By Alex P. Vidal “It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.”—Voltaire I’m glad Neil Sedaka, 81, is not among those residents in Manhattan’s Upper West Side now moving out of New York City. I recently told a friend
September 3, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.
September 2, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.” — Winston Churchill IT’S been four years since the killing of Western Visayas’ alleged drug lord Melvin “Boyet” Odicta Sr. alyas “Dragon” and his wife, Merriam, but their murderers have yet to be identified until now.
September 1, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.”—Dalai Lama WE will spend the last four months of 2020, the four “ber” months—September, October, November, December—or what we’ll call the “berdemic” months because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with no
August 31, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.”—Georgia O’Keeffe ILOILO City Councilor Candice Magdalene Tupas has a beautiful mind. Amid the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic where thousands of Ilonggos have lost their jobs, she was able to think of the welfare of job applicants and employees
August 29, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “I don’t believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.”—Audrey Hepburn IT’S too premature yet to conclude that Iloilo first district Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin is a dishonest public official. In fact, I personally believe she is not a corrupt person. But if Senator Richard Gordon can
August 27, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “There are really only so many foods and so many ways you can prepare them.”—Paula Poundstone WE reiterate our call for Iloilo City officials to create a food bank in times of public health emergencies and disasters especially now that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COIVD-19) pandemic has threatened to
August 26, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “After all it really is all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic.”—Margaret Chan ILOILO City drivers penalized by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) with “reckless driving” offenses for non-wearing of face masks and shields have found an ally in Iloilo City Councilor Rommel Duron. Duron, a
August 24, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “There is no sincerer love than the love of food.”—George Bernard Shaw LOCAL government units must learn to use their own initiatives and resources and should not rely too much on the national government for whatever pandemic subsidy and other freebies for their “starving” folks. We suggest to the
August 22, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer.” — Rob Corddry TRUST remains to be the most important aspect of any meaningful relationship. “More specifically, it is a mutual condition that must exist between a manager and his subordinates, a husband and wife, and between friends,”
August 21, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The great earthquake shall be in the month of May; Saturn, Capricorn, Jupiter, Mercury in Taurus; Venus, also Cancer, Mars in zero.”—Nostradamus IT’S only a coincidence that a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit Cataingan town in Masbate, including Iloilo, as cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reached 2,981 in Western
August 20, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Reporters thrive on the world’s misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.” —Russell Baker WE are aware that fellow media workers who pen the articles or broadcast the news or commentaries that earn the ire of onion-skinned public
August 18, 2020