“How many more ‘enterprising’ PASGers get away with their money-making enterprises? We will never know.”
by Ducky Paredes
The last piece of news in 2009 regarding Undersecretary Antonio Villar Jr., head of the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG), was that he had dismissed Director Rommel Javier, chief […]
Malaya (01.08.10)
“The topic was food and trivia about places he had been to during the campaign. He looked fit and a bit sunburned. He apparently enjoyed being with the crowds and interacting with them.”
by Ducky Paredes
The invitation was irresistible – lunch with Gibo at […]
“This is not to argue that Andal Sr. and Jr. are not guilty as hell but it might have been better for the prosecution to have asked for more time to secure all the evidence that would put the nails on the coffin of the father-son crime wave.”
by Ducky Paredes
Of course, he would plead […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Taon na ng eleksyon, kaya lahat ng mga nangangampanyang kandidato, mula sa pagiging pangulo hanggang sa pagiging kagawad ay nagpapakawala na kung ano-anung mga pangako. Subalit mabibilang sa daliri ng isang kamay ang may alinsunod na programang malawakan at makabuluhan. Isa dito ay si Edu Manzano, kandidatong bise-presidente ng Lakas- Kampi-CMD.
Ayon kay Edu, […]
“Senator Legarda filed a bill precisely seeking to increase the salaries and upgrade the positions of teachers and she also co-authored a resolution seeking the same for uniformed military personnel and civilian employees of the Department of National Defense.”
by Ducky Paredes
It is just 114 days to Election Day. Expect the black propaganda practitioners to be […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa ikalawang Lunes ng Mayo, 114 na araw na lamang mula ngayon, iboboto na natin ang mga kandidato sa iba’t-ibang puwesto sa ating pamhalaan kasama na ang ating sunod na Pangulo. Sa aking pananaw, dahilan na rin sa napakarami ng mga survey na ginagawa nang kung sino-sino na lang at kahit pa ang […]
“(W)hat are the implications of de-emphasizing political criticism in favor of immediate concrete action?”
by Ducky Paredes
Lisandro Claudio, a fellow of Action for Economic Reforms, wrote the following piece. He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2007 as class valedictorian. He is currently a lecturer in the Ateneo Department of History and Department of […]
