Deretsahan
Matakot Na Tayo sa ‘People Power’
ni Horacio Paredes
Ano? People Power na naman? Hindi pa ba tayo natututo na ang ganitong paraan ng pagpalit ng ating mga pinuno ay hindi nanggagaling sa Diyos kundi sa ibang, mas masamang puwersa? Kung ito’y gawaing maka-Diyos. Bakit lalong sumasama ang nangyayari sa atin sa pag-gamit natin ng paraang ito. […]
“The fact of the matter is that the NBN contract was a government-to-government agreement between two countries — the Philippines and China.”
by Ducky Paredes
Is the Senate taking too large a bite that it cannot possibly swallow when it threatens to force officials of the Chinese embassy and ZTE Corporation of China to testify […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Bakit kaya na sa Lungsod ng Pasay ay mayroong isang pulis na kahit na PO2 pa lamang ay kaya niyang diktahan ang mga pulis na mas nakakatataas ang ranggo sa kaniya? Anong gayuma o katangian ang mayroon si PO2 Bernardo Miranda na kahit na ang Hepe ng Pasay City PNP na si Police […]
“Beyond politics, we also ought to seriously look at what makes our top officials tick?”
by Ducky Paredes
As with all liars, they will eventually be found out. The truth will out and when it does, the liars should watch out because the truth will finally bite back.
Their stories are getting wilder by the day. […]
“By simply looking at the comprehensive, itemized and priced bill of deliverables contained in ZTE’s NBN bid, accusations that the project proposal was overpriced would crumble to pieces.”
by Ducky Paredes
The unintended victim in all that is happening is China’s only publicly listed telecommunication supplier both in Hong Kong and Shen Zhen, ZTE. (Perhaps, Joey […]
“(W)ere his father were still the governor instead of Casimiro III, the son, there would not be this or the other problems of the Province of Rizal and of Metro Manila.”
by Ducky Paredes
I am all for the younger generation taking over even if it means that the mayor’s son takes over from the mayor. […]
“I prefer to write for a higher class of person who allows contrary views to be held by others and respects the fact that not everyone thinks as he does.”
by Ducky Paredes
We have a letter from an old friend: “I can’t help but marvel at the wonders of election automation here in the US. […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Ayon kay Josephine Aghuilar, isang Sociologist, tayo raw ay mayroon nang tinatawag niyang “People Power Fatigue.” Ito nga ba ang rason kung baket parang ayaw nating sumunod sa ating mga pulitiko na nabg-uudyok na lumabas tayo sa lansangan at mag-martsa’t sumigaw upang pababain ang naka-upong Pangulo?
Iyon ba ang ating sitwasyon? Hindi kaya […]
“But, don’t we have even more loans outstanding today and aren’t the amounts taken from the public purse and the levels of graft and corruption even worse than what they were in Marcos’ time?”
by Ducky Paredes
Sociologist Josephine Aguilar calls it “People Power Fatigue.” I believe, on the other hand, that what the reluctance to rise […]
“How the CBCP can support someone with this sort of immoral philosophy where what is moral is determined by the amounts of money accepted as a bribe is really beyond me.”
by Ducky Paredes
Hopefully, President Gloria Arroyo will see the light that what is actually giving her a black eye is her adamant refusal to […]
