“Let us hope for a more prosperous Philippines in the coming year, which is easily achieved if only everyone does whatever he is supposed to be doing, as best as he can. ”
by Ducky Paredes
A senator accuses the President of plagiarizing the budgets prepared by the previous President. Actually, the Senator, who will be ending […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
May sumulat sa atin: “Araw-araw ko po binabasa ang column nyo sa Abante thru internet. Gusto ko lang po ipaabot sa inyo ang isa pang sindikato sa gobyerno na matagal na ngyayari ngunit kung sa anong paraan ay bakit di po matuldukan.
“Sa ngaun po na si Pnoy na ang predidente at bago […]
“Surely, those in positions of power, such as senators and congressmen, have only themselves to blame for whatever ills this country continues to suffer.”
by Ducky Paredes
Pampanga Archbishop Paciano Aniceto spoke on the reproductive health (RH) bill in his pastoral statement during Misa de Gallo. Parts of what he preached shocked me.
For instance, did you know […]
“Of course, there is still corruption among the ranks as seen by the fact that many of those identifiable as among the more corrupt in the last administration seem to have worked out a modus vivendi with the new office-holders.”
by Ducky Paredes
This early, with just six months gone, we can see where the economy is […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Ngayon pa lamang, halos kalahating taon ang nakakalipas, nakikita na natin na mayroon nang pagbabago ang pamamahala ni P’Noy kumpara kay GMA. Sa unang anim na buwan, nagkaroon rin ng swerte si P’Noy na ang kanyang pinaghandaang mga sakuna o disaster ay hindi gaanong matindi ang naging dating. Oo nga’t binagyo tayo sa […]
“(I)s the Senator giving in to a persecution complex? Has he lost his bearings to the point that he sees enemies wherever he turns? Is this his guilt taking over his perceptions?”
by Ducky Paredes
Sen. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan gives good advice to his “mistah” in PMA Class ’71 and, now, in the Senate, fugitive Senator Panfilo […]
“Do the collateral victims – those left behind by Salvador Dacer and Emmanuel Corbito – have to be the continuing victims of Lacson’s evasive maneuvers?”
by Ducky Paredes
The Dacer sisters – Carina Dacer, Sabina Dacer-Reyes, Emily Dacer-Hungerford and Amparo Dacer-Henson – are like all victims of criminals in this country. After having suffered the biggest loss […]
“What chance does P’Noy have to get Gen. Carlos Garcia back before the courts facing a plunder charge?”
by Ducky Paredes
Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia was released last week after entering a plea of guilty to the lesser offense of indirect bribery from plunder before the Ombudsman. He was ordered to pay a bail bond of P60,000.
Garcia […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Mabigat na kasong usurpation of authority, o labag sa batas na pag-angkin ng kapangyarihan, ang bubunuin ngayon ng isang negosyanteng nag-utos na buksan ang isang container van sa Port of Davao nang walang pahintulot ng mga otoridad.
Ang negosyante ay si Rodolfo Reta, operator ng Aquarius Container Yard (ACY) sa Davao City. Si […]
Malaya (12.22.10)
“In the case of Senator Sonny Trillanes, after having been deprived of his seat in the Senate for so long, we can expect that he will be a fully-employed working Senator who will attend to his duties selflessly.”
by Ducky Paredes
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is finally where he should have been all along after the […]
