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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)
Utak ng ama lumiliit kapag nagkaanak
HINDI kataka-takang lumiliit ang utak ng ina habang nagdadalantao. Kasabay nang maraming pagbabago sa katawan niya sa siyam na buwan ay ang epekto sa utak.
Kakulangan ng tubig, krisis sa kalusugan
MAS tumitindi ang bagyo sa Pilipinas. Pero kulang sa inuming tubig.
Namnamin natin ang 10 sipi na ito
Pinag-isip ako ng 10 mga pangungusap na ito online. Hindi ko alam kung sino ang umakda. Namnamin natin:
China singilin sa COVID-19
NILABAG ng China ang mga batas pandaigdig kontra infectious diseases, pagkalakal ng endangered species, atbp.
Customs walang pruweba ng pagwasak ng kontrabando
MALIMIT mag-press release ang Bureau of Customs na nakasabat sila ng smuggled agricultural products.
Nagkaisang mga aktibista sa kalye at executives sa boardrooms
Ayaw ng pulitika magka-vacuum. Kapag may nawalang pulitiko, tiyak may papalit agad sa kanya. ‘Yan ang agham ng pulitika.
Pasikatin sa mundo ang putaheng Pinoy
ADOBO umano ang pangunahing pagkaing Pinoy. Pero walang banggit si Jose Rizal sa putahe sa marami niyang mga liham, sanaysay at akda.
Pag-ibig sa kapwa nagpapa-Hapee
HINDI ako nag-eendorso ng kumpanya o produkto. Pero ibabahagi ko ang kuwentong ito ni Wilfredo Garrido tungkol sa isang katangi-tanging negosyo.
Pati Pacific at Atlantic Oceans nilalaspag ng Chinese trawlers
NU’N pang 2012 binisto ng National Geographic magazine ang panlalaspag ng mga mangingisdang Chinese sa South China Sea.
Pasilidad sa turismo dagdagan
ISA lang ang inanunsiyo sa unang anim na buwan ng bagong pamunuan ng Department of Tourism.
Courtesy resignations labag sa patakaran ng gobyerno
PINAG-COURTESY resignation ng Secretary of Interior and Local Government ang 952 police generals at colonels.
Pakikipagsapalaran ng mga Sama-Badjao
TUWING maka-Pasko’t Bagong Taon sa Maynila, hinahakot ng pulis ang mga pulubing maiitim, maliliit at kulot.
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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.