[Vantage Point] The math behind Ramon Ang’s Lopez bet
Ramon Ang may not have bought the entire Lopez empire, but through Illumina, he bought a place near its summit—and an invitation from Piki Lopez to help shape what comes next
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The ‘provisional understanding’ with China that has caused misunderstanding
A temporary agreement between Beijing and Manila on resupply missions has brought peace to Ayungin Shoal—until it unraveled
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[Newsstand] The Cayetano shuffle
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s rhetorical strategy in the Duterte impeachment trial includes a favorite trick: First he says one thing, then he does the opposite.
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[Puso at Diwa] Foreign currency deposit secrecy: Time for a constitutional rethink
The uncertainty surrounding the interaction between constitutional impeachment powers and statutory bank secrecy is itself a weakness in the country’s accountability framework
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Ukrainian prisoners recount torture, sexual abuse while in Russian detention
UN monitoring shows that ‘widespread and systematic torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilian detainees by the Russian Federation authorities continues,’ including sexual violence.
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Yuchengco tells SEC’s Lim: Fresh PSE blood is shareholders’ call
(1st UPDATE) As Francis Lim pushes out the PSE board’s old guard with his new term limit rules, Vivian Yuchengco, the long-serving broker-director insists that ‘if shareholders want new directors, they can elect new directors’
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Sara Duterte’s OVP spent confidential funds on Christmas parties, tree-planting
The said activities were conducted even before the OVP received the confidential funds in 2022
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[Vantage Point] The hidden losses inside Philippine banks
Why investors should start looking beyond bad loans and into the government bond portfolios quietly reshaping bank balance sheets
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How to read what Gabby Lopez, Piki Lopez, and Ramon Ang actually said
Every side is telling the public the same thing, that this is a stabilizing, peace-building move, not a takeover. Nothing filed so far proves or disproves that. What comes next will show whether it holds.
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5 students among dead in Baguio landslide
‘We ask the entire education community to join us in keeping the families, the victims, and the Cordillera region in our prayers,’ the Department of Education says
