By Alex P. Vidal “Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.”—Bill Bradley THE announcement made last week by President Rodrigo Duterte that “the presidency was no job for a woman because of their emotional differences to men” was music to the ears of Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao,
January 18, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Nothing is cooler and more attractive than a big comeback, and that’ll be me.”—Steven Adler AFTER 11 months, I’m back in Brooklyn. The last time I was in New York City’s most populous borough, with an estimated 2,648,403 residents in 2020, was in March 2020 for a special assignment.
January 16, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.” —Warren G. Harding FILIPINOS who continued to monitor the events in the United States since March 2020 about the pandemic and before and after the November 3, 2020 U.S. presidential election can learn
January 15, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Nothing fools you better than the lie you tell yourself.”—Teller NOBODY has escaped the temptation of lying. Sinner or saint, everyone lies or has lied at least once or more in their lifetime. When we are afraid to admit a misdemeanor at home as kids, we lie to our
January 14, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone.” – Henrik Ibsen NO politician in Iloilo has suffered so much humiliation like Frankie Locsin, former mayor of Janiuay, a first class municipality in the third district of Iloilo Province. While there’s pandemic, he was flown to the
January 13, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “The more social media we have, the more we think we’re connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.”—JR I’M supposed to be a confessed dyed in the wool advocate of a free speech and free press, but how come I will not join the mob of those who
January 12, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Don’t hate the media, become the media.”—Jello Biafra WE have been always trying our best to maintain objectivity when we covered political issues because, as members of the Fourth Estate, it’s the right, the most logical and decent thing to do. Our credibility rests on how we perform our
January 11, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Immigration is not about visa numbers or building a fence. It is about reclaiming our roots as a nation of immigrants and a refuge for those who have been cast aside.”— Mike Quigley I WAS enormously fixated on the Georgia runoff election on January 5 or 24 hours earlier
January 9, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.”—Venus Williams THERE is a strong possibility that Iloilo City will be the first outside Metro Manila to vaccinate its 500,000 residents if the proposed purchase of PHP200-million worth of vaccines from the AztraZeneca Pharmaceuticals will materialize soon as disclosed recently by
January 7, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “An inefficient virus kills its host. A clever virus stays with it.”—James Lovelock STARTING this week, we’ve been advised to limit our outdoor activity in our community in Elmhurst after a new strain of the coronavirus, believed to be at least 50% more contagious, was confirmed in New York.
January 6, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.”—Charles W. Pickering FILIPINO politicians in the past have looked up to their American counterparts for guidance and inspiration when it comes to cultivating and strengthening our democratic ideals and society. We had illustrious
January 5, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.” —Sholom Aleichem MANY of us seem to believe that our sense of purpose for our life arises from the special gifts and sets us apart from other
January 4, 2021