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Category Archives: Malaya

10 Commandments of Fair Trade

“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 […]

G1bo’s Chance

“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 […]

Credibility

 Malaya (03.10.10)
“By wildly lashing out at the three, Villar puts his credibility on the line against that of Gordon. Enrile and Erap.”
by Ducky Paredes 
            Manny Villar’s problem has always been that the image of himself that he has been projecting has always been too good to be true – a slum kid who swam in […]

Bad Times at the BOC

“Seized goods must be covered by receipts and properly documented  and there is no need to withdraw items in bulk from a warehouse since only one of each item is needed to file charges against the shipper.” 
by Ducky Paredes 
Here’s the story at the BOC (Bureau of Customs): 50-inch plasma TV sets; several boxes of Nikon […]

Religion and Politics

“Religious sects have been a huge part of the political equation ever since one can remember.”
by Ducky Paredes
If someone told me that he was the “appointed son of God,” that would be the end of our conversation. To me, there can be no meeting of the minds between a sane person (me) and someone apparently […]

A Nuke in Our Future?

“Having a nuclear plant is not the same as having a nuclear bomb in our neighborhood. And, a nuclear power plant will give us cheaper electricity.”
by Ducky Paredes    
According to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), the entire Philippine grid – not just Mindanao – is unstable, with power plants bogging down one […]

Rumors and Perceptions

“(W)hy would Villar need Gloria? On the other hand, to steal victory away from Noynoy, GMA surely needs someone like Manny Villar. She does not want a President Noynoy hounding her for her sins against the Republic.”
by Ducky Paredes
    
Nacionalista Party presidential standard bearer Manny Villar may not be aware of it, but the suspicion […]

Corruption and Poverty

 Malaya (03.02.10)
 
“One can say that corruption in its more extreme manifestations is a symptom of poverty, both a result and a cause of poverty.”
by Ducky Paredes
    Ambassador Alistair MacDonald of the Delegation of the European Union in the Philippines, in speaking before the 2nd Bisyon 2020 Integrity and Human Rights Conference, said about the Ampatuan […]

Queen’s Gambit

Deretsahan
 ni Horacio Paredes
“Puwede ho bang mai-share itong  aking pananaw  para ipahiwatig ang posibleng maging scenario sa  darating na eleksiyon.
“Mabilis pa sa alas cuatro na tinawagan ni Atty. R. Macalintal  si GMA sa Malacanang at sinabing ang SC ay binasura  na ang complaint para sa pagtakbo ni GMA bilaNG congresswoman sa  2nd distrcit ng Pampanga at sigurado na […]

“All  ballots counted by the 75,471 PICOS machines should  be manually counted in the traditional fashion before the public at the precinct level.”
Auditing the PCOS
by Ducky Paredes
From the moment I saw the email, I thought it was a hoax. “Who owns a house like this?” the e-mail asked. Then, lots of photos of a mansion […]