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Gotcha
(English articles)
Floods worsen as politicos pocket P836-B budget
Government outlaid P836 billion for flood control, 2017-2023.
Infotech experts refute Comelec chief’s claims
More and more info-technologists are questioning Comelec and Smartmatic’s use of a secret private IP address in the 2022 election count.
Ban Smartmatic from any more contracts in Phl – Col. Odoño
Retired colonel Leonardo Odoño will have five of seven Comelec commissioners impeached. He won’t stop there.
Retired colonel preparing to remove Comelec brass
Old soldiers don’t fade away. Not Col. Leonardo O. Odoño.
Rio debunks Comelec chief’s claim that private IP address was legal
Chairman George Garcia admits that Comelec used 20,300 modems with only one private IP address for the 2022 election count.
Rio: 20-M vote barrage shocked, awed us to silence
“Shocked and awed into submission.” That’s how the flood of 20 million-plus votes within the first hour of counting hit Filipinos on May 9, 2022.
Rigged? 2022 polls illegally used private internet address – Rio
Bulk of Metro Manila and two provinces’ precinct results of the 2022 presidential election “illegally” came from one private IP address.
Corruption, not soldiers’ pensions will cause Diokno’s ‘fiscal collapse’
Finance Secretary Ben Diokno demonizes retirement pensions of military and other uniformed personnel (MUP). But he ignores the vilest government plague: corruption.
Chat GPT’s triumphant ‘report’ on Marcoses’ court victories
The million Filipinos who thronged to EDSA ’86 must have been disheartened weeks ago.
Improper for Diokno’s LBP to gobble up DBP
All it’ll take is an executive order, Finance Sec. Ben Diokno brags. Having drafted it, he’ll make President Bongbong Marcos sign.
Has corruption become the norm? – Magalong
Baguio City Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong worries about the P14.1- trillion national debt. Did the borrowings benefit us Filipinos, he asks, since we, even newborns, are now each in hock for P113,000?
Frasco courts more trouble in retaining ‘Love the Phl’
Only Tourism Sec. Christina Frasco knows if it’s faith or face-saving.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Inapi ng Kastila pati mga bayaw ni Rizal
Tinuring ng mga Kastila si Jose Rizal bilang numero unong kalaban.
Mga modernong gerilya ng Ukraine vs. Russia
SAAN mang bansa, hindi lang sundalo ang lumalaban sa manlulupig. Pati ordinaryong mamamayan na nagmamahal sa kasarinlan ay sumasagupa.
Lahing mandaragat ang Pilipino; peke ang kasaysayan ng China
Imbentong kasaysayan ng China na kanila ang South China Sea mula sinaunang panahon. Pero wala namang nakatalang pruweba saan man.
Philippine Navy isinilang ng 1898 para sa kasarinlan
Rebolusyonaryong mapagpalayang puwersa ang Philippine Navy.
Iba pang sinaunang gusali protektado ba sa sunog?
WALA man lang water sprinkler sa basement ng Central Post Office (CPO) building, anang Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP).
Bahay ko ligtas ba kontra-lindol (2)
(1) SINONG nagtayo o disenyo ng tirahan ko?
Bahay ko ligtas ba kontra-lindol (1)
Dalawampung beses marahang nililindol ang kapuluan bawat araw, anang Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
Katinuan mula sa kinakain
Grabe ang pagkaulyanin ng tiyo kong abogado’t negosyante. Hindi na maalala na dati siyang pinuno ng Lions at Rotary Clubs.
Bilyong dolyar sa buhok
SA Pilipinas tinatawanan natin ang nagpapakalbo. Sa India ginagawa ‘yon ng lalaki’t babae bilang sampalataya.
Ninenerbyos kung lalagpak sa exam
MALIMIT tayo makapanood ng tv interview ng board exam topnotchers. Lahat sila nagkukuwento na hindi nila inasahang maging mataas ang score.
Magbubukid vs abogado
NAG-HUNTING ng pato ang abogado sa kalawakan ng Bontoc.
Mga babae, bata bakit unang nililigtas sa sakuna?
Nu’ng 1852 nabahura ang HMS Birkenhead na nagbibiyahe ng mga sundalo patungong South Africa.
Sapol Radio
(AM radio)
Nov 7, 2020 – Part 2 Exec. Dir. Owen Cammayo
In this radio interview, Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation Exec. Dir. Owen Cammayo discusses BPI Sinag, which focuses on social enterprises.
Nov 7, 2020 – Part 1 Rep. Jericho Nograles
Rep. Jericho Nograles explains corrupt practices of IEMOP & MEGAWIDE on the expansion of Manila Intl Airport
Sep. 12, 2020 – Part 1 Dr. Tony Leachon
In this Sapol Radio interview, Dr. Tony Leachon shares his thoughts and analysis on the IATF’s new policy to reduce social distancing
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.