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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Dumb Milk Ads

“(T)his milk product promises: children who drink their milk will be 100% nourished, provided they also have a balanced diet.”
by Ducky Paredes
Is there something in powdered milk that makes the ones who handle its advertising dumb?
In their advertisements, these milk companies that promote their products as brain food that deliver intellectual growth in children […]

Ang KKK at Halalan 2010

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Bakit ba ganito ang ating pulitika? Papaano natin mapipili ang tamang tao na dapat nating pangulo kung pati na ang mga partido pulitikal ay walang tinitignan kundi ang popularidad ng mga kandidato – ayon sa mga survey na isinasagawa ng mga kumpanya kagaya ng Social Weather Stations (SWS), Pulse Asia at iba pa. […]

GSIS vs. IBM, Round 2

“Shame on IBM for not doing what any other company would have done on Day One: attend to its client’s problem with the IBM software!”
 by Ducky Paredes
If you pay out P80 million for anything, you should have the right to expect that, if something goes wrong with the damned thing that the seller will try […]

Steve Tajanlangit’s Dream – 2

“The very thing that is wrong with our country is the fact that politics lords it over science, industry, the economy, good governance, religion, sports and just about everything else.”
by Ducky Paredes
A romantic with wanderlust in his blood, Steve Tajanlangit builds great resorts. They are classy, friendly, comfortable and always environment friendly. A long-time Tajanlangit […]

Steve Tajanlangit’s Dream - 1

“(W)hat better experience can a Pinoy tourist have than staying in the equivalent of a five-star hotel room while touring the untamed beaches and exotic islands of  our own country?”
by Ducky Paredes
Steve Tajanlangit is a dreamer. When he saw Boracay, many years back, he knew that he had a winner and built the first resorts […]

Mag-ingat sa Ubo na may Lagnat

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Hindi tayo nakakasiguro na isa pa lamang ang namamatay sa A(H1N1). Ayon na rin kay Health Secretary Francisco Duque ang kauna-unahang namatay na mayroon nitong virus ay isang babaeng empleyado ng Kongreso.
Nang umuwi ang babae galing sa upisina noong Hunyo 17, siya’y nanghihina. Kinabukasan dahil sa siya’y may ubo (dry cough) lagnat at […]

On Presidential Junkets

“Perhaps, the better way would be to simply look at our national budget, set aside a sum for presidential trips – domestic and foreign – and have the President live within that budget.” 
by Ducky Paredes
It may be taking the wrong tack (as the Senate seems poised to do) to look into whether the trips undertaken […]

False News Bits

“(T)rying to put a new spin for the President’s current trip is a true challenge to our fictionists in the Press Office.”
by Ducky Paredes
As anyone who has ever worked on Presidential visits, the main drive is always to show that the President was not gallivanting but actually doing work during her visit. Thus, the important […]

Pagkalat ng A(H1N1)

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa kaso ng isa sa mga manlalaro ng Pinas sa futbol ng mga bata (youth football) na nadiskubre pagdating na sa Singapore, na mayroong sakit na A(N1H1), nahalata ang kakulangan natin sa pangangalaga at patakaran sa pagsugpo sa sakit na ito. Sa sinasabing ang lahat a mga pinadala nating atleta sa Singapore ay […]

Waiting for Gloria

 Malaya (06.22.09)
 
“Manny Pacqujiao will definitely win a national election for party-list hands-down; so will Gloria Arroyo.” 
by Ducky Paredes
I disagree with the insistence of former President and administration party leader that Gloria Aroyo clarify what she wsill do for 2010 – run for an office or sit out the election. Has Steady Eddie forgotten that in […]