“Pangasinan, Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan, Nueva Ecija, Ilocos Norte, Maguindanao, North Cotabato, Oriental Mindoro and Metro Manila. Are these actually our most prone to disasters? Could the MGB be in the wrong on this one?”
by Ducky Paredes
The discovery that the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro in Northern Mindanao […]
Abante (12.22.11)
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
“Tama si Kaloy. Nakapanggigigil talaga itong sina Corona at Pandak. Bistadong-bistado na nga ang kanilang kademonyohan at kawalanghiyaan, panay pa rin ang kanilang kasinungalingan at pagbabalatkayo. Hindi lang kamangmangan o kagaguhan ito. Ito ay sukdulan na ng kasamaan nila - katulad ng mga pinakamabangis at pinakagutom […]
“Analyzing data from 1991 to 2010, Germanwatch says the Philippines ranked 10th among countries when it came to exposure to severe weather caused by climate change.”
by Ducky Paredes
When disasters happen, some tend to be more judgmental than usual. The criticism (much undeserved) of the President for spending a few […]
“Demand from the outside is going to be weak and we will have to depend on consumption or demand from within.”
by Ducky Paredes
Earlier this year, Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima and Budget Secretary Florencio Abad gloated that the country had received “favorable” ratings from international credit ratings agencies because of […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Isang sulat galing sa reader: “Napakinggan ko ang speech ni Ni Corona at nabasa ko naman ang column ninyo sa Abante. Lumalabas na parang hindi binasa o naintindihan ni Corona o ng kanyang speech writer ang impeachment package, dahil marahil sa pagmamadali na maisulat ang talumpati.
“Ang nasasaad […]
“Chief Justices, Presidents, Senators and others in powerful positions in a Democracy ought to have the humility to regard themselves as beholden to the Constitution and not the other way around.”
by Ducky Paredes
Chief Justice Renato Corona tried to rally public opinion to his side with a virtual declaration of […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sayang si Atty. Midas Marquez. Sa kanyang pagtanggi na merong humiling o kaya’y nag-utos ng court holiday noong nagtalumpati si Renato Corona, Chief Justice sa Korte Suprema noong Mierkules, nagpakita siya na siya pala’y marunong ring magsinunggaling. Sayang siya dahil marami ang naniniwala sa kanya. Nilalabas […]
“Ateneo and the affected residents took the matter to the court after their efforts to be heard by the city council and property developer went unacknowledged.”
by Ducky Paredes
Please someone prove me wrong; prove to me that you can fight City Hall and win!
I live on J. Escaler St. in […]
“If, as he says, he loves his country, Corona should take the honorable way out and resign so that the Supreme Court can move forward toward the straight and narrow from which it has strayed.”
by Ducky Paredes
If there’s any doubt in the public mind that Chief Justice Renato Corona […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa huling survey na ginawa ng Pulse Asia, lumitaw na ang pinaka-mababang rating sa mga opisyal na sinuri ay iyong kay Renato Corona, ang Chief Justice na tinalaga ni Gloria Arroyo. Malamang, ayon na rin sa Pulse Asia, ito’y sa dahilang noong kanilang tinatanong ang mamamyan […]
