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Lawyer got wrong doctor, doctor got wrong lawyer
by Jarius Bondoc - November 22, 2023 - 12:00am
All dentists must know how to pull-out teeth. No physician can be an obstetrician, ophthalmologist or ear-nose-throat specialist unless able to do surgeries.
SC twice ordered Consing to be tried for fraud, but …
by Jarius Bondoc - November 17, 2023 - 12:00am
Any news about the Marcos Jr. admin’s “sovereign” Maharlika Investment Fund sparks controversy. So when Malacañang aide Rafael Jose Consing Jr. was appointed Monday as MIF president, documents...
Make it easy for shipowners to pick up/let off seafarers
by Jarius Bondoc - November 15, 2023 - 12:00am
How can government ensure more overseas job placements for 490,000 Filipino seafarers? How can it lower their costs of boarding and debarking at international ports?
How ‘maabilidad’ and ‘wais’ pull down Filipino society
by Jarius Bondoc - November 10, 2023 - 12:00am
Hot off the press is the book “Ang Bagong Pinoy: An Ethical Framework for the New Filipino.” The heavy-sounding title notwithstanding, its chapters offer simple ways for Filipinos to improve their...
Diokno’s ‘demonizing’ sparked unrest among retired generals
by Jarius Bondoc - November 8, 2023 - 12:00am
AFP retired generals can’t lead coups d’état. They’re no longer part of the command chain; troops won’t follow them. Besides, after three decades in battlefields, they’d rather...
Examine how Comelec deals with petitions vs Smartmatic
by Jarius Bondoc - November 3, 2023 - 12:00am
Ban Smartmatic from future Philippine elections. That’s what two petitions filed with Comelec seek.
Wha’ happen to you, Mr. Shooli asks Pinoys
by Jarius Bondoc - November 1, 2023 - 12:00am
Manuel “Jun” Urbano is 2023 Gawad Plaridel Awardee of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communications.
Joint allied resupplies of Ayungin eyed in wake of Chinese ramming
by Jarius Bondoc - October 27, 2023 - 12:00am
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is to mount joint allied resupply missions for Marines stationed in Ayungin Shoal. Troop rotations-reprovisions no longer will be done by civilian bancas but by warships.
Ramming dented not only Phl boat, but also China’s world reputation
by Jarius Bondoc - October 25, 2023 - 12:00am
Beijing wants Manila to abandon Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal.
Duterte admission of killings only weakens daughter Sara’s stance
by Jarius Bondoc - October 20, 2023 - 12:00am
Ex-president Rody Duterte’s admission of wanton killings during his Davao City mayoralty dented his daughter VP Sara’s political stature.
Carpio debunks China lie about owning Spratlys
by Jarius Bondoc - October 18, 2023 - 12:00am
If you have facts on your side, pound the facts; if you have law on your side, pound the law; if you have neither facts nor law, pound the table.
Court case bares big contractor behind Makati ‘flying registrants’
by Jarius Bondoc - October 13, 2023 - 12:00am
It pays to push back abusers, no matter how moneyed. That’s how a Makati City barangay won against an invasion of fake vote registrants.
Duterte called Christ ‘s**t’, but none prosecuted him
by Jarius Bondoc - October 6, 2023 - 12:00am
Drag queen Pura Luka Vega’s detention this week may just be the first of a series. A Manila court had him arrested for violating Revised Penal Code Article 201: Immoral doctrines, obscene publications...
China must leave Panganiban, not our Navy from Ayungin
by Jarius Bondoc - September 22, 2023 - 12:00am
It’s China that must vacate Panganiban (Mischief) Reef. Not the Philippine Navy from Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal.
DENR clarifications needed pronto on bay landfilling, watershed quarrying
by Jarius Bondoc - September 15, 2023 - 12:00am
“I’m no fan of landfilling at Manila Bay,” a former Philippine Reclamation Authority bigwig confided.
DENR ignoring public appeals to evict watershed landgrabbers
by Jarius Bondoc - September 13, 2023 - 12:00am
High environment officials are ignoring pleas to evict big-time landgrabbers from Upper Marikina Watershed. Instead they’re easing out protectors of remnant forests and 60-million-year-old limestone herit...
30 claimants occupy watershed; their structures cause Metro floods
by Jarius Bondoc - September 8, 2023 - 12:00am
At least 30 individuals and groups claim ownership of swathes of Upper Marikina Watershed.
With rice shortage will enter gov’t-sponsored import cartel
by Jarius Bondoc - September 6, 2023 - 12:00am
Rice officials are inept. Everyone but they knew that price control would trigger shortage. Forcible enforcement like jailing will only make poorer both ends of the supply chain, farmers and retailers.
Governors, energy officials to electric cooperatives: Shape up or ship out
by Jarius Bondoc - September 1, 2023 - 12:00am
The National Electrification Administration is indicting more electric cooperative mis-managers. Top brass of two ECs will face raps for P130-million embezzlement that caused blackouts and costly rates.
Governors, energy officials to electric cooperatives: Shape up or ship out
by Jarius Bondoc - September 1, 2023 - 12:00am
The National Electrification Administration is indicting more electric cooperative mis-managers. Top brass of two ECs will face raps for P130-million embezzlement that caused blackouts and costly rates.
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