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Gotcha
(English articles)
Bersamin, Panganiban liable for obeying illegal order
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Agriculture Senior Usec Domingo Panganiban can be indicted for repeated graft.
Our Navy’s dramatic birth 125 years ago
The Philippine Navy was a revolutionary independence force.
Bully Communist China shrieks as Philippines starts fighting back
Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang feigned a peace mission to Manila last April 21-23. He met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. purportedly “to tone down the rhetoric.”
Shipowners shun Pinoy seamen due to ambulance-chasing racket
Ambulance-chasing lawyers swindle seafarers. They hang out in hospitals, airports and offices where seamen gather, there to offer crooked deals. They even advertise online in breach of ethics.
Cops who won’t wear body-cams are criminals
How many times does the National Police have to be reminded, obligated, begged: Wear body cameras during anti-drug operations?
Are kickbacks why gov’t wants to import rice?
It’s illegal for government to import rice. Yet the National Food Authority announced last month that it intends to do just that. It even claimed to have secured President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s approval.
Using Masungi slopes for prisons will destroy our homes, shops
Ongoing reforestation of Masungi in Marikina watershed has lessened floods in half of Metro Manila and Rizal.
Suspended PNB staff decry prying into spouses’ accounts
Time for Bangko Sentral, Labor Department, and Stock Exchange to step in?
Are fake voters invading your barangay like this one?
Did the number of voters in your barangay balloon like in this one? Were there so many new registrants at your Comelec district office?
Want cheaper cost of goods? Unburden domestic shippers
Food, clothing, shelter materials and other goods are so costly. Blame special groups who make archipelagic shipping expensive.
PNB suspensions spark restiveness; unrelated to overprice probe, says prez
The seemingly arbitrary, vindictive suspension of 19 employees has caused unease at the Philippine National Bank.
Albert del Rosario: patriot, family man
Albert del Rosario stood tall among world leaders. Yet there he sat on my old couch that afternoon in 1984, cradling and goo-gooing my newborn.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Anong lahi ng aso mo?
BEST friend ng tao ang aso. Pero iba-iba ang paboritong lahi ng aso ng mga bansa.
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.
Manginginom magkaisa kontra climate change
LAHAT ng alak ay galing sa tanim. Ang wine, champagne at brandy ay sa ubas at iba pang prutas.
Mga bubuyog mahilig maglaro ng football
Naglalaro ang mammals at mga ibon.
China kinokontra ang Indo-Pacific
WASTONG ituring ang Asia na binubuo ng Indian at Pacific Oceans. Kaya ang rehiyon na ‘yon ay tinatawag na Indo-Pacific.
‘Indo-Pacific’: bagong konsepto ng Asia
Isip-kolonyal na ang mga pusod ng Japan, Taiwan at Pilipinas ay nakakabit sa Amerika.
Bully China umaangal kasi kumakasa na tayo
TINULAK ng bully China sa pader ang Pilipinas. Napuno na ang salop, ‘ika nga. Nagpasya ang Pilipinas na komprontahin na ang bully.
Huwag silang magmaramot sa pension ng sundalo
BAKIT ba ‘yang mga sundalo nagreretiro sa edad 40 tapos kumukubra ng pension hanggang edad-90?
Tong-pats’: NFA illegal na aangkat ng bigas
Ilegal na aangkat ng bigas ang National Food Authority. Garapalang pina-aprobahan ng NFA at Dept. of Agriculture kay Bongbong Marcos nu’ng Abril 13 ang maitim na balak.
Utang na loob kilalanin
Mula ito sa blog ni Nick Ortner (isina-Tagalog ko):
Katapusan na ba ng katotohanan?
MAY dulot na mabuti at masama ang bawat teknolohiya. Nu’ng dekada-80 binago ng e-mail ang komunikasyon.
Imahinasyon sa pagbuo ng sari-sariling laruan
Kanya-kanya kaming mga magkababata nu’ng dekada-1960s gumagawa ng sariling laruan.
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.