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Gotcha
(English articles)
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.
‘Mahal ang Phl’: wasteful obsession with slogans
P250 million, P49 million, or free? How much did that “Love the Philippines” rebranding, with fake videos of local tourism scenes, cost?
Are additional sugar imports for consumers or cartelists?
Department of Agriculture photoGOTCHAWill government’s importation of more sugar finally make it affordable for consumers? Or will it enrich trade cartelists like before? The 150,000 tons additional sugar is supposedly for buffer – standby for emergency, shortage,...
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.
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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.