“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”―Friedrich Nietzsche WE are against the death penalty, and we can’t imagine watching government thieves, including Filipino political celebrities
October 1, 2025
“Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.”—Chuck Palahniuk INSTEAD of arguing whether they engaged in vote-buying during the elections, some members of the Iloilo City Council should focus on more important issues with direct impact on the
September 30, 2025
By Alex P. Vidal “If you’re stuck in traffic, call a friend or listen to a favorite podcast. If you’re waiting in a long line, make friends with a person in line with you. There are lots of ways we can change the vibe.”—Gabrielle Bernstein WE were right to warn earlier that if we didn’t
September 26, 2025
“Corruption is paid by the poor.”—Pope Francis ILONGGOS will not accept that their reputation will be sullied only because of Congressman Dracula. They have produced great and illustrious leaders these past 100 years; the entire Filipinos hold the Ilonggos with utmost reverence for being brilliant, trailblazers, honest, resilient, industrious, and nation
September 25, 2025
“When all is said and done, our lives are like houses built on foundations of sand. One strong wind and all is gone.” – Hanshiro Tsugumo JUSTICE is slow if not elusive in the Philippines. The moneyed sometimes escaped accountability—but not guilt—like Houdini escaping handcuffs, straitjackets, and other restraints in daring
September 24, 2025
“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”—ELIE WIESEL IF we steal two hens or peanut butter and bread and we get caught, we will be hauled off to jail like El Lute, Spain’s most wanted criminal
September 23, 2025
“One person’s embarrassment is another person’s accountability.” — Tom Price ILONGGOS are not used to seeing or hearing their representatives both in the Lower and Upper chambers of Congress being dragged into scandal and anomaly. On the contrary, they are accustomed to watching their Iloilo representatives excel as lawmakers—as debaters and
September 10, 2025
By Alex P. Vidal “You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.” — Swami Vivekananda THE controversial German philosopher who reportedly went insane the years before he died, wrote The Gay Science, which was brilliantly translated by Walter Kaufmann. A collection and poems of 383 aphorisms in five sections that interrogates the origins of
September 5, 2025
“I wish…I wish I were dead…And what use would that be to anyone?” ―J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows THE daily distress and melancholy being experienced by flood-control project contractors involved in anomalous transactions worth billions of pesos with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) must now be
September 4, 2025
“When you don’t take a stand against corruption you tacitly support it.” — Kamal Haasan LET’S hope no Iloilo solon is involved in the ongoing “sweeping” investigation called by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on the multi-billion pesos flood-control projects anomaly. The connivance among several corrupt members of the House of RepresentaTHIEVES,
September 2, 2025
“The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.” — Charlie Chaplin FILIPINOS are mad and impatient. And they are demanding justice. Already, most of them have concluded that the controversial Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) contractor couple in the Philippines who paraded their 40 luxury
September 1, 2025
“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.” —Alexander the Great IF he can’t put one DPWH official in jail, especially the corrupt district engineers and contractors who stole billions of pesos in taxpayers’ money
August 30, 2025