Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Baket ba pinipilit ng ilan na dapat harapin ni Senador Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ang matagal ng usapin ng mga magsasaka sa Hacienda Luisita? Ayon sa mga nagpipilit sa isyung ito, dapat haraopin ito ni Noynoy kung nais niyang patunayan na karapat-dapat siyang maging lider ng bansa.
Ang mga nagpipilit sa isyung ito ay […]
“Such a plan would fail because there are more heroes in this country than those who sit in power over us think. Manny Pacquiao is not the only hero.”
by Ducky Paredes
The greatest thing that Manny Pacquiao has done is not really the fact that he has achieved something that no one else has ever done […]
“It was also Loren Legarda’s misfortune that when she ran for the vice presidency in 2004, she did so with a presidential candidate taking his first leap into politics.”
by Ducky Paredes
The possibility of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) Official Candidate for Vice President running with the Nacionalista Party’s Official Candidate for President would bring the […]
“Why has a small band of cutthroats been allowed to continue to terrorize whole regions of the country? What possible excuse can one make for allowing less than a thousand bandits to hold the country hostage?”
by Ducky Paredes
Of course, blaming a government for typhoons is never a smart or fair thing to do. Neither is […]
“We are suing IBM over a matter concerning a software solution which we purchased through IBM and was unfortunately found not to be functionally fit for Southwark’s purposes.”
by Ducky Paredes
This does not help the GSIS member awaiting a long-delayed benefit but, it may provide some solace with the realization that his Government Service Insurance System […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Magkahalong panghihinayang at tuwa ang sumalubong sa pasiya ni Education Secretary Jesli Lapus kamakailan nang hindi paglahok sa halalan sa pagka-senador sa sunod na halalan. Sabi nga, para daw sweet and sour Lapu-lapu, matamis na maasim ang desisyon ni Boss Jesli.
Sa mga natuwa na di na siya sasawsaw sa pulitika, […]
“(L)ess than a month in the high-profile post, there are serious questions being asked about the President’s latest choice for the new man to lead the OMB.”
by Ducky Paredes
When Edu Manzano resigned as Chairman of the Optical Media Board (OMB) to return to politics (Edu was at one time Vice Mayor of Makati), the OMB […]
“Being that the US is our biggest trading partner, it was imperative to get into X-Ray scanning.”
by Ducky Paredes
Just because the just-resigned BIR Commissioner announced that he was doing so because he was ashamed that he could not meet the unreachably high targets given him by the theoreticians at the Department of Finance who probably […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Naiiba ang paninindigang pulitikal (“political will”) sa pagmamatigas ng ulo. Ang una ay dapat na katangian ng isang magaling na lider; ang pangalawa’y gawain ng huwad na lider na walang pagmamahal sa bayan.
Halimbawa, sa susunod na ASEAN Games na gaganapin sa bansang Laos, ang nilalaan na kwarta ng Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) para […]
“Lito is a hundred percent against anything that promotes any form of artificial birth control. His support of the Catholic Church’s stand is total. Whatever the Bishops say is what Lito himself actually believes.”
by Ducky Paredes
You can write all the rules for having reasonably inexpensive and orderly elections but […]
