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As Opposition stays split, supporters defect to Leni
As Opposition presidential wannabes refused to unite and avert looming defeat, more and more of their supporters are defecting to Leni Robredo.
If still fractious by Easter, all is lost
In a video of Earth zooming out from a spacecraft’s camera, Carl Sagan reminded that humans are but specks on a dot in the vast universe.
Vote buying melded with disinformation
Text blasts regularly smear a re-electionist mayor in Metro Manila. Slyly worded, the messages impute crookedness.
‘Presidentiables,’ please unite, save us from Communist China
A re-electionist governor in North Luzon invites not only illicit China black sand extractors but also its military to his province.
Quarries will again trigger ruinous floods starting May
Two months from now dry faucets will turn into floods. Rains will rush down bald mountains, deluging homes and shops below. Greater Manila will again be worst hit.
China now aggressing Philippine inner waters
Picture yourself frolicking on Boracay’s white sands in the center of the archipelago. Then a gray China navy warship suddenly draws near, cannons menacing and drones videoing you.
Chinese navy ‘spied on’ PH-US drills in Palawan
The Chinese navy trespassed Palawan inner waters during joint Philippine-US military exercises there. People’s Liberation Army-Navy electronic reconnaissance warship 792 lingered east of Palawan on Jan. 29-Feb. 1.
China threatening Phl anew over oil-rich Recto Bank
China is war-mongering again over the Philippines’ oil-rich Recto Bank. President Duterte said Monday a Chinese source warned him of military deployment if the Philippines secures the shallow waters within its exclusive economic zone.
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.
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.