By Alex P. Vidal “To govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.”—Nigel Lawson FILIPINA billionaire Loida Nicolas-Lewis “will be recognized” for her contributions in helping fire up the Filipino-American support and votes for the Biden-Harris tandem in the recent U.S. Presidential
November 17, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.”—A. R. Rahman AT the time when the Filipinos were being besieged by the COVID-19 pandemic and the economy was in a tailspin, God gave Iloilo City Miss Universe Philippine 2020 Rabiya Occeña Sundall Mateo. A
November 16, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin, all languages, all religions, all races, can make a home. America was built by immigrants.”—Hillary Clinton EXCITED by the prospect that some 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States might soon be given a pathway
November 13, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”—Harry S Truman AFTER the pandemic, I invite fellow Filipinos who have not gone to America to come and visit the United States of America and witness
November 12, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Voting is the expression of our commitment to ourselves, one another, this country and this world.” —Sharon Salzberg NOT all of the qualified 80,000 Filipino-American voters in New York City had cast their votes in the recent U.S. Presidential Election 2020. Sources from the Confederation of Filipino-American Society for
November 11, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician’s objective. Election and power are.” — Cal Thomas NO one is so saddened and “deeply wounded” emotionally and mentally than Luis Lomuntad, President Donald Trump’s No. 1 supporter in the Filipino community in Elmhurst neighborhood
November 10, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The false pride of perennial celebration, of wearing flag lapel pins while betraying the values that the flag stands for, is like the self-esteem curriculum for toddlers, where everything is praised and no achievement ultimately has meaning.”—Anne-Marie Slaughter I SPOTTED several Filipino-Americans in a large crowd that stormed the
November 9, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.”—Ellen Glasgow JOSEPH Biden was not yet declared as the winner in the U.S. Presidential Election 2020, but several Filipinos who voted for President Donald Trump have aired contrasting sentiments in anticipation of Mr. Trump’s possible exit
November 7, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Regardless of who wins, an election should be a time for optimism and fresh approaches.”—Gary Johnson IT appears that former Vice President Joseph Biden will be declared as the 46thpresident of the United States of America. This possibility came after he wrested the two prized swing states: Wisconsin (10
November 6, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do.” – Joseph Stalin NO winner yet as of November 3 midnight. The winner in the U.S. presidential race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joseph Biden may not be known
November 5, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren’t there.”—P. J. O’Rourke WE hope and pray that the world’s
November 4, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “I’ve never liked the recognition, the questions, the publicity. I have often felt like running away and hiding.”—Al Pacino WITH apology to Walt Disney Feature Animation which produced the 1991 American animated musical romantic fantasy film “Beauty and the Beast” and released by Walt Disney Pictures, “Beauty and the
November 3, 2020