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Monthly Archives: July 2010

Ang Computer ng Customs

Deretsahan 
ni Horacio Paredes 
Sa mga unang araw ng bagong administrasyon, hindi mabago ang website ng pamahalaan (www.op.gov.ph) dahil sa nagbakasyon daw ang namamahala at walang ibang nakakaalam ng password. Kaya, isang linggo nang si P’Noy ang pangulo, ngunit sa website, si Gloria pa rin.
Dapat silipin ng bagong pamunuan ng Bureau of Customs dahil ganito rin ang […]

Conflicted Interests

“(T)he best way to handle a potential conflict is to acknowledge its existence and, as much as possible, keep clear of decisions that involve these particular companies.”
by Ducky Paredes
 
Clearly, for many of the President’s appointees, the issue that they will have to face before the Commission on Appointments (CA) when the time for their confirmation […]

Mag-Ingat sa Saridon

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Ayon sa World Heal.th Organization (WHO) dumarami sa ‘Pinas ang gumagamit ng Saridon—isang pain-killer na kasalukuyang nillako sa ka-Bisayaan at Mindanao. Marami kasi ang naniniwala sa  taglay nitong ”triple action formula” na hindi lamang mabisa kundi hindi pa raw delikado para  sa mga gumagamit nito. 
Pero lingid sa kaalaman ng mga mamimili, ang dating formula […]

Enemies of Progress

“In a world of open and free flowing information, interconnectivity is crucial and vital to all industries and sectors.  It is used widely by governments all over the world.”
by Ducky Paredes
My first driver’s license – when I was 18 – was negotiated by a shadowy character at a branch of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) […]

Ang Panahon at Pagbabago

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
May dalawang sumulat: “Una sa lahat, magandang araw po sa inyo.
“Sir, sana makarating itong sulat ko inyon tanggapan. Komento ko lang sa PAG-ASA na walang pag-asa. Sana nga hindi lang sa TV at Radyo sila magpa-alam.
“Sir, I am working in abroad, dito sa ibang bansa regarding sa weather like typhoon or cyclone na […]

Ombudsman Gets Serious on Abalos

 “Is it possible that the original charge against Abalos was designed to give him an acquittal but now that the Aquino government seems deadly serious about going after Merceditas Guttierez’s real President, there is a change in plans?”
by Ducky Paredes
Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) president Felix O. Tiukinhoy complains about the practice of […]

Poor Koko

“(I)f the Zubiri protest would be heard to its end, there was no possibility that Koko could ever  be proclaimed senator since the Zubitri counter-protest could not possibly end before the end of the disputed  senate term.”
by Ducky Paredes
Our Senate is shameless! There is just no other way of looking at our senators. In the […]

Ginulat Tayo ni Basyang

Deretsahan 
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa pagpulong ng National Disaster Control Council (NDCC) kahapon,  napuna ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino na paulit-ulit na ang pangyayari na hindi tayo nakakapaghanda sa mgsa bagyo. Nagpaliwanag ang mga taga Pagasa, ating ahensiya na nagbabantay sa panahon, klima o weather. Dagdag ni P’Noy na ang dapat na hinaharap ng mga taga-Pahasa ay ang […]

SICPA Deal Under Serious Study

 “DOJ also questioned SICPA’s  financial capability to handle the project, considering it only put up an equivalent of  P55 million, a paltry sum compared with the initial investment of P2 billion that the project required.”
by Ducky Paredes
 
The new chief of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Kim S. Jacinto-Henares, has let it be known that her […]

Ang Pinakamayayamang Pinoy

Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa July issue ng Forbes Asia, inilabas ang Rich List in the Philippines, kung saan nakalista ang 40 na pnakamayaman sa Pinas.
Nangunguna si Henry Sy na hindi nawawala sa bilang na numero Uno sa Pinas mula noong sinimulan ng Forbes ang kanilang listahan apat na taon na ang nakakalipas. Ang yaman ni Sy […]