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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.
Tit for tat to defend Ayungin against China
“The Philippines can resort to nonlethal means” against China’s water-cannoning of civilian wooden boats.
So what if BBM lawyer has just been hired?
“Unbelievable.” “Unprecedented.” “A mockery of election rules.” So remarked election lawyers when the Comelec extended for Bongbong Marcos its strictly “non-extendible” period to rebut his disqualification.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
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.
Elepante sa utak: Makasariling isip
MAY kawikaang Ingles na “elephant in the room”. Ibig sabihin ay problema o maselang sitwasyon na kitang-kita pero ayaw pansinin.
Infrastructure plan baguhin
Bigo ang programang “Build, Build, Build” ng administrasyong Duterte. Labing-apat lang sa 119 infrastructure flagship projects ang natapos sa anim na taon. Umasa kasi sa pangakong pautang mula China, na hindi naman tinupad.
Mga diktador nagkokopyahan
Pare-pareho ang taktika ng mga diktador. Milyun-milyon ang pinatay nina Adolf Hitler ng Germany, Josef Stalin ng Soviet Union at Mao Zedong ng China. Kinatakutan sila sa kalupitan.
Ubusan ng lahi ang giyera ngayon
MALIMIT mag-enkwentro ang Chinese at Indian border patrols sa mga pinag-aagawan nilang teritoryo.
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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.