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POGOs bring Filipino jobs, new money from China
In coddling Chinese gangsters in Manila, officials give Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators a bad name.
Sacking of officials sought as energy crisis looms
President Bongbong Marcos Jr. is being asked to recall his appointment of three high energy officials.
Wonders of local fertilizer; woes from bureaucrats
Having produced the world’s third best rice in Leyte in 2019, Patrick Renucci aspires for top place.
Unaudited intel/confi funds: this is where our taxes go
Congress shortcuts the definition of Executive intelligence/confidential funds. Intel expenses are what the agency chief itemizes then keeps in the vault.
Leyte rice is world’s 3rd best; other provinces can aspire too
Leyte-made Renucci Rice is the world’s third best.
More seized onions being sold: A decoy for bigger smuggling
Smuggled onions supposedly seized by Customs in northeastern Mindanao were sold not only in Davao City.
House rushes pork-laden budget, then vacations
The House of Reps rushed Wednesday night, Sept. 28, passage of the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023.
Onion smuggling goes on against BBM’s ‘strict orders’
Onion smuggling goes on under the very nose of the Bureau of Customs.
Colonel pleads to Marcos Jr: Please stop the plunder
Congress has been branded “the Philippines’ biggest criminal syndicate.”
Promoting Filipino cuisine can boost agriculture
Former Senate president Tito Sotto had long ago proposed how to ensure farmers’ incomes.
No time to lose: drill gas now
The Philippines must drill for gas right away at Recto Bank. The country’s sole gas field Malampaya will run out in three years.
Usec blaming farmers for bureaucrats’ failures
Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban unfairly blames farmers for inability to sell their produce. Farmers deserve care, not castigation.
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Pera natin sa SSS, GSIS maari pa ring pakialaman
PASPASANG isinasabatas ng Kongreso ang Maharlika Wealth Fund.
Ano’ng taglay ng 2023?
MATAPOS ang dalawang taong pandemic at isang taong Ukraine war, ano na sa 2023?
1 kuwento, 2 pananaw
Umupo sa eskritoryo ang sikat na nobelista at nagsimulang magsulat:
Wala sa kalingkingan ni Rizal
Lampas hatinggabi nang bulabugin ng sundalo ang aming pagtulog sa selda.
Italyano naging Santo: naghimala sa Batangas
KUWENTO ito ni Salesian Father Donnie Duchin Duya ng Don Bosco, Philippines nu’ng Oct. 9 nang e-cannonize ni Pope Francis na Santo si Italian pharmacist Blessed Artémide Zatti.
Magbilang, tumugtog
Paniwala ng high school teachers namin nu’ng dekada ’70 na ang mga estudyanteng tumutugtog ng musika ay mahusay sa Math.
Lokal, natural na pataba susi sa sapat na ani
Sumali si Frenchman Patrick Renucci sa pagtatanim ng palay sa Alangalang, Leyte.
Renucci Rice sa Leyte ganito ginagawa
SINALIKSIK nina Patrick Renucci at Rachel Renucci-Tan ang pagpapalay.
Gawa sa Leyte: ikatlong magaling na bigas sa mundo
Ikatlong pinakamahusay na bigas sa mundo ang Renucci Rice ng Leyte.
Kulang ba ang laki ng microscope mo?
TAON 1665 nilimbag ni British polymath Robert Hooke ang librong “Micrographia”.
Dahilan ng kapos na tanim at pagkain
AGHAM ang gagamitin sa pamamahala ng agrikultura, pangako ni President Bongbong Marcos Jr. Kung ganun, dapat suriin ang mga dahilan sa bagsak na ani ng tanim, manok, baboy at isda.
Renewable energy ang pag-asa natin
NANGANGALUGI nang bilyun-bilyong piso ang coal-fired power plants.
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Jarius Bondoc is a multi-awarded journalist of 41 years. He writes two thrice-weekly columns, “Gotcha” for The Philippine Star and “Sapol” for Pilipino Star Ngayon. He also hosts a current affairs radio program, Sapol (Saturdays, 8-10 a.m.) on DWIZ 882-AM. Read more about him in this link.