“Adonis Simpao, 41, is today’s “Poor Boy from Lubao,” President Diosdado Macapagal’s avatar in politics, when he ran for the presidency.”
by Ducky Paredes
Adonis Simpao, whether he wins or (more probable) loses in his quest to be the congressman representing the second district of Pampanga, is already a winner. He ought to be enshrined in our […]
“Is Smartmatic-TIM setting up excuses for an eventual failure of elections? Perhaps it is and the Comelec itself is not very reassuring.”
by Ducky Paredes
Are excuses, excuses all that we bought with the billions paid to Smartmatic? Now, the company that won the bid for the automation tells us that it is unable to finish the […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Kung hindi ititigil ni Gloria Arroyo ang pinagpipilitan niyang paghirang ng kapalit ni Chief Justice Reynato Puno sa pag-retiro nito sa Mauyo 17, 2010, baka maging masyadong mababaun ang Korte sa pulitika. Una, pinaghbabawalan ang pa-alis na Pangulo sa pagtatalaga sa mga puwesto mula dalawang buwan bago niya iwanan ang Malakanyang.
Ito ay tama […]
“Will his daughter, before stepping down as President, do to the incoming President on June 30, 2010 what President Garcia did to her father — President Diosdado Macapagal?”
by Ducky Paredes
At the time of Gloria’s father (our 9th president ), midnight appointments to the judiciary was not a big thing since these ad-interim appointments would have […]
“(I)f OMB has never, since its inception, applied for dispensation during any election period, why is the current Executive Director now seeking gun ban exemptions?”
by Ducky Paredes
In a letter dated 21 December 2009, Optical Media Board (OMB) Executive Director Anthony Liongson asked the Commission on Election (Comelec) to exempt […]
“’Apparent Authority’ is a term used in the law of agency to describe a situation in which a principal leads a third party to believe that an agent has authority to bind the principal, even where the agent lacks the actual authority to do so.”
by Ducky Paredes
In the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the year of […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Hindi hadlang ang katandaan sa paglingkod sa bayan. Maraming mga may edad na ang magaling pa rin sa serbisyo publiko. Kaya hindi ko mapintasan ang mga matagal nang naglilingkod, ngunit lumalahok pas rin sa pulitika ay dahil ang dating senador na si Quintin Paredes (kapatid ng aking lolo sa tuhod) ay tumagal […]
“Does GMA know that people not necessarily loyal to her run the second biggest source of revenue for the government?”
by Ducky Paredes
There is a soft-spoken PMA-er who is talked about only in whispers, redolent with fear, by importers and others who do business with the BOC. He controls the IT department […]
“(W)hy is the Comelec treating Smartmatic with kid gloves instead of dunning it for the delay in the deliveries of the PCOS machines, which were all supposed to have been delivered in 2009?”
by Ducky Paredes
Why should it be a problem […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Baka nga ang mas mabuti pa’y kalimutan na lamang natin ang planong gawaing computerized ang ating halalan sa Mayo 10, 1010 mula sa botohan hanggang sa bilangan hanggang sa mga tally sheet sa bawat munisipyo, lalawigan at sa buong bansa.
Miukhang hindi handa ang Smartmatic na nakakuha ng kontrata para sa 88,000 na mga […]
