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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Ayon kay Jun Lozada

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
 
Sa totoo lamang, kahit na totoo naman na may tapang si Jun Lozada sa kaniyang mga binunyag sa kaniyang nalalaman tungkol sa National Broadband Network ng ZTE ng Tsina, hindi ako gaanong humahanga sa kaniya.
Sa kaniyang pananaw kasi – ayon sa kaniyang mga sinabi sa Senado – sa mga kontratang kasing laki […]

That Jun Lozada Show

“It was engaging, entertaining, highly amusing and even uproariously funny in parts. But, what will this add to the declared purpose of all Senate Hearings – ‘in aid of legislation’?”

by Ducky Paredes

The Jun Lozada Show at the Senate Blue Ribbon Theater was just that – a show, a piece of theater. It was engaging, […]

Going Whole Hog for Jun Lozada

“This administration read Jun Lozada totally wrong.  GMA’s henchmen thought they could silence him with threat and intimidation.  That’s nincompoop thinking.”

by Ducky Paredes

I am truly sorry that I cannot yet go whole hog in proclaiming Rodolfo Noel Lozada, Jr. as our newest National Hero.
That he is honest in that he tells what he considers […]

Mining in Palawan

Malaya (02.08.08)
 “Governor Joel Reyes is caught in the midst of the quarrel between Platinum Group Metals Corporation (PGMC) and Citinickel, a subsidiary of Oriental Peninsula Resources Group, Inc.”

by Ducky Paredes

There are two conflicting viewpoints on the issue of mining on the Island-Province of Palawan.
In Puerto Princesa City, which occupies about a third of the […]

A New Day at the Old House

“The House is rid of JDV; now, let us see what Prospero Castillo Nograles, Jr., otherwise known as ‘Nogie’ to his district can do with his time on the Speaker’s rostrum.”

by Ducky Paredes
Speaker Prospero Castillo Nograles, Jr. could not have won without the solid vote that he received from his fellow-Mindanao congressmen. Now, they […]

Dalawang Sulat

Deretsahan 
ni Horacio Paredes
         Mayroon tayong dalawang sulat galing sa ating mga kabayang naglilingkod bilang OFW sa ibang bansa:
             “Nakakatuwa pong mabasa ang inyong sinulat tungkol po sa mga presidentiables. Hindi po ako mahilig sa pulitika at hindi ko rin po ugali ang mag endorso ng sinumang […]

Use Those 2004 ACMs

“The SC need not admit that it erred, after all the Chief Justice who wrote that stupid decision is already out of the SC. Perhaps, it is time for common sense to prevail.”

by Ducky Paredes

If the Commission on Elections really wants to automate the next elections, there is a no-frills way of going about […]

Diwalwal and PMDC

Malaya (02.05.08)
 
“After the DBP’s refusal to grant the PMDC a loan because of Alvarez, Gloria transferred PMDC back to the DENR.”

by Ducky Paredes
The reason for the government’s setting up of the Philippine Mining Development Corp. (PMDC) was that the country had to make sense of Diwalwal; this is the site of one of the largest […]

Tapos na si JDV?

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes 
Ano kaya? Talaga kayang mawawala na si Speaker Joe de Venecia bilang Speaker ng ating House of Representatives? O baka namang mananatiuli pa rin si JDV bilang pinuno ng ating Kongreso
Ika-limang termino na rin ni JDV sa pagiging Speaker ng ating Kongreso. Mayroon ba siyang nagawang maganda para sa ating bansa?
Halimbawa, noong si […]

The Speaker’s Last Days

“Zamboanga del Sur Rep. Antonio Cerilles said the bottom line is that De Venecia had lost the confidence of congressmen.”by Ducky ParedesHas Speaker Jose de Venecia  lost it? It sure looks that way. Joe’s own majority floor leader and party mate, Rep. Prospero Nograles of Davao may be the speaker before the week ends. The […]