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Gotcha
(English articles)
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.
Plundering pols begrudge soldiers their pensions
Government released P14-billion first quarter pensions for 137,649 veterans. The “entitlements are the least we can do to show gratitude and respect,” it said.
Keep your hands off our SSS, GSIS money
There they go again – treating our SSS and GSIS pension money as theirs. Admin appointees are plunking our contributions into a “Maharlika sovereign wealth fund.”
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Payapa, aktibong protesta
TOTOO ang eksena sa pelikulang “Gandhi” ng pila ng nagpoprotestang Indians para magpagulpi sa sundalo.
Kailangan ng tutugis sa ransomware hackers
MGA ospital ang paboritong biktimahin ng ransomware.
Ganito sa Venus noon, paano sa Earth ngayon
Halos magkasinglaki ang Venus at Earth. Parehong nabuo sa naghalong elemento.
Pagkain mula sa bakawan
EDAD-16 lang si Tyler Uy nang sumapi sa pagtatanim ng bakawan sa Noveleta, Cavite.
Gumawa ng PhilSys Ids ibitay nang patiwarik
ISANG Indian company ang kinontrata ng gobyerno para sa National Identification System.
Artificial intelligence: pambisto at pangwasto
Dekada ’60 nagpaligsahan sa pagkuwenta ang batang Indian at mechanical adding machine.
Transmission logs ng Halalan 2022 lalong kaduda-duda — Rio, Odoño
Sa wakas binigyan na ng Comelec si Col. Leonardo Odoño (PMA ‘64) ng kopya ng transmission logs ng resulta ng Halalan 2022.
Ano’ng mapapala nila sa con-con?
Ininterbyu ko kamakailan si kaibigang Rep. Rufus Rodriguez tungkol sa panukalang constitutional convention.
Mga pulitiko umaabuso kasi walang kumokontra
Pagrabe nang pagrabe ang pag-abuso ng political dynasts sa taumbayan. Wala kasing kumokontra.
Armadong pakikibaka nagiging imposible
Sinusuri ng mga eksperto kung ano na ang mangyayari sa rebeldeng New People’s Army.
Banjo, gitara, ukulele, violin
SA simula ng pelikulang “Deliverance”, nagkasayahan, nagsayawan ang mga estrangherong taga-lungsod at taga-bundok nang mag-duet si Burt Reynolds sa gitara at ang batang hillbilly sa banjo.
Banal na smuggler
Lahat nang smuggler tinuturing na kriminal. Modus nila magpuslit ng kontrabando.
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.