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Yearly Archives: 2007

Who is the Unseen Hand?

“By deciding for the Sumilao marchers, the government will be making SMFI a victim of injustice.”

by Ducky Paredes
Is there an unseen hand behind the Sumilao marchers? Who would be adversely affected by the entry of San Miguel Foods, Inc. into Sumilao?
SMFI has announced that it will offer financing to the farmers who will be […]

Hindi Pantay

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes 
Ang patunay na hindi pantay ang pananaw ng pamahalaan sa lahat ay ang kaso ni dating Kongresista Romeo Jalosjos. Noong linggo, sinundo na siya ng kaniyang pamilya at nakauwi na siya at nakatulog na sa kanyang bahay kahit hindi pa kumpleto ang mga papeles ng kanyang paglaya. Bumalik lamang siya noong tinawagan siya […]

Oriental Peninsula’s IPO

“(W)hy did the SEC still allow the listing and the offer to a trusting investing public in a dream that could easily go up in smoke?”
by Ducky Paredes
If you are in the mood to invest cheap in the stock market, today is the listing day for Oriental Peninsula Resources Group, Inc. (OPRG) At only P2.68 […]

Is CIDG the Keystone Cops?

“CIDG officers will pick someone from their old line up of the usual suspects and round them up for media presentation; thus, case solved.” 

by Ducky Paredes
If there are to be any reforms in Philippine National Police (PNP), a lawyer and a police reporter I spoke with agree that it ought to begin with drastic […]

Papuri kay DOJ Secretary Gonzales

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Tama ang iniutos ni Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez kay Percida Acosta, hepe ng Public Attorney’s Office na bisitahin ang lahat ng mga kinalalagyan ng mga preso –  National Bilibid Prisons, Correctional Institute for Women, Abuse Detention Home at mga Female Detention Center, upang hanapin ang mga  “overstaying” na mga preso.
Ako’y tuwang-tuwa sa ginawang […]

Sorry, No Cheaper Medicines

“I do not know who really drafted this bill since its proponents cannot answer queries about it.”
by Ducky Paredes
 
HB 2844, the Cheaper Medicines Bill, will probably not be the Lower House’s Christmas gift to the people this year. The Senate has passed its version principally authored by Sen. Mar Roxas. But, passing the House version […]

What’s in Store for JV?

“His JV Ejercito Scholarship Foundation has benefited some one thousand scholars so far.”
by Ducky Paredes
What does the future hold for San Juan Mayor Joseph Victor Gomez Ejercito? The question is relevant. It is his last term and he has been a good mayor for his city.
At the same time, remember that he is the son […]

GMA – the Most Corrupt?

“(A)s they say in Washington, D.C.: ‘In politics, perception is reality.’”
by Ducky Paredes
The issue over the arrests made by the Philippine National Police (PNP) of media persons whom they perceived to have placed themselves in danger by keeping close to the suspects even as the police were closing in on them should […]

The Oriental Petroleum IPO

“Oriental Petroleum’s rights to those mines has already been effectively nullified by the Court of Appeals.”

by Ducky Paredes
Apparently, there is a coming IPO (Initial Public Offering) of 300,000,000 new Common Shares with a par value of P1.00 per share of Oriental Peninsula Resources Group, Inc. at an Offer Price of P2.68 per share that […]

Buwagin na ang Senado!

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa aking pananaw, dapat lamang na talagang buwagin na nga ang Senado. Ito ang kauna-unahang panukala sa pagbabago ng ating Saligang Batas na aking susuportahan. Ang mas nangunguna pa rito ay ang pagtanggal ng mga probisyon sa ating Saligang Batas tungkol sa pagbabawal sa mga dayuhan na pumasok sa ilang mga piling negosyo […]