Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sumulat si Flor Manabat: “Nakakalungkot, pero unti-unti nang nagkakatotoo ang espekulasyon ng ilan na bahagi lamang ng kampanya ang ilan sa ipinangako ni Pangulong Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III partikular ang usapin sa buwis.
“Kung matatandaan, marami ang humanga kay Aquino at posibleng naging dahilan kaya’t nakahamig ito ng maraming boto nang ipangako niya sa […]
“Interbrand went belly up because of the MNC’s collusion with its crooked ASM.”
by Ducky Paredes
How do you protect yourself from fraud and devious financial schemes if, in spite of all the sworn documents they signed, the presumably respectable parties to whom you had extended a series of loans, deliberately deceive you?
This is a lesson in […]
“If the assets were sold but the money did not go to paying off the NPC’s debts, where could they have gone?”
by Ducky Paredes
Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone is doing a good job in trying to get to the bottom of why our power rates are so high. As he explains, the Epira Law gave […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa mga sumusubaybay sa pamamalakad ng Optical Media Board (OMB) sa pamumuno ni Chairman Ronnie Ricketts, iisa daw ang bumubuga sa kanilang mga bibig — Oh My, Bokya!
Dahilan nila ay mula nang umupo si Ricketts siyam na buwang nakaraan bilang pinuno ng ahensiya, malaking bokya ang kanyang record sa panghuhuli o pagsampa […]
“We don’t have to re-invent the wheel or the Kindle or the Megumi. The solution to our lack of books and improved teaching aids is already with us.”
by Ducky Paredes
On July 24, 2008, my column in Malaya was on the Megumi Reader. For those who still need an introduction to this concept, here is that […]
“Former Manila City Mayor Lito Atienza’s basis for his protest against Mayor Alfredo Lim is the reported results of the Random Manual Audit (RMA), conducted by the Commission on Elections through RMA chair Henrietta de Villa.”
by Ducky Paredes
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 8804 dated March 22, 2010 (In re: Comelec rules of procedure […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa mga paliwanag na ginagawa ng Palasyo tungkol sa pagpataw ng e-vat sa sinisingil na toll sa SLEX, NLEX at iba pang toll road sa bansa parang lalo lamang lumilitaw na magulo ang pag-iisip ng pamahalaan. Una, kung titignan natin ang kahulugan ng salitang Ingles na “toll,” ang makikita nating katugma nito sa […]
“97 percent of Filipinos were satisfied with the overall performance of election automation.”
by Ducky Paredes
Social Weather Stations (SWS) says that three out of four Filipinos are satisfied with the conduct of the country’s first-ever computerized balloting held last May.
This second-quarter 2010 survey shows 75 percent of Filipinos approving the conduct of the May 10 elections. […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Hindi kaya ka-walanghiyaan na ang ginagawa ng Commission on Elections sa mga kandidatong nagprotesta sa bilangan noong nakaraang halalan? Halimbawa, ang hiningi ng Comelec kay Lito Atienza sa kaniyang prinotestang pagkatalo ay P10 milyon. Mas malaki pa itong halaga kesa sa nakasaad sa batas na maaaring gastusin ng isang kandidato sa halalan na […]
“The man has been in his post for just about six weeks and it definitely is still too early to judge his performance and that of the fledgling Aquino administration. ”
by Ducky Paredes
Customs Commissioners have come and gone but the culture and stench of corruption has been the mark of the BOC through the years.
We […]
