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Gotcha
(English articles)
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.
US Army marker proves that Scarborough is ours
On a rock in Scarborough Shoal is a Philippine territorial marker. The concrete cylinder is 20 cm in diameter and a meter long, but only 15 cm protrudes.
Where to start solving the learning crisis
VP Sara Duterte’s declaration of “victory for basic education” was too soon.
Sapol
(Babasahing Pilipino)
Alamat ni Sierra Madre: isapuso, isakatuparan
MILYONG taon nakalipas, nu’ng mga higante ang nakatira sa mundo, may isang pamilya: si mandirigmang Lusong, ang magandang asawang Sierra, at kambal na anak na Iloco at Tagalo.
Bagsak ang kabuhayan kung mabagsik ang lider
Sabi-sabi na episyente ang tren ng Italy sa diktadurya ni Benito Mussolini.
Tao natuto lang sa hayop kung paano mangaso
NAMUMULOT at namimitas lang ng pagkain ang sinaunang tao.
Mikrobyo solusyon sa pagbansot ng bata
KARANIWANG solusyon sa malnutrisyon ng bata ay masustansiyang pagkain.
Mga pulitiko ngayon: iisang tabas na lang
Kunwari na lang ngayon magkakaiba ang mga partido politikal. Sa totoo pare-pareho sila.
Malaria, dengue, todasin na
DAAN-LIBONG bata ang pinapatay ng malaria at dengue sa mundo taun-taon. Lamok ang sanhi ng dalawang salot. Pak! Todasin na.
Iisang tabas ng mga populista
HINDI kataka-taka na 75% ang approval rating ni President Rody Duterte nang pababa nu’ng Hunyo 2022.
Abusadong political dynasts; walang silbing mga senador
Nagmalaki nu’ng Disyembre ang mga senador na tinapyas kuno nila ang confidential/intelligence funds (CIF) ng Secretary of Education.
Pera natin sa SSS, GSIS maari pa ring pakialaman
PASPASANG isinasabatas ng Kongreso ang Maharlika Wealth Fund.
Ano’ng taglay ng 2023?
MATAPOS ang dalawang taong pandemic at isang taong Ukraine war, ano na sa 2023?
1 kuwento, 2 pananaw
Umupo sa eskritoryo ang sikat na nobelista at nagsimulang magsulat:
Wala sa kalingkingan ni Rizal
Lampas hatinggabi nang bulabugin ng sundalo ang aming pagtulog sa selda.
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.