By Alex P. Vidal “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”—Harry S Truman ALL of a sudden, so many people are now claiming to be “responsible” or “instrumental” behind the meteoric success of newly crowned Miss Universe Philippines 2020 Rabiya Mateo. Some of these
November 2, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.”—Benjamin Netanyahu WE know that when we elect our president in the Philippines every six years, the candidate that garners the higher votes wins the presidency (Rodrigo Duterte secured 16,601,997 votes against Mar Roxas’
October 31, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.”—Simone Weil NOT even an assurance from no less than President Donald Trump that “the stimulus money from the federal government will continue after
October 30, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.”—Muhammad Ali WHEN the big names in the world of beauty pageant speak, fans normally lend credence to their messages. Thus it is important they don’t pander in ambiguity and should be straightforward and truthful when they dabble in a
October 29, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Show me a good loser and I’ll show you an idiot.”—Leo Durocher WE are saddened that some candidates in the just concluded Miss Universe Philippines 2020 contest turned out to be sore losers and cry babies. Judging from the way they reacted and sowed intrigues in the social media
October 28, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Care and diligence bring luck.” —Thomas Fuller I GOT lucky to be tested negative for the third time in as many COVID-19 tests in three months here in the United States: On July 31 at MidExpress Clinic in New Jersey; on October 2 at CityMD Urgent Care in Jackson Heights, New
October 27, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Without equity, pandemic battles will fail. Viruses will simply recirculate, and perhaps undergo mutations or changes that render vaccines useless, passing through the unprotected populations of the planet.”—Laurie Garrett THE feared “third wave” of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have beckoned in the United States in the so-called
October 26, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “He who frames the question wins the debate.”—Randall Terry I STILL maintain that if former Vice President Joseph Biden were 20 years younger, he would be the best debater on October 22 night when he and President Donald Trump clashed for the second and last time in a presidential
October 24, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “When you’re sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.”—Trisha Yearwood I LANDED in, of all places, the Elmhurst Hospital Center on Wednesday (October 21) and became Patient No. 48157146 in the emergency room. I was right there in the area where hundreds of COVID-19 patients died when
October 23, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?”—Saint Therese of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church “HAIL Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the
October 22, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.”—John Lennon FEARING their being “TNTs” (Tago Ng Tago) will again be reopened in heated anti-illegal immigration crackdowns once President Donald Trump will be reelected in the November 3
October 21, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.”—Carole Bouquet WITH more than a week to go before the U.S. Presidential Election on November 3, I missed the regular “fireworks” in my Elmhurst neighborhood for five straight days over the week; but when I
October 20, 2020