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Gotcha
(English articles)
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.
‘Plunderers’ unite for ‘A-Dik’– more of same bad gov’t
“Plunderers support A-Dik (Anak ng Diktador)!” netizens instantly judged the news.
Uy’s P42-B Malampaya profits can feed 10.5-M starving families
Malampaya is the biggest presidential gift to a crony, retired justice Antonio Carpio laments.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Pakay ng China gawing komunista lahat ng tao
TATLONG dekada namuno si Mao Zedong mula 1949 nang manalo ang Chinese Communist Party sa civil war. Saradong Marxist-Leninist siya. Pangarap ang “masaganang buhay” sa ilalim ng sosyalismo.
Nahinto ang giyera sa simpleng mensahe ni FVR
Tinitigan nila Generals Manuel Yan at Ed Ermita, Senator Orly Mercado at Tawi-Tawi Governor Nur Jaafar ang name tags sa dibdib ko at ni Fred Clemente: “MNLF Observer”.
Puwede na ‘yan: basta akala, mali
Pumutok sa galit ang president-CEO nang malaking telecoms firm. Ipaliliwanag sana niya ang mga bago nilang produkto sa mga bisitang negosyante at newsmen sa 5-star hotel.
Pilipinas muntik maging kolonya ng Germany
INASAM ng Germany agawin ang Pilipinas nu’ng 1898. Kalilipol pa lang ng US sa Spanish armada sa Cañacao Bay, Cavite, Mayo 1.
Ganito kami noon: sakuna, peste, sakit
SARI-SARING sakuna, peste at sakit ang dinanas naming kabataan nu’ng dekada ‘60. Tatlong mababagsik na bagyo ang nagwasak sa Kamaynilaan at paligid.
100 taon ng radyo
Taon 1922 unang mag-test broadcast ng radyo sa Pilipinas. Ginawa ito ni Mrs. Redgrave sa Nichols Field, ngayo’y Villamor Air Base, Pasay City. Sumunod ang pagbukas ng tatlong istasyon ng radyo sa Manila ni Henry Hermann, tindero ng electrical supplies.
Tatak komunismo ni Xi: amor propio, kapalaluhan
TATANGKAIN ni Xi Jinping na magkaroon ng ikatlong limang-taong termino bilang presidente ng China.
Teknolohiya binago ng sci-fi komiks
Noon pang dekada-’60 “moderno” na ang gadgets ni karakter sa komiks Detective Dick Tracy.
Opisyales ng ibang bansa paano inaakit ng China?
NABISTO ng British intelligence unit M5 ang ilegal na donasyon sa ilang members of Parliament mula Chinese Communist Party.
5 dahilan ng giyera
Mapanganib, mapangwasak ang giyera. Pero sumisiklab pa rin. Dahil ba likas na marahas at baliw ang tao kaya sumusuong sa walang katiyakang katapusan?
Sa pagpapakumbaba lang tayo tatalino
“Hay, sana edad-16 pa ako at akala alam ang lahat!” wika ng isang matandang pilosopo.
Kawatang dinastiya naglitawang muli
“NAKAKALBO na ang gubat; pero tuso ang palakol; napa-paniwala niya ang mga puno na kaisa nila siya kasi kahoy ang hawakan niya,” anang kawikaing Turko.
Sapol Radio
(AM radio)
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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.