“Every so-called political party will field anyone with the trait that we have taken to calling ‘winability’ without regard to how he stands on any and every issue or how he got to be where he is.”
by Ducky Paredes
Sometimes one wonders whether anyone ever reads the Constitution, which says: “Public office is a public trust. […]
“(T)he LP began as the Liberal Wing of the Nacionalista Party as a vehicle for Manuel Roxas, Mar’s grandfather, to go against Vice President Sergio Osmeña who won the nomination of the Nacionalsta Party.”
by Ducky Paredes
What now, Frank?
Former Senate President Jovito Salonga, chairman emeritus of the Liberal Party (LP), has come on board what the […]
Malaya (08.27.09)
“In fact, one ought to think on this: Cory, who ought to have run for President as a Liberal, did not. Doy Laurel, her vice president, was a Nacionalista to the end.”
by Ducky Paredes
Says the Chairman of the Liberals Party: ““The pronounced public clamor for Sen. Noynoy Aquino to run for higher public office […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sino man ang magiging pangulo natin ay kinakailangang harapin ang isang napagatagal nang nabibinbin na problema nating lahat. Ang paglago ng ating populasyon ay mas mabilis kesa sa pag-akyat ng ating ekonomiya. Ang madaling lunas ay bawasan natin ang pagdami ng mga Pilipino o maaari rin naman na palakihin natin ang ating eknomiya […]
“And, now this! Alpha Kwok, suspect in the multimillion-peso diamond smuggling apparently escaped or was set free by the same PASG after it had made a public statement about her arrest.”
by Ducky Paredes
I guess that Undersecretary Antonio Villar must really be a very special person – to Malacanang, How else can we explain that he […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Noong Agusto 21, 1983, tapos pinatay si Ninoy Aquino sa kaniyang pagbalik galing sa Amerika sa layunin niya na kaniyang kukummbinsihin ang Diktador na ibalik na ang Pilipinas sa Demokrasya, mayroong nabuo na samahang August Twenty-One Movement (ATOM). Ang kaunaunahang malaking ginawang rally ng ATOM ay noong kanilang ginusto na mag alay ng […]
“Spending money on TV ads, said the lawyer who is obviously fed up with interruption to his favorite programs, is a sure way to lose your audience.”
by Ducky Paredes
Why is former President Joseph Estrada leading the surveys leading up to the election of a new President so […]
“At Plaza Miranda he was already in the Liberal Party following in the footsteps of his father, Jose J. Atienza, Sr., who was an original LP member. Lito Atienza could well be the last Plaza Miranda Liberal still in active politics.”
by Ducky Paredes
August 21, 1971 was a game-changing day for Philippine politics. That was the […]
“Though unelected and ignorant of local realities, they confront the democratically chosen and those who voted them into office. A few of them are enmeshed in crime and corruption.”
by Ducky Paredes
Dr. Sam Vaknin has written several books on non-governmental organizations (NGO). He writes: “Many of them live in plush apartments, or five star hotels, drive […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Ang balita kamakailan lamang ay nagtatag na naman si Gloria Arroyo ng isa na naming ad hoc task force – ang Anti-Hunger Task Forces upang mapabilis ang implementasyon ng programa ng gobyerno at agad maibsan ang gutom na dinaranas ng maraming naghihirap na Pinoy.
Kaugnay nito, inilabas daw ng Presidente ang Executive Order 825 […]
