“Dueñas lead is down to 34 with just 25% of the precincts he identified in his counter-protest having been counted.
by Ducky Paredes
There are 28 poll protests over the 2007 elections filed in the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) against 25 proclaimed winners in congressional race. Supreme Court Associate Justice Angelina Gutierrez is the HRET […]
“Self-dealing contracts per se are not prohibited under the law. These contracts are invalidated only if the same are proven to be unfair and unreasonable.”
by Ducky Paredes
Following is a letter from Meralco. It has been abridged only to keep within the space reserved for this column:
“This is in response to your column entitled ‘Still no […]
“Our senators should leave the issue to the proper investigating bodies, such as the Office of the Ombudsman.”
by Ducky Paredes
Let us get one thing clear: The probable crime of retired Police Director Eliseo dela Paz is a world apart from the probable crime of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-Joc” Bolante.
At worst, Dela Paz “borrowed” […]
“US funds to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) have been blocked since 2002.”
by Ducky Paredes
It is a bit of good news to those that see a more aggressive population control program as being good for this country that many observers believe that the incoming Democratic administration in the United States may lift a ban on […]
“Spotty coverage, weak or dropped signals, poor service – these make Sun’s offer of unlimited calls and text not even funny.”
by Ducky Paredes
The Philippines is admittedly behind in a lot of things. Cell phone use is not one of them.
A Wikipedia entry notes: The Philippines sends on the average 400 million text messages a […]
“Gloria Arroyo and her spear-carriers in Malacañang should stop talking, speculating or mentioning the name of US President-elect Barack Obama.”
by Ducky Paredes
Complete annual hospital medical check-ups are never a pleasure. One is starved, pricked, given enemas and subjected to all sorts of inconvenient experiences. The best place to have this done, however, has to be […]
“If Senator Escudero is pro-poor as he claims, he’d be moving for the repeal of Meralco’s franchise,’ says Winston Garcia.”
by Ducky Paredes
If Meralco and the Lopezes thought that GSIS’ selling its Meralco shares has put a stop to the headache that GSIS President Winston Garcia has been giving the Lopez family, they are definitely wrong.
Yesterday, […]
“Because of the lack of information about the candidates, the usual picks are limited to those who have the money to buy an election.”
by Ducky Paredes
In that United States presidential election last November 4, 2008, their 56th consecutive quadrennial presidential election, there were actually six aspirants for the office.
Those on the ballot in most States […]
“(W)hy is the NEA still interfering with the operations of the 60,000-member Zambales II Electric Cooperative Inc. (ZAMECO II)?”
by Ducky Paredes
What is going on? Didn’t Executive Order No. 460 issued as far back as 2005 say, in effect, that the National Electrification Administration (NEA) no longer counts and is as good as extinct? This is […]
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“Verzosa may have actually increased the reporters’ access to the stories available at the police precincts.”
Verzosa’s Blotter
by Ducky Paredes
We have a pretty dumb Senate that will pounce on anything that moves.
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Director General Jesus Verzosa was clearly within his authority to issue a directive on Oct. 30 entitled “The Decentralization […]
