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(English articles)
If China gets Taiwan, Phl seas will be next
Luzon’s northernmost Y’Ami Island is only 165 miles from Taiwan. China’s planned invasion of Taiwan threatens Philippine security.
Pinoys practicing how to live rich
We’ll be an upper middle-income country this 2023, Marcos Jr. beams. Wow, next step: high-income.
Na-budol: 8 ‘appointees’ scammed in fake positions
It’s the sign of the times when scammers are themselves scammed.
What must Marcos do after 2 China incursions
Chinese coast guards have menaced Filipino fishermen twice within a week from President Marcos Jr.’s Beijing state visit.
Customs, agriculture bigwigs avoiding Congress hearings
Summon Customs and Agriculture chiefs. Subpoena full records. Require video proofs of smashing of smuggled foods. Swear attendees to truth. Televise hearings.
Video disproves BBM: China still barring Filipino fishers
China still forbids Filipinos from fishing at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. A video nine days ago shows Chinese coastguards menacing them on approaching their traditional fishing ground.
JMSU emboldened China to aggress our seas
The Supreme Court verdict came 15 years late. Still, its voiding of the unconstitutional 2005 Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking is salient.
Why are smugglers left untouched?
Everything government does about pricey basic foods hurts little folk. But billionaire cartelist-smugglers benefit.
If not videoed, ‘destroyed’ contraband can be recycled
Customs men always trumpet interdictions of smuggled goods. Press releases quote top officials for the feats.
Paper ID cards,narco-generals: more signs of a broken
Republic Want more proofs of a broken Republic?
Breakdown of Philippines: only political elite benefits
Ex-President Gloria Arroyo joins Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s ill-timed China visit.
Malaysian Prime Minister extols Rizal ‘among greatest Malayans’
Not only Filipinos heroize Jose Rizal. Malaysians, Indonesians, Bruneians also study Rizal as central to their histories.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Mas episyente ngayong pumatay kung digmaan
Teknolohiya ang nagpapaepisyente sa army para pumatay kung digmaan.
Nagbabagong anyo dahil sa urbanisasyon
LAKING-siyudad ako, sa Quezon City na panandalian naging capital ng bansa.
Ibon napapaawit dahil sa kinakain
Nagtataka rin ba kayo kung paano inuubos ng iba’t ibang uri ng ibon ang tanim niyong sili?
Buhay mongha: Noon at ngayon
Marami sa atin nanatili sa bahay, nag-pandemic self-isolation nitong nakaraang 20 buwan.
Technicians, empleyado, iboto ang may vision
Sa loob ng isang dekada, de-kuryente na lahat ng kotse, bus at truck.
Mga tiwaling kontrata iisa lang ang script
Tila nakaplaka na ang mga tiwaling kontrata sa gobyerno. Niluluto ang mga ito sa tagong negosasyon imbes na public bidding.
Mga negosyante, nakakawawa sa puro imports ng pagkain
MULA 2018 humihingi ng tulong ang maliliit na magbababoy kontra sa African Swine Fever.
Petrolyo sa Malampaya, Recto inaasam ng Communist China
Ngayong nakopo na ni Davao City businessman Dennis Uy ang Malampaya gas field, malamang kabuntot na ang Communist China.
Uy, Cusi hinabla ng graft sa Malampaya takeover
Nakopo ni Davao City businessman Dennis Uy ang Malampaya gas field sa pamamagitan ng bagitong kompanya na $100 ang kapital.
Kampanyang bola-bola
RUMARAGASA ang kampanya ni Bongbong Marcos, anak ng pinatalsik na diktador Ferdinand Marcos.
10 magaganap sa 2022
Sa nagdaang 2021 nagsimulang malutas ng mundo ang COVID-19 ng bakuna at gamot.
Matatagalang makabangon ang kabuhayan, lipunan
Aabutin nang dalawang panguluhan, o 12 taon bago makabangon ang kabuhayan, ani Sen. Panfilo Lacson.
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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.