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Monthly Archives: May 2009

Sta. Elena: It’s Just Great!

“(W)e were invited to celebrate the fact that for the second time, Sta. Elena was in Golf Digest’s list of the Top 100 Courses outside the United States. Sta. Elena was also the only one in Southeast Asia that made the list!”
by Ducky Paredes
In 1989, two friends – Bibo (Jose Alberto Yulo Quiros  from Canlubang […]

Illegal Recruitment Victims

“At P340,000 per driver, Paramount Insurance’s exposure was at least P46.58 million.”
by Ducky Paredes
         137 bus drivers, victims of a recruitment agency which lured them to Dubai for jobs that were non-existent have struck back. Cases have been filed individually.
         Since there have been attempts to help them find jobs in Dubai and nearby countries […]

Ingles o Pilipino?

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
         Mas mabilis nga bang matuto at mas madali ang paghubog sa panghabang-buhay na kakayahan o kagalingan (life-long skills) ng mga batang mag-aaral, kung ang mga unang leksyon nila ay ituturo sa nakagisnang wika o pangunahing lengguwahe?
         Tiyak may kanya-kanyang opinyon ang bawat isa sa atin pagdating sa isyung ito. Ngunit iyan ang […]

GSIS vs. IBM Philippines

“Two local affiliates of IBM — Questronix and SAP – have also bluntly said that the IBM system that GSIS bought  ‘sucks.’ This may not seem like techie talk but, yes, ‘it sucks big time.’”
by Ducky Paredes
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has finally admitted to its membership that, all along, some of its members […]

Obama at Notre Dame

“I do not ask at this point that you oppose abortion, only that you speak about this issue in fair-minded words.”
by Ducky Paredes
The United States is different from us in the Philippines. The majority of Filipinos are Catholics. In the U.S., Catholics are in the minority and is only about 25% of the populations. Still, […]

Sulat Mula Barcelona

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sumulat ang isang OFW galling sa Barcelonia, Espanya: “Labis akong nabahala ng isang gabi´y mapanood ko sa isang canal ng television dito, ang isang documental o reportaje tungkol sa buhay ng mga mamamayanag Filipino, y muy especialmente en Manila ciudad, na kung saan ay makikita mong maraming familia ang nakatira at kasama sa […]

The Perversity of Hayden and the Senate

“What is perverse in Dr. Hayden Kho is not the fact that he has had over 60 women in his bed; it has to be that he seems to take greater pleasure in recording his performance over the satisfaction that the sex act naturally brings.”
by Ducky Paredes
 
Our main problem in this country is that we […]

That Ateneo Forum

“It turned out to be interesting in that this was the first time that one could compare the potential candidates one-on-one; at the same time, however, there were no real fireworks.“
by Ducky Paredes
The first of what could become a series of debates among the many presidential candidates (which could bring some sense into the way […]

Sour Musings on Comelec’s Automation

“Automating the election at P11.3 billion will not automatically improve the kind of people who have been winning in our elections. “
by Ducky Paredes
 
It is entirely possible that the machines that will be provided by the probable winning bidder for the lease of equipment in the 2010 elections come from a company that has a […]

Mga Batang Bihag ng Pulitika

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
         Tama si DepEd Secretary Jesli Lapus nang pansamantala nitong ipatigil ang feeding program sa mga public school kahit na naipaliwanag na ng kalihim ang tungkol sa sinasabing overpricing sa pagbili ng mga fortified noodles.
         Simple lang ang paliwanag ng DepEd – mas mataas kasi ang bili nila dahil ang noodles nila ay […]