“Was he out-of-line or is the President expected to say whatever is in his mind? Is it part of his duties as President to set thing right whenever he sees any of us straying from his chosen path, the Daang Matuwid?”
by Ducky Paredes
Was the President […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa pagili kung sino ang magiging Chief Justice ng Korte Suprema, ang dating systema ay ang pipili ang Pangulo ng iisang kanyang gustong maging punong mahistrado at ang Commission on Appointments (CA) naman ang haharapin ng napili ng Pangulo at kinakailangan itong makapasa sa […]
“Zamora said that the judicial budget must be increased at least two-fold. Here, he said, as CJ, he would tap his 30 years of experience in the legislative and executive department to haggle for a bigger slice of the pie for the judiciary.”
by Ducky Paredes
When the Judicial […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Hindi ako nagagandahan sa naging reaksyon ng Pangulo sa naging pahintulot ng hukom na pabayaang maka-pagpiyansa si Gloria Arroyo. Para kasing kung pinakikialaman pa niya ang mga detalyeng ganito ay parang nang-aapi na siya ng kapwa. Ang nararapat sa isang Pangulo ay ang tinatanggap niya […]
“We have in our midst, a potential fifth column of Chinese Communist supporters! ”
by Ducky Paredes
What you will be reading is the editorial of “Bayan,” official paper of the Communist Party of the Philippines (PKP). I have no fear in putting this out to my readers […]
“We lived through an invasion by Japan in World War II that showed up a lot of our politicians as eventually supporters of the Japanese Imperial forces. Didn’t we learn anything from that wartime experience?”
by Ducky Paredes
Most reactions to the longest SONA have been positive such […]
“Who will take over in 2016? Is there anyone who can be as honest and straightforward to take his place and continue the work that he has started?”
by Ducky Paredes
President Benigno Simon C. Aquino gave the best State of the Nation Address (SONA) ever. Yet, looked at in another way, he did not say much; […]
Deretsahan
ni Horacio Paredes
Sa totoo lamang, wala akong makitang dapat na pintasan sa naging talumpati ni Pangulo sa kanyang SONA kahapon. Marami ang mga hindi natuwa. Ngunit, para naman kasing kahit ano pa ang mangyari sa pamamahala ng Pangulo, ang mga ito’y hindi pa rin kayang patuwain. Halimbawa, […]
“Angry voices merit more media coverage than voices that speak calmly of progress and achievement.”
by Ducky Paredes
Sometimes, one has to wonder why our Presidents’ even go to so much trouble to make their yearly SONAs. These annual State of the Nation Addresses (SONA) take weeks to […]
“The Ateneo de Davao report reads like the sort of thing I used to get coming from younger Ateneans when I was in Senior year. Those failed to convince me then; neither does this one do it for me.”
by Ducky Paredes
What follows is […]
