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Gotcha
(English articles)
Ignoring statistics, gov’t to import more fish
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources already erred last quarter.
Honesty as first yardstick for voters to rate candidates
“All candidates lie… Honesty should not be an election issue,” Sara Duterte famously said about the 2019 balloting.
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.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
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.
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.
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.