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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)
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.
Huwag tatawa, kaya mo?
Kuwela ang contest na “Iyak-Tawa” sa noontime tv show noon.
Misyon nila hilumin ang mga ‘nasapian’
Napaulat kamakailan ang seminarista na sinapian ng demonyo. Sakitin siya at mahilig sa anime. Nakipagkasundo sa demonyo.
Heat waves: Kanluran inihaw sa katotohanan
HINDI basta mainit kundi nakakapaso ang summer sa Europe, North America at northern China nitong 2022. Pumatay ang heat waves ng mahigit isang libo sa Portugal at isang dosena sa Spain. Daan-daan ang naospital sa Britain, Netherlands at Scandinavia nang pumalo sa mahigit 40º C ang temperatura. Sabay-sabay ang maraming bushfires.
Shabu malamang nakasingit sa smuggled vegetables
MAINIT ang mata ngayon ng awtoridad sa vegetable smuggling. Maliit ang kita; mabigat ang parusa. Pero patuloy ang raket maski malimit madiyaryo. Bakit? Mag-process of elimination tayo, tulad sa Pinoy Henyo.
Pumili ka: Unti-unti o biglang kamatayan
Kaya ng tao magpakamatay. Kaya ng sangkatauhan wasakin ang sarili. Nangyayari na ang hulí. Pagpipilian na lang ay kung biglaan o unti-unti ang paggunaw ng mundo. Ramdam na ito ng marami.
Food security ay kung labis ang ani at huli
NAWASAK nu’ng nakaraang tatlong taon ang sakahan, paghahayop, at pangisdaan. Kaya tinawag ang kagawaran na Destruction of Agriculture.
Palamigin ang siyudad, bawas global warming
Animnapu’t anim na porsiyento ng emissions na nagpapainit sa mundo ay galing sa mga siyudad. Kung gan’un, 66 percent din ng solusyon sa global warming ay manggagaling sa mga siyudad, anang mga eksperto.
Anong silbi ng ‘ipis robot’?
PESTE ang insektong balang sa pananim. Pero dahil malalayo ang nililipad ng mga kuyog nito, pinag-aaralan silang kabitan ng sensors na pang-surveillance sa kalaban sa giyera. Mas peste ang lamok sa tao.
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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.