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Gotcha
(English articles)
Fake ‘malasakit’ for soldiers, health workers in 2022 budget
Last Aug. 30, Araw ng Kagitingan, President Duterte heroized health workers fighting the killer virus. Hospital nurses, orderlies and lab techs were indifferent.
Duterte admits ‘utang na loob’ behind appointment of Lao
The P8.7-billion purchase of pandemic gear from an unqualified supplier is scandalous. Senators aim to catch the culprits.
Dito a Chinese Communist tool for spying – lawmakers
Alarms intensify about Communist China’s partly owned Dito Telecommunity being a tool for spying on the Philippines.
Duterte vs Duterte: a fight over political inheritance
Who should get the inheritance, the first or the second family? A fight can erupt over the departed’s wealth.
Govt’s brute-force approach to pandemic failing; what now?
Government’s brute-force approach to the pandemic is failing.
Duque in gov’t 18 years; why question COA now?
Duque’s rant before congressmen the next day reflected his state of mind. He was no longer his usual affable, optimistic, eloquent self.
Impossible to steal P67 billion? These cases show otherwise
Only the naive will believe that it’s impossible to steal P67 billion. Documents, not bluster, can disprove allegations of President Duterte’s pandemic misspending.
Politicizing of ‘ayuda’ backfires on Duterte
“A callboy as president?” Rody Duterte sounded so scandalized by bikini photos of a male metropolitan mayor aspiring for the highest office.
Lockdowns unleashing a worse epidemic: TB
Lockdowns aim to contain the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. But they unintentionally unleash a worse killer, tuberculosis.
Congress bill can forbid un-vaccinated from voting
Congress is rushing a bill that can bar those un-vaccinated for COVID-19 from voting in Election 2022. It can even deter the ongoing voter registration.
No counter-pandemic plan in his last year as President
President Rody Duterte the other night growled at Filipinos not vaccinated for COVID-19 to stay home lest they spew the “vee-rus” all over.
Rejoicing Hidilyn’s 3-minute feat, not Duterte’s 3-hour SONA
Hidilyn Diaz’s copping of the Philippines’ first-ever Olympic gold medal united Filipinos in rejoicing. Two summers ago the presidential spokesman unfoundedly, maliciously red-tagged her as a conspirator in smearing Rody Duterte.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Bigo sa pangakong wakasan ang rebelyon
Inalak ng nakaraang administrasyon na wakasan ang 54 taong rebelyong komunista. Pero nu’ng Marso 2022 inamin na bigo ito.
China binubusabos tayo; protesta natin binabalewala
Ang sinungaling ay kapatid ng magnanakaw.
Artificial Intelligence: Nakabubuti, Nakasisira
ARTIFICIAL Intelligence (AI) ang ikatlong antas ng computing.
Ibalik ang katinuan
Ang lalim na ng isinadsad ng bansa dahil sa korapsyon. Sa pagpasok ng bawat bagong admin umaasa ang madla na maiangat ang moralidad.
Obligadong serbisyo sibil at militar sa kolehiyo
Maaring obligahin ang mga mamamayan na magserbisyo militar o sibil.
Salamat po sa tip
NAGTI-TIP ang customer bilang pasasalamat o panghikayat ng magandang serbisyo.
Halaman natutulig sa ingay
Alam na noon na kapag maingay ang trapik nilalakasan ng mga hayop sa katabing kahuyan ang tinig nila o iniiba ang oras ng pakikipag-komunika sa kapwa o lumalayo na lang.
Panitikan sa online
Nauuso mag-subscribe at bumasa online ng serialized novels. Sinusundan ng young adults sa Asia, Americas at Europe ang mga bagong awtor.
Ano ang kumokopya: totoong buhay o sining
NU’NG dekada-60, sina Elizabeth Taylor at Richard Burton ang pinakatanyag na celebrity couple.
Malalaman sa amoy kung may Parkinson’s
May bata noon sa Batangas na “naririnig” kung saan maraming isda sa dagat.
Pamahiin imbes na kaalamang-agham
Isandaang taon nang nadiskubre ng mga doktor sa Germany ang DNA nu’ng kabataan ko nu’ng dekada-1960.
Kagamitan, bahay, kotse magagawa sa 3-D printing
NU’NG unang naimbento ang 3-dimensional printing isang dekada na ang nakalipas, lusaw na plastic ang unang laman.
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.