“One couple’s unwanted baby can be the most wanted one in another family.”
by Ducky Paredes
What surprised attendees at a fund-raiser held in a hotel in Manila for the campaign of Former Mayor Lito Atienza who is returning as Manila Mayor on a campaign to bring life back to the city (Buhayin Muli ang Maynila) were […]
Malaya (02.25.10)
“If we will not rely on proven science, are we now into voodoo?“
Bananas and Rice
by Ducky Paredes
Government agencies ought to help and protect industries that give employment and bring in funds for the country. They ought not to cooperate with outsiders who […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Madaling maintindihan ang kwentong ito. Mayroong mga magsasaka sa Norzagaray, Bulacan na matagal nang nagsasaka sa kanilang lupain. Ang ilan sa kanila’y mga anak ng mga Dumagat na nasa lupaing ito sa simula pa lamang ng bansa. Ilan rin ay […]
“Will a Villar presidency only be a repeat of what we have been getting from Gloria and Mike and their close coterie of cronies?”
by Ducky Paredes
This is a plain and simple land-grabbing case, which tells us a lot about the people involved.
Involved, as victims are farmers who have occupied and cultivated their farms since […]
“(E)ven the administration party, the Lakas-Kampi CMD has yet to give financial support to its candidates. ”
by Ducky Paredes
Even as the El Nino weather phenomenon is drying up farmlands, waterways and reservoirs all over the country, another kind of drought is hitting candidates for political office, less than 3 months before elections.
Late last week, in […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Wala naman akong kinakampaniya ngunit di kayang dapat na ring magbigay daan si Congressman Pedro Pancho sa mas nakababatang naghahangad na maglilingkod sa Pangalawang Distrito ng Bulacan. Nakatatlong termino na rin naman siya mula 1995 na kung tutuusin ay napakahaba at sobra sa sapat na panahon na para sana paasensuhin nang husto ang […]
“We urge other groups and individuals to make a stand on this matter to join their voices against this illegal appointment. We reiterate, no one is above the law.”
by Ducky Paredes
According to Joel Obar, former dean of the law faculty of the Foundation University of Dumaguete City and a columnist of the newspaper Negros Chronicle, […]
“The Philippines ranks fifth highest in the study’s ‘proportion of reported indicators for which countries are off track’ in South East Asia. The more off track than us is a short list: Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.”
by Ducky Paredes
Despite the millions that Gloria spent on advertising her government’s “achievements,” comes now the Millennium Development Goals […]
“At current growth rates, the Philippines would be as rich as today’s China in 25 years.”
by Ducky Paredes
Bert Hofman, the World Bank’s Country Director for the Philippines looks at the Philippines: “At current growth rates, the Philippines would be as rich as today’s China in 25 years.
“In roughly half a century from today, it would […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Hindi pa nagsimula ang kampanya, inihayag na ni Senador Manny Villar ang isang deklarasyong umalingawngaw sa mundo ng pulitika: “Kung ang isang taong naghahangad maging presidente ng Pilipinas ay walang isang bilyong piso, hindi na siya dapat kumandidato.”
Tila hindi ito kakayanin ng ibang tumatakbo ngayon sa pagkapangulo – tulad nina Senador Dick Gordon, […]
