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Gotcha
(English articles)
Wonders of local fertilizer; woes from bureaucrats
Having produced the world’s third best rice in Leyte in 2019, Patrick Renucci aspires for top place.
Unaudited intel/confi funds: this is where our taxes go
Congress shortcuts the definition of Executive intelligence/confidential funds. Intel expenses are what the agency chief itemizes then keeps in the vault.
Leyte rice is world’s 3rd best; other provinces can aspire too
Leyte-made Renucci Rice is the world’s third best.
More seized onions being sold: A decoy for bigger smuggling
Smuggled onions supposedly seized by Customs in northeastern Mindanao were sold not only in Davao City.
House rushes pork-laden budget, then vacations
The House of Reps rushed Wednesday night, Sept. 28, passage of the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023.
Onion smuggling goes on against BBM’s ‘strict orders’
Onion smuggling goes on under the very nose of the Bureau of Customs.
Colonel pleads to Marcos Jr: Please stop the plunder
Congress has been branded “the Philippines’ biggest criminal syndicate.”
Promoting Filipino cuisine can boost agriculture
Former Senate president Tito Sotto had long ago proposed how to ensure farmers’ incomes.
No time to lose: drill gas now
The Philippines must drill for gas right away at Recto Bank. The country’s sole gas field Malampaya will run out in three years.
Usec blaming farmers for bureaucrats’ failures
Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban unfairly blames farmers for inability to sell their produce. Farmers deserve care, not castigation.
Shortage, food inflation to push up living expenses
“Bahay Kubo” vegetable prices spiked P10-P100 per kilo last week.
As rice shortage looms, farmers remain unaided
Expect low rice harvest and high prices as usual this Christmas.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
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.
Computers, robots, itinulad sa utak, katawan ng tao
KAPAG nasugatan o napaso ang tao, split-second ipinaaalam ng nerve system sa utak na may pinsalang naganap.
Political dynasts: magulang nagbibigay ng ahas sa anak
HANGAD ng lahat ng magulang ang kapakanan ng anak. Instinct ‘yon ng bawat tao at hayop.
Kampeon na sportsmen inspirasyon ng kabataan
Edad-5 pa lang si Efren “Bata” Reyes nang matutong mag-billiards.
Imbensyon: nakakabuti ba o nakakasama?
May mabuti at masamang dulot lahat ng imbensyon ng tao. Dalawa ang bersyon kung paano pinatay ni Cain si Abel.
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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.