By Alex P. Vidal “If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”—George Washington IF the citizens think the government is inutile, they have the right to express it; they have the right to write about it and complain. No citizen should be
May 18, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.”—Henry David Thoreau BECAUSE “it was not immediately reported in the major networks” anywhere in the world, some people who read our previous article about the rocket fragments
May 16, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Look, the fame rocket is only on the upward trajectory for a limited time.”—Guy Fieri IF we “get caught between the moon and New York City,” Christopher Cross said in Arthur’s Theme, his 1981 hit song, “the best that we can do is fall in love.” How could we fall—or even
May 15, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication.” —Marshall McLuhan POLITICIANS and their subalterns who call the media “fake news” if they can’t get a favorable report or commentary shouldn’t be tolerated and allowed to go
May 14, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “What can everyone do? Praise and blame. This is human virtue, this is human madness.” — Friedrich Nietzsche RETIRED Police Colonel Joel G. Garingalao, Sr., who went home to the Lord peacefully on May 9 while the world was battling the coronavirus pandemic, was one of the best councilors Iloilo City
May 13, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.”—Lewis Carroll LOGIC and common sense will demolish the arguments of those who continue to cling to an absurd assertion that no violation of press freedom was involved
May 12, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “God as my witness, may He strike me down if this allegation is true.” —Paul Crouch I HAVE been besieged by queries from friends, mostly based in the Philippines, about the viral conspiracy video recently removed by the Youtube and Facebook because of inaccuracies and apparent lack of credible material and
May 11, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Get mad, then get over it.” — Colin Powell THE criticism being aggressively unleashed against the embattled ABS-CBN by some people who claim to be “die-hard” supporters of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte increased in social media immediately after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued a “cease and decease” order against the
May 8, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.” – Albert Camus I COME neither to bury Caesar nor to praise him. In the first place, Caesar, in my humble opinion, isn’t dead yet. Before we mount
May 7, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.” —Ralph Marston TO wiggle out from the mess created by the recent controversial arrival of the seafarers from Manila, Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas should have “TikToked” Guimbal Mayor Oscar “Oca” Garin’s brilliant move in welcoming the
May 6, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The world for our law enforcement community has changed dramatically: everything from filling out paperwork to relationships with the community and how they think the narrative is in the media.”—Rahm Emanuel ONE of the only few government officials who has maintained a good public relations with the press is Jeck Conlu,
May 5, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it’s your job to eat two frogs, it’s best to eat the biggest one first.” —Mark Twain I RECEIVED an offer to work as a mortuary assistant in a New York
May 4, 2020