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Monthly Archives: March 2009

Celso de los Angeles – Guilty or Not?

“Celso has maintained all along that he will not turn his back on his clients and investors and has promised to pay them all – all in good time.”
by Ducky Paredes
Is Celso de los Angeles. aka Boy, of the troubled Legacy Group of Companies and the mayor of the Municipality of Sto. Domingo, Albay guilty? […]

Patayin Lahat na Abu Sayyaf

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Kapag hindi pa rin pakawalan ang tatlong hostage na hawak ng Abu Sayyaf kahit sumunod na ang militar sa kanlang kagustohan at umatras na ang mga tropa mula sa kanilang posisyon kung saan ang Abu Sayyaf ay nakakagala lamang sa loob ng 30 square kilometers, dapat nang ubusin na ang mga ipis na […]

Don’t Pin Dacer-Corbito on Erap

“So, why would Berroya volunteer that Joseph Estrada could not have possibly ordered the murder of publicist Bubby Dacer and the latter’s driver Emmanuel Corbito in 2000?”
by Ducky Paredes
Apparently from the brouhaha raised by the Philippine National Police over former President Joseph Estrada’s riding in a jeep with a mounted replica of a world war […]

Sayang!

“Are Pinoys artists and entrepreneurs or are we simply modern-day pirates?  If we are no more than pirates, why would anyone – in their right minds — deal with us?”
by Ducky Paredes
If this country continues to fail, we can blame no one but ourselves. The Philippines enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a breeding ground for […]

Among Ed, Nicole and Binay

“That basic notion, that the world is there for us and if it doesn’t actually serve our purposes, it’s dispensable, has produced the devastation of vast areas of the land’s surface.”
by Ducky Paredes
 I have a letter from a heckler who laughs (heh, heh)  that the reason I will not vote for Among Ed Panlilio has […]

Matuloy na sana ang City Hall ng Pasay

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Noong 2003, nagpahiwatig ang alkalde ng Pasay City Wenceslao “Peewee” Trinidad na nakakuha siya ng 3.25 ektaryang lupain galing sa Public Estates Authority (PEA) sa reclamation area kung saan niya ililipat ang Pasay City Hall at ang Pasay Hall of Justice. Ayon kay Peewee, ang kasalukuyang City Hall ay magiging Pamantasan ng Lungsod […]

Catholic Lies

“If the Church or the Pope or a bishop is wrong on science, it is the duty of the scientific community to point this out.”
by Ducky Paredes
Guyana’s Health Minister Leslie Ramsammy, president of the World Health Assembly, has openly criticized Pope Benedict XVI for being wrong on the use of condoms inthe fight against the […]

Two I Would Not Vote For

“The Ayatollahs and the Talibans were more upright than those Iran and Afghanistan had as prior rulers; but, were they actually better for those countries?”
by Ducky Paredes
No, I do not agree that Pampanga Governor Ed Panlilio should run for president; I also cannot agree with Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani that Mike Velarde would make a […]

Ang Tiyak na Hindi Ko Iboboto

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Hinding-hindi ko iboboto ang dalawang nababalitaang baka tumakbo sa pagka-Pangulo – si Among Ed Panlilio at si Mike Velarde. Una, sa aking pananaw, mas maganda ang takbo ng buhay natin sa Pinas kung ang namamahala ay kayang lumayo sa simbahan at hindi nagpapadala sa kagustohan ng mga Obispo at pari.
Halimbawa, sa larangan ng […]

A Mysterious Delay

“As an outsider, I am intrigued by the mystery of why the SP would authorize the Mayor to sign a loan agreement and then take its own sweet time about ratifying the agreement?”
by Ducky Paredes
Something not so funny is going on in Pasay City. In fact, if Pasay residents don’t wake up soon, it could […]