into the much more colorful Bisayȃ — our common tongue — as "wȃ gyud ko mahadlok!"Indeed, many global…

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Part 2: Social market economy, atbp for the presidentiables

Wednesday, 26 January 2022 10:13 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Last of 2 partsTHE introduction to social market economy (SOME) in the first part of this article last week hinted at a Philippine version for the benefit of the five major presidentiables, any one of whom could take the presidency.…

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Social market economy, atbp for the presidentiables

Wednesday, 19 January 2022 09:34 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

WITH intermittent snowfall generating outside temperature around the low teens and with Omicron lurking about this small farming community, more time has been allotted to reading posts of my friends on social media networks Facebook, Messenger and Viber, comfortably nestled…

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Traveling in the time of Covid

Wednesday, 12 January 2022 09:23 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

CUSTOMARILY, I write a column or two while on Christmas holiday. These are fundamentally upbeat as I travel with my family and grandkids like we did years back. Some excerpts: "I have now experienced more than seven decades worth of…

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Santa Claus died this Christmas!

Wednesday, 05 January 2022 09:21 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

WHEN coronavirus hyphenated 2019, owning it, many thought Covid-19 a passing global health anomaly, until China reluctantly admitted that the virus shared a genetic code with the dreaded severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) that killed countless of its citizens in…

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The Sun Tzu of Philippine politics?

Wednesday, 29 December 2021 06:38 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

WITH what is developing in the political scene President Duterte appears to be just a partial lame duck. His failure to field a presidential ticket, first time ever for a political party in power, caused chiefly by his own bumbling…

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