By Alex P. Vidal “We will burn that bridge when we come to it.” —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ALREADY delayed for about three years since it was announced, the construction of the Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) Island Bridges Project will proceed this year, according to reports that quoted the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) on January 19,
April 15, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.”— Maya Angelou A 33-year-old lady sports organizer from Negros Occidental in the Philippines yesterday
April 14, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.” —IMMANUEL KANT IN one of the best metaphors of a dialogue between Ego and Spirit, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, has a very interesting story to share in his book, Your Sacred Self. Dyer,
April 9, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “A noble leader answers not to the trumpet calls of self promotion, but to the hushed whispers of necessity.” —Mollie Mart THE true test of a good leader is shown by how he handles a big crisis, how he leads his people, how he absorbs their pain, how he finds a
April 8, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.”—Paulo Coelho “DO you know why there were so many New Yorkers killed recently by coronavirus in Elmhurst?” Thus was the opening remark made by Robert Aguirre, a 58-year-old devotee of Saint Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, a Roman Catholic parish church located at Woodside, Queens, New
April 7, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Thousands and thousands are dying due to coronavirus and yet when this thing is over the humanity will declare a victory! What victory? Fools! There is no victory for the dead people! And when it comes to the living people, everyone should have a deep sadness in their soul, not a
April 6, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Was I always going to be here? No I was not. I was going to be homeless at one time, a taxi driver, truck driver, or any kind of job that would get me a crust of bread. You never know what’s going to happen.”—Morgan Freeman ANOTHER 30 days, huh. President
April 4, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love.” —Russell M. Nelson THE Aguirre craniopagus conjoined twins—Clarence and Carl—of Silay, Negros Occidental wouldn’t have been separated if not for famed Dr. James T. Goodrich, a Bronx-based neurosurgeon who has died
April 3, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you’re going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it’s seems like I’m looking out over a forest.” – Haley Joel Osment EVERYBODY who has visited and lived in New York
April 1, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The massive COVID-19 outbreak in New York City demonstrated that dense urban environments are undesirable places for humans to live.” —Steven Magee MY fellow journalist from Iloilo City, Ma. Regine Soliman-Algecera, complained that the loud siren from the passing ambulance distracted her while we were talking over the phone Sunday night
March 31, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “The uninformed stay home and pray they are never infected with COVID-19, whereas the knowledgeable stay home and prepare the body for a possible future fight with the killer virus.” ― Steven Magee I went back to the petrifying Elmhurst Hospital in Queens amid a slight downpour Saturday afternoon and noticed
March 30, 2020
By Alex P. Vidal “If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us.”—Irwin Redlener Scared. We’re so scared that New York is now the No. 1 hotbed of coronavirus in the United States
March 28, 2020