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Monthly Archives: September 2009

President Ebdane?

“Jun Ebdane has, comparatively, more sterling performance and achievements in maintaining peace and order, having served in various capacities in the area of national security.”
by Ducky Paredes
Of course you have seen the full-page advertisements from mainly unknown agricultural, religious, political and business personalities that urge Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr. to run for President. […]

Supporting the RFID

“The beauty of the system is that a vehicle need not be flagged down. The scanner instantaneously reads a vehicle’s RFID data as it travels.”
 by Ducky Paredes
 If we want to put a stop to carnapping, the best way is to modernize our vehicle registration system. Most of the vehicles stolen in the Philippines are moved […]

Walang (kwentang) PAGASA

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Kung maayos sana ang pamahalaan, hindi dapat na nangyari ang napakalaking sakuna ng pagbabaha na dala ng bagyong Ondoy. Kung sana’y nagbigay ng sapat na alarma ang PAGASA o ating Weather Bureau na malakas ang parating na ulan, baka nakapaghanda tayo at hindi napakarami ang mamamatay.
Sa aming lugar sa Loyola Heights ay pambihira […]

That Butt

“Dr. Belo cries foul over what she claims is a “trial by publicity” being waged against her by one of Norcio’s lawyers, a known activist who also happens to be a columnist in a business newspaper.”
by Ducky Paredes
It would be utterly insensitive for anybody to blame businesswoman Josefina Norcio for the misfortune that befell her, […]

GSK - One Good Pharma

“Apart from the Pinoy Health Pass, some of GSK’s more prominent programs are the Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) Elimination and NARS (Nurses Assigned in Rural Service) Programs.”
by Ducky Paredes
 Six million indigent Filipino families, which need health care and can avail of insurance  coverage do not have the means and do not know how to go about […]

Simplify our Election Laws

“If we want our elections to be truly fair, we must allow the candidates to campaign to their heart’s content.”
by Ducky Paredes
We have so many laws on Elections (BP 881,  RA 9006, RA 6646, RA 7166, among them) , which are actually violated in spirit beginning on the first day of the year prior to […]

Tama si Noli

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa sinabi ni Bise Presidente Noli de Castro tungkol sa mga nag-demo sa kaniyang seremoniya ng pag-bigay ng mga titulo sa ilang mga dating iskwater sa Los Banos, Laguna na ganito: “Bakit ako magso-sorry? Sila ang dapat mag-sorry,” sumasang-ayon ako.
Paliwanag ni Noli: “Dapat sila ang mag-sorry dahil binastos nila ako. Nag-drive ako ng […]

Ping Lacson??!?

“Could he be making a deal with only God-knows-who to save himself from these raps in exchange for again dividing the opposition?”
by Ducky Paredes
Is Ping Lacson with the opposition? If he is, whom is he opposed to?
In the 2004 elections, the one that he was clearly opposed to was not so much Gloria Arroyo but […]

Gibo and Bayani

“Bayani would have given us a no-nonsense administration that would set things right for the whole country.”
by Ducky Paredes
 “Subject to ratification by the national convention to be called by the party in accordance with law, the candidate of Lakas-Kampi-CMD for the 2010 election, as endorsed by the party’s national executive committee, is the Honorable Gilbert […]

Bribing Noynoy with Catholic Support

“So, Noynoy, what now? Do you cave in to the bribe offer that would reward you with the support of the Catholic bishops in exchange forgiving up your support of the Reproductive Health Bill?”
 
by Ducky Paredes
 When Isabela Governor Grace Padaca spoke before the  Rotary Clubs of Zone 6 last week, I was […]