BASED on media accounts, Iloilo City Mayor Raisa Treñas-Chu performed so well at the recent 10th World Cities Summit in Singapore. One of the key qualities of a good leader is his or her ability to form productive connections and networks. They aren’t threatened or tantalized by their more experienced counterparts
June 19, 2026
“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” – Alexander the Great WHO is the best father? How do we determine if he is best or worst? The best father should also be the best husband who continues to adore and love his wife
June 18, 2026
“The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.” – Lucretius THERE was supposed to be a good reason for many Filipino basketball fans to rush to Midtown Manhattan, a 15-minute ride via subway away from our place in Queens on June 13.
June 17, 2026
“Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo THIS is another feather in the cap of the Iloilo City Government that Ilonggos around the world should be proud of. Soon after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake walloped the coast of Maasim, Sarangani and devastated
June 12, 2026
“I match up with the best guys in the world. I’m not being cocky; it’s just always how I felt. But I got into trouble as soon as I got into the NBA, and it left a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths.” – Michael Beasley NO one can
June 11, 2026
“I don’t think that, you know, adherence to ignorance is really something that encourages voters to support you.” — Elizabeth May IT’S about time we stopped blaming the bungling Filipino senators for the monumental mess they’ve created these past weeks. In the first place, they did not place themselves in that
June 8, 2026
“Just being a commentator is not as easy as people think with going out there and talking for three hours. So, I don’t call myself a commentator: I call myself an analyst.” – Booker T IF we are not careful, our minds will be poisoned by some self-proclaimed political commentators who
June 2, 2026
“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” – Lao Tzu WE need Ilonggos in the Philippine Senate to replace former Senate President Franklin “Frank” Drilon who has retired from public service. Based on
June 1, 2026
“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.”—John Burroughs THE Marcos Jr. administration is in total disarray. Many of its officials have been tempted and tainted by graft and corruption, including former House speaker and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, the
May 28, 2026
“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” – Arnold H. Glasow OUR friendly advice to officials in charge of law enforcement under the Marcos Jr. administration is to refrain from constantly calling for press conferences and stay away from media limelight, if possible, if there
May 27, 2026
“Don’t lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.” – Ralph Marston WE are glad prosecutors and defendants who will clash during the impeachment trial of Philippine
May 26, 2026
“Know thyself.”―Socrates THERE’S no law that prohibits members of the legislature from crying, but in the case of Pia Cayetano, she needed and wanted it. In his 1972 hit song, Wildflower, Skylark belted, “Let her cry, for she’s a lady. Let her dream, for she’s a child. Let the rain fall
May 23, 2026