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Monthly Archives: January 2010

New BIF Technology Delivered to Sariaya

“Kolonwel has the image of a nuisance bidder and perennial complainant, having unsuccessfully taken part in public biddings for government contracts ranging from the supply of fertilizers to textbooks to noodles.”
by Ducky Paredes
Apparently, the first unit of the state-of-the-art multifunctional equipment from Integrated Refrigeration System and Services Inc. (IRSSI) – that we have written about […]

Lito+Erap=Manila?

 “Apart from their mutual admiration and endorsements, both Atienza and Estrada believe in helping the poor – Erap para sa Mahirap; Atienza para sa Masa.”
by Ducky Paredes
The mutual endorsements of former President Joseph Estrada and former Manila Mayor and former Environment Secretary Joselito Atienza for each other are potent and natural. Erap’s Puwersa ng Masang […]

Pulitika sa Makati at Maynila

Deretsahan
 
ni Horacio Paredes
 
Sa lahat ng survey sa Makati, si Vice Mayor Ernesto Marcado ang nangunguna sa ibang mga kandidato sa pagka-alkalde – Jun Jun Binay, Win Genuino at Butz Aquino. Kalahati ng mga konsehal ay kanya at karamihan ng mga Chairman ng mga barangay; ngunit, maaari pa rin itong mag-bago dahil na rin mismo kay […]

Pilipinas Shell’s Problem

 “So, what is going on? Is someone looking for the biggest pay-off ever before finally leaving her office on June 30?”
by Ducky Paredes
That, finally, President Arroyo will look into whether Customs should seize some P43-billion worth of planned importations by Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. to pay alleged tax deficiencies found by a BOC hungry for […]

CJ, Sigatoma. Jason & the MBC

“Everything happens under the will of heaven. We are only instruments here. We are instruments of God. We are instruments of higher forces. You or I do not decide who lives or dies.”
by Ducky Paredes
According to Fr. Joaquin Bernas, S.J., a lawyer and a constitutionalist: “Whoever accepts an appointment that is unconstitutional becomes an accomplice […]

Problema sa IT ng BOC

Deretsahan
 
ni Horacio Paredes
 
            Nauunawaan natin ang kasabihang, sa loob ang kulo. Tinutukoy nito ang isang taong may itinatagong damdamin.  Kadalasan, ang pilyong kahulugan ay may itinatago o binabalak na kapilyuhan o kalokohan. Ang taong sa loob ang kulo ay di agad napapansin at, kadalasan din, ito ang kanyang nais  dahil mayroon siyang di kanais-nais na […]

On Stradcom and the LTO

 
 
“Stradcom Corporation has successfully automated and networked close to 300 LTO offices nationwide.  This has resulted a dramatic improvement in the services of the LTO to the motoring public.”
 
 
 
by Ducky Paredes
 
Stradcom Corporation is presently under scrutiny because of its suspended RFID project which would install magnetic strips in our vehicles, the easier to identify them […]

DepEd’s Anti-Drugs Campaign

 “Lapus stresses: ‘These efforts will bring us closer to our goal of zero drug use among our 22 million elementary and high school students under the care of DepEd.’” 
by Ducky Paredes
Clearly, when the Department of Education (DepEd) began its Random Drug Testing (RDT) Program, it was not something that was generally welcomed. This came out […]

Estehanons Need A Good Road

 “There is, however, every possibility that the fund will be fully spent but the road that the Estehanons will get may not be the first-class road that they have been dreaming of.”
by Ducky Paredes
Estehanons (the people of Eastern Samar) are seeing the moral equivalent of the Balangiga Massacre about to happen. They live in one […]

Problema ng BOC sa Shell

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Ano nga ba ang tunay na layunin ng ating Bureau of Customs (BOC) sa ginagawa nilang pang-iipit sa Pilipinas Shell, ang sunod lamang sa Petron na pinakamalaking kumpanya ng langis sa bansa at isa lamang sa dalawang refinery sa bansa?
Ayon sa BOC ang mga parating na imbentaryo ng langis na aabot sa $923 […]