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Gotcha
(English articles)
Ignoring statistics, gov’t to import more fish
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources already erred last quarter.
Honesty as first yardstick for voters to rate candidates
“All candidates lie… Honesty should not be an election issue,” Sara Duterte famously said about the 2019 balloting.
Lacson-Sotto counterplan makes ‘No-El’ infeasible
Firming up last August their presidential-VP run, Senators Ping Lacson and Tito Sotto scanned the political field.
Why evade taxes, perjure, skip hearing, yet campaign?
What was Bongbong Marcos thinking in skipping his disqualification hearing? On the case hangs his long-planned presidential run.
With no standard-bearers, is ruling party plotting No-El?
Electricity has yet to be restored in swaths of Visayas-Mindanao blacked out by a super typhoon three weeks ago.
12 events to expect in 2022, mostly grim
If 2021 was the year the world turned back COVID-19, will 2022 see it licked?
PNOC-EC action allows government to weigh Malampaya options
Vital electricity supply using Malampaya gas is assured – for now. Giant Shell will continue pumping fuel from the offshore rig in Palawan to generators in mainland Luzon.
Marcos ‘still disqualified’ despite payment of tax liabilities – lawyer
Bongbong Marcos is not qualified to run for president as a convicted tax evader. Besides, he has not paid the court-imposed fines for the crime.
Christmas in our isles, same time next year
(First published 1978 in TV Times magazine; last of two parts)
Suspended for doing duty? Bank staff decry maltreatment
Philippine National Bank’s board of directors meets with urgency today. Agenda seems but a speck of PNB’s P1.15-trillion assets, P11.4-billion profit, 8,550 personnel and 670 branches.
No substitution if Marcos candidacy is voided
Despite eight petitions against Bongbong Marcos’ presidential run, his name will be in the ballot.
For economy’s sake, Mr. President, please stop Uy’s Malampaya takeover
I feel presumptuous as a journalist of 44 years to directly address the highest leader. But desperate times call for desperate measures.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Kartel sa sibuyas paano mahihinto
NU’NG 2007 pa nalantad ang kartel sa sibuyas, bawang, paminta at luya. Maraming beses pinangalanan sa kongreso ang reyna ng kartel.
Kasalanan daw ng tao, hindi ng quarries, ang baha
Baluktot ang katwiran ng bureaucrats ng Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources.
Kung ano ang peste,‘yun pa ang dumarami
Bakit nga ba kung ano ang peste, ‘yun pa ang dumarami? Halimbawa ang ipis. Kapag tag-init namumutiktik ito sa mga imburnal.
Nagsabwatan ang tiwali; nagdusa ang taumbayan
MASAMA na nga kung nasusuhulan ang pinuno ng ahensya. Mas masama pa kung nanunuhol siya ng mga mamamahayag.
Communist China peste sa mundo at outer space
Bobo at pabaya ang Communist China.
Mahiya naman kayo sa turista
Mag-iisang taon na ngayon ang “revenge tourism”. Gigil na gigil ang Pilipino at dayuhan na bumiyahe matapos ang dalawang taong pandemic lockdown.
Magkatulad ang pulitika sa Malaysia at Pilipinas
MAGKADUGO ang mga Pilipino at Malaysians. Galing sa Johore nu’ng 1500 si Shariff Kabunsuan, unang sultan ng Maguindanao.
TikTok pang-espiya, propaganda ng China
Nu’n pang 2018 binawal ng India ang TikTok. Kasama ang 48 online apps na gawang China, pang-espiya at propaganda raw ito ng Chinese Communist Party.
Karakter ng siyudad
Bawat siyudad may sariling karakter. Dala ‘yon ng klima, disenyo at ugali ng tao. Kaya lang sinisira rin sila ng mahinang gobyerno.
Raket sa Grades 11-12
PANAHON nang imbestigahan ang isang raket sa edukasyon. Limang taon nang pinagbubulungan kung bakit dumami ang private schools na kunwari’y espesyalista sa pagtuturo ng Grades 11-12.
Mamang pulis, kikilan mo na lang kami uli
Parami nang parami ang mga sasakyan sa Metro Manila na may takip ang plate number. Bawal ito.
Yaman natin nawaldas sa padalus-dalos
Inaksaya nina dating presidente Rody Duterte at defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana ang P2 bilyon.
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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.