“Sometimes the scandal is not what law was broken, but what the law allows.” – Edward Snowden WE wrote a series of articles about the case of controversial Iloilo balikbayan businessman Rey E. Grabato II on October 25 and 26, 2022, or four years before the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
August 17, 2026
By Alex P. Vidal “And now I’ve got to explain the smell that was in there before I went in there. Does that ever happen to you? It’s not your fault. You’ve held your breath, you just wanna get out, and now you open the door and you have to explain, ‘Oh! Listen, there’s an
August 15, 2026
“I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.” — Pope John XXIII WE need more inspiring and success stories like the Alex Eala phenomenon that recently swept the national imagination to divert our attention from the endless political muckraking and silliness of
August 13, 2026
“There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.” – Albert Camus FILIPINO visa holders charged with sexual crimes in the United States were reportedly among the 175,000 foreign nationals whose visas have been revoked by the United States Department of State. Some
August 12, 2026
“Living is easy with eyes closed.” – John Lennon WAS it a coincidence? Shortly after news spread like a prairie fire that the United States government has formally requested the extradition of doomsday soothsayer Apollo Quiboloy, a series of natural calamities unraveled in the Philippines? Tropical depressions Maymay, Luis, and Habagat,
August 8, 2026
“I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.” – Winnie The Poh: MANY Filipinos who hate complications in life and those who can no longer tolerate what’s going on in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, have shifted their attention to Alex Eala’s phenomenal
August 7, 2026
“Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.” – BILLIE JEAN KING ANYBODY can win the Mubadala DC Open, a tennis tournament that, in terms of prestige, sits below the four Grand Slam tournaments: Wimbledon, the US Open, the French Open, and the
August 6, 2026
By Alex P. Vidal “It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” – Voltaire THOSE who were expecting Uswag Ilonggo party-list Rep. James “Jojo” Ang to spend time in jail indefinitely after being charged with 14 counts of graft before the Sandiganbayan were disappointed when he walked free after posting a P90,000
August 1, 2026
“The gig economy is empowerment. This new business paradigm empowers individuals to better shape their own destiny and leverages their existing assets to their benefit.” – John McAfee THERE are those who believe Pax Silica is a good idea for the Philippine economy. But many Filipinos think the Philippines isn’t yet
July 31, 2026
“Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.” – Criss Jami AS we have been saying over the past few weeks, as long as protagonists in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio continued to swamp the proceeding with
July 23, 2026
“What would you have? Your gentleness shall force more than your force moves us to gentleness.” – William Shakespeare, As You Like It WE congratulate Lieutenant General Antonio Gustilo Nafarette of Calinog, Iloilo for being appointed as the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Another
July 22, 2026
“If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn’t have given us arms.” – Mike Ditka THIRTY minutes before the FIFA World Cup 2026 final, I saw several NYPD cars parked outside the Boca Juniors “territory” on Queens Boulevard in New York as I walked by at around 2:30 o’clock
July 21, 2026
