By Alex P. Vidal “If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. NO matter what some enemies of Bayan Muna partylist will say bout Jose Reynaldo “Jory” Porquia, history will always remember him as a patriot and a champion of the
May 1, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “If the world after coronavirus is not going to be a much more greener, much more environmentally friendly, and much more vegetarian world, human beings will deserve a much worse virus than coronavirus!” ―Mehmet Murat Ildan A FILIPINO-American friend who works in a health clinic in Manhattan informed me on April 27
April 30, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “I’m tired of being behind this virus. We’ve been behind this virus from day one. We underestimated this virus. It’s more powerful, it’s more dangerous than we expected.” —Gov. Andrew Cuomo UNBELIEVABLE but in the country where I currently live, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has shockingly breached the one
April 29, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “There is so much misinformation out there. If you give people even a little bit, it gets blown out of proportion then you have to go put out fires. So it’s much easier to say, ‘No comment.’” —Oren Peli WE’RE glad that most Ilonggos have ignored the saber-rattling of those who
April 28, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.”—Stephen Hawking ONE of the sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants is New York City, currently battling the COVID-19 pandemic as the “epicenter” in the United States. Sanctuary cities are the favorite destinations of undocumented
April 27, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” — VIKTOR E. FRANKL THE name Pavlov may make us want to cry “dogs!” We would call this a Pavlovian response, but that would
April 25, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.” – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield A good leader knows how to acknowledge a mistake and is not ashamed to admit it. His finest moment is also defined by how he corrects his error and how he is able to reverse the
April 24, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “I rely on a lot of green drinks to get my vegetables.” — Tim Tebow THIS week, I plan to spend some of the little dollars I saved while observing the lockdown guidelines to buy more vegetables. There are vegetables in a grocery store, one of the only two located a
April 22, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.” —Mahatma Gandhi MANY Filipinos have complained they weren’t given their fair share in the distribution of relief goods and cash incentives from the national government for the extended COVID-19
April 21, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.” —Albert Einstein IT’S becoming obvious that those who are healthier or the healthiest among us are the ones who will most likely survive the COVID-19 pandemic even if it will escalate beyond the projected period of decline.
April 20, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.” —Sholom Aleicem A curious reader once asked famous psychologist and author, Dr. Mortimer J. Adler, director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, about the purpose of life. “It seems
April 18, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The one thing we really don’t need is mass hysteria. Eighty percent of people have such minor symptoms, they don’t actually require any medical care at all. The 20 percent who do feel quite ill need to be evaluated, and some of them will require hospitalization and some of them will
April 17, 2020