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Monthly Archives: May 2009

LBC Spells ‘Estafa’

“Clearly, LBC fears American courts more than it does the Philippine Justice System. Is it because some of the LBC officials are relatives of someone very close to a top Palace official?“
by Ducky Paredes
The television ad that infuriates educators and parents because it seems to teach the wrong things to children has a tyke being […]

That Comelec Toilet Video

“The commentary on the video says that the documents were being rushed for the Comelec.  Cruz says they were not for the Comelec. The video itself does not prove anything. “
by Ducky Paredes
 
The FF Cruz and Company/Filsystems and Gilat of Israel group filed yesterday a motion for reconsideration of the Comelec decision […]

“Unemployed” Ka Ba?

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Ayon sa pamahalaan ang atin raw “unemployment rate” sa Pinas ay 7.7 porsiyento o 2.9 milyong Pinoy ang walang trabaho. Ayon naman sa Ibon, isang kumpaniya na nagsusuri sa mga estatistika ng bansa, ito raw ay hindi 7.7 % kundi 11.2 porsiyento at ang sinasakop nakasakop, noong Enero,  ay 10.6 milyong Pinoy na […]

Jadewell’s Baguio Problem

Malaya 05.18.09
“Baguio City is sending a wrong signal to private sector investors and partners in joint ventures.”
by Ducky Paredes
When The Local Government Code of 1991 gave local government units (LGU) the power to run their LGUs the way they wanted, did we give these officials too much power?
For instance, the confusion of factories and other […]

On Aerial Spraying

“Why even gather data, when one’s conclusion was already pre-determined and is not supported by the collected data?”
by Ducky Paredes
Does the aerial spraying by banana plantations actually affect the health of residents around these plantations?
Recently, in Davao City, where banana plantations began, the Department of Health (DOH) presented a study done by the Philippine […]

Gibo Teodoro, Candidate

“Gibo is ‘young, decent, qualified, no-nonsense with no political baggage’.”
by Ducky Paredes
 
 In a year, we will be electing a new President – except, of course, if someone has other plans which will put us all though the ringer and, perhapsos, destroy this country, as we know it,  forever.
Our best option is still an electiono even […]

Senador Edu Manzano?

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Marami ang nababahala sa posibilidad na maaaring maulila sa liderato ang Optical Media Board (OMB) kapag tuluyang maakit ang hepe nito, si Edu Manzano, na muling pumalaot sa daigdig ng pulitika. 
Bagaman wala pang pormal na pahayag mula sa kanya, halos tanggap na ng kanyang mga fans na tila game na nga ang […]

(A Particular Bidder)

“Let’s keep our eyes open, since what we all witnessed during the three days of bidding, openly recorded by TV cameras, and appeared to the common eyes as highly irregular and inconsistent.”
by Ducky Paredes
The following are observations of a vendor at the Comelec for the openings of their bids for the P11.3 billion equipment lease […]

Che-che vs.Ella

“Connie used an off-the-record comment from the mother of then Rep. Newt Gingrich that then First Lady Hilary Clinton was a bitch. For that, Connie Chung lost her job.”
 by Ducky Paredes 
 Broadcaster Cecilia “Che-che” Lazaro claims that, on the day (November 11, 2008) that she talked on the telephone with  Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) vice […]

Sa Ikauunlad ng Bayan . . .

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Nabasa ko sa isang artikuo na sa Tsina, 60 milyong mga bata ang natututo ng Western classical music na istriktong tinuturo sa kanila ng mga maestrang mababagsik. Sa Korea, marami ang seryosong pinagaaralan ang opera at nag-tatrabaho sa mga maliliit na kumpaniya ng opera sa kani-kanilang lalawigan.
Sa Tsina, mayroon ring 40 milyong bata […]