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Trump’s ‘America First’ alone, outmaneuvered, outplayed

The Manila Times 23 Dec 2025
Second of a series. SEVERAL weeks ago, I began a series analyzing the tectonic shifts in global trade triggered by President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff initiatives ... The unraveling begins ... The psychological shift ... lito.lorenzana@cdpi.asia ....
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Human above tech

The Philippine Star 20 Dec 2025
As we close out 2025, it’s tempting to remember the year through its glittering milestones ....
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Filipinas, America’s ally, taken for granted

The Manila Times 16 Dec 2025
THE United States just released its National Security Strategy (NSS) — one of those quadrennial documents each administration issues to signal priorities, prejudices, and presumptions ... Its ambition is radical ... lito.lorenzana@cdpi.asia ....
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Sen. Lito Lapid stays the course

The Manila Times 13 Dec 2025
Senator Lito Lapid doesn't usually respond to criticism, but he admits that some of it still gets to him ... "No comment po ako ... "Sen ... Lito Lapid seems content to keep living it — quietly, consistently, and without needing to explain too much ... ....
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The power players: Forces that will decide our future

The Manila Times 09 Dec 2025
IN my Nov ... But a protest fueled by communal fury still falters when its anger is divided. Our wrath splinters across multiple villains ... Ambivalence kills momentum ... In that ambiguity, the guilty find room to breathe ... Sara vs ... lito.lorenzana@cdpi.asia ....
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FinTech nation rising

The Philippine Star 08 Dec 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, it has become evident that Philippine fintech is no longer a promising experiment. It has matured into a foundational pillar of the nation’s financial system ....
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Will the sons also rise?

The Philippine Star 03 Dec 2025
He wants to follow in the footsteps of the illustrious champ, willing to go through the physical “mayhem” that marked the sport to prove he is his father’s son ....
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Alternative scenarios: Lessons from Harvard

The Manila Times 02 Dec 2025
Over brown-bag lunches, they conducted blow-by-blow tutorials on how revolutions, coups d’état, putsches and every imaginable extra-constitutional maneuver are actually managed ... They do install new ones ... lito.lorenzana@cdpi.asia ....
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The trillion-peso reckoning: Marching in circles, waiting for deliverance

The Manila Times 25 Nov 2025
ON Nov. 30, another wave of indignation is set to sweep across the archipelago ... The figure may be hyperbolic, but so is the scale of the corruption ... getting everyone equally furious at the same crooks at the same time ... lito.lorenzana@cdpi.asiaand ....
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Beyond cash-lite

The Philippine Star 24 Nov 2025
Our cash-lite era is here ....
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Trump’s tariffs and their geopolitical ramifications

The Manila Times 18 Nov 2025
First of a series ... I await, as many do, the long-delayed judgments of the ICI and the Ombudsman on the flood-control scandals, where familiar names resurface like detritus after a storm ... Primary skirmish. The opening lie ... lito.lorenzana@cdpi.asia ....
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Bong Go’s inarticulate defense: A teleserye testimony

The Manila Times 11 Nov 2025
Third of a series. MY column last week drew varied reactions, but what was truly “nakakataba ng puso” was the overwhelming agreement from fellow Davaoeños with the article as satire ... my wife, Sylvia ... lito.lorenzana@cdpi.asia ....
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From aide to Svengali: Bong Go’s metamorphosis

The Manila Times 04 Nov 2025
Second of a series. SPOILER alert! I am a proud Davaoeño. So is Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go who I was acquainted with as Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s aide ... Bong Go belongs to the latter ... Epilogue ... lito.lorenzana@cdpi.asia ....
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