“The youth vote and the ruling party’s campaign machinery are Gibo’s ‘secret weapons’ and we intend to use these to the hilt to guarantee his electoral victory come May 10.”
by Ducky Paredes
“I will not stop until I am Number One.”
Right now, when Gilbert Teodoro, presidential candidate of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD party says this, it seems […]
“Mangila admitted that of the 10 apprehended, three are PASG operatives. He was silent about the seven others.”
by Ducky Paredes
What do Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco, Jr. Gregorio “Greggy” Araneta III. Jose “Joe” Taruc have in common? These are three individuals with widely disparate backgrounds.
Danding is chairman of corporate giant San Miguel Corporation and founder of […]
“What can we expect from the Comelec? Probably no action, after all, the Comelec knew everything about these party-lists at the time that the commissioners were doing the approvals.”
by Ducky Paredes
The original idea of having party-list representatives in Congress was to provide representation for
“the labor, peasant, urban poor, indigenous cultural communities, women, youth, and […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Dito sa Pilipinas, seryosong usapan yung tinatawag nating “labor rights”, o ang karapatan ng mga manggagawa. Ngunit minsan, may mga empleyado din na wala sa lugar, na sa sobrang makasarili ay nakaka-abala na sa nakararaming tao.
Halimbawa na lang ang nangyayaring picket sa labas ng mga planta ng Goldilocks Bakeshop. Ilang mga dating empleyado […]
“Scrap R.A. 8491 and let every Pinoy sing Lupang Hinirang with his own brand of fervor. Who knows that the anthem may eventually evolve into something we love instead of its feeling more like an imposition.”
by Ducky Paredes
The Pinoy Taliban is at it again. Our local Talibans would prosecute Arnel Pineda, the Pinoy rock musician […]
“The Ghanian fighter, bigger, heavier and with a longer reach than Pacquiao is a boxer who would rather lose than have to actually fight to win his bout.”
by Ducky Paredes
There is a need to study which of the tales that our Presidentiables tell us during the campaign are true and which of their promises and […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Kumbaga sa pasyente, ang pangalawang distrito ng Bulacan ay medyo nasa ICU o Intensive Care Unit na. Ganito ito na kalubha ang kalagayan doon. Ito ang madiing puna ng mga residente na inaangal ang mabagal na pagusad ng ekonomiya ng lugar. Kailangan na daw nito ng “dextrose” at palagiang pangangalaga ng doktor.
Si 2nd […]
“In regional elections, there is a greater possibility of getting better brains into the Upper Chamber because the list of candidates that the voters will choose from are persons more familiar to them.”
by Ducky Paredes
How can we improve on our elections?
Based on current surveys, the election results for senators will not in any way improve […]
“Bad MNC has been known to force distributors to sell at a loss, just to meet quotas. Is that how a ‘partnership’ works?”
by Ducky Paredes
I had been a distributor of San Miguel Beer and, presently, of Coca-Cola, both of which treat their distributors as true business partners. It is not always that way between multi-national […]
“If Gibo will have a chance at winning, we will begin to see this when the campaign for the local elections begins. This is where his party – Lakas-Kampi-CMD — has an advantage.”
by Ducky Paredes
Pulse Asia and Social Weather Stations (SWS) have the top two contenders for the presidency in a dead heat. What is […]
