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Gotcha
(English articles)
No vision on food, no urgency on fuel
The President said Sunday the country must ensure grain security and rely on the domestic market to sustain production.
An alternative to marching into certain ignoble defeat
Men make last stands in the face of imminent defeat. The Spartans at Thermopylae, Custer at Little Big Horn, Del Pilar at Tirad Pass had no more option.
Flashback: Laurel’s self-sacrifice to unite the Opposition in 1986
“No sacrifice is too great,” Salvador “Doy” Laurel declared on Dec. 12, 1985. He had fought Martial Law since 1972, forming the United Nationalist Democratic Opposition for the cause.
Lawyer to Comelec: Err on side of right
Suspend your confiscation of oversized campaign posters, election lawyer Romy Macalintal wrote the Comelec Monday.
Now it’s sugar imports: killing domestic producers one by one
They did it to rice. First, Malacañang endorsed a law to let anyone import rice as long as 50 percent duty is paid.
Make China liable for ruinous pandemic
Four facts make China liable for SARS-CoV-2.
Chevron charged in US too over Malampaya sale
A complaint against Chevron was to be filed Thursday in the United States over its sale of interests in the Philippines’ Malampaya gas field.
Opposition can beat Bongbong if 1-on-1
Five “non-administration” presidential aspirants musn’t race each other to be No. 2. Only first place matters. Leni Robredo, Manny Pacquiao, Isko Moreno, Ping Lacson and Leody de Guzman know that.
Document can prove Yang ‘profited’ from Pharmally
Presidential adviser Michael Yang likely profited from Pharmally Pharmaceutical’s multibillion-peso government deals and was not a mere guarantor.
Guanzon to Bongbong: Did you bribe somebody in Comelec?
How did Bongbong Marcos’ party learn that the vote to disqualify him as presidential candidate was a “minority opinion?”
What will Bongbong do if he becomes president
President wannabe Bongbong Marcos denies knowledge of his family’s ill-gotten wealth.
Marcos Jr. avoids tough hearings, public interviews for tough job
In 1986, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. evaded facing on television his only opponent in the presidential election, the widow Cory Aquino.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Sana paglantad ng SALN ang asikasuhin ni senador
NAPALUNDAG malamang si Senator Francis Tolentino sa balita nu’ng Agosto.
Baterya, lumang mantika panglipad ng eroplano
Langis ng mani ang ginamit ni Engineer Rudolf Diesel nu’ng unang itanghal ang combustion engine sa Berlin World Expo 1900.
Ikaw ba si Perfecto?
BAKIT labis na inaasam ng tao na maging perpekto?
Kabayanihan ng astronomer sa Scarborough survey, 1961 (2)
MALUNGKOT si Engr. Dante Yglopaz, 84, sa mga binigkas ni Rody Duterte bilang presidente.
Patibay na teritoryo natin ang Scarborough (1)
SI Engr. Dante Yglopaz, 84, na lang ang buhay na kasapi ng Scarborough survey nu’ng Marso 1961.
Dynasties sa Pilipinas ang problemahin natin
Huwag na nating pag-aksayahan ng panahon kung sino naman ang papalit na monarch kung pumanaw si British King Charles III.
Masanay sa ‘bagong normal’sa opisina at kolehiyo
NAGTATAMBAKAN at atrasado ang bagahe sa maraming airports sa mundo.
Dinambong ng iba pinagbabayaran natin
Pitong trilyong piso ang inutang ng Duterte admin nu’ng 2016-2022. Bulto nu’n ay nu’ng pandemya, 2020-2022.
China gigiyerahin na ba ang Taiwan?
Araw-araw pinapasok ng Communist Chinese fighters at warships ang air at sea space ng Taiwan. Dose-dosena sila sa formation na animo’y lulupigin ang isla.
Nanganganib kapusin lahat ng pagkain
MAY tinatawag sa economics na law of self-fulfilling prophecy. Kapag iniisip ng publiko ang isang pangyayari, malamang daw magkatotoo ito.
Pati asin kakapusin
Kapos ang Pilipinas sa pampalasa: asukal, sibuyas, bawang, paminta, sili, luya. Kapos sa pagkain: manok, baboy, baka, isda, gulay, prutas, bigas, mais.
Bigas sasapat ba sa Pasko?
Asahang magka-shortage ng bigas sa Pasko.
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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.