By: Alex P. Vidal “I’m the kind of person who would have liked to have lived at the Plaza. I love crystal chandeliers and gold leaf, velvets and mirrors, Oriental rugs and marble.” – Candace Bushnell WE laud the Treñas administration for its recent decision to free Iloilo City’s public plazas from “eyesores” that branch
October 16, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn’t swallow the hypocrisy.”—Barry White NOW it can be told: “Juan Dela Cruz” isn’t just a suspected merchant of chaos and intrigues. He is both a sniper and one who operates a remote-controlled land mine in the
October 14, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.” – Scott Caan THE proposed House bill dividing Iloilo City into two legislative districts re-filed recently by Iloilo City lone district Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda will never encounter any drastic opposition from the Ilonggos. We predict that it will even be passed
October 12, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.” – Martin Parr POLITICS and all other depressing news should now take a backseat for a positive event. The best way to promote the assets, world-class facilities, and infrastructure and highlight the
October 11, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “I try not to be influenced by success or popularity.”—Suga POLICE Major Jovie Espenido is just an ordinary police officer, but fans of extra-judicial killings (EJK) made him a bigger-than-life hero. Every time Espenido’s name and his next assignment are mentioned in the press, EJK fans, including the media, burst in
October 10, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “Peace does not include a vendetta; there will be neither winners nor losers.” – Ahmed Ben Bella IF the Treñas administration thinks persecuting city hall employees who may have supported former city mayor Jose “Joe III” Espinosa III in the recent elections is one way of getting back at Joe III,
October 8, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.”– ERIC HOFFER MANY thieves have served in the Iloilo City Hall when I covered the beat in the late 80’s and in the 90’s. These dishonest public servants made a pile either by directly
October 7, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.” – Aristotle ILOILO Board Member Matt Palabrica suspected that the most common reasons why young people in Iloilo
October 4, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self-respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.” – John C. Maxwell THERE is only one explanation for the actuation of Guimaras Rep. Lucille Nava when she
September 28, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent.” – David Rockwell LET’S make it clear: San Miguel Corporation (SMC) never categorically confirmed it would submit an “unsolicited proposal” to build the Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge contrary to reports earlier. It was Senator Franklin
September 27, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret. Concentrate your energy, thoughts and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged in. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line; to lead in it. Adopt every improvement, have the best machinery
September 26, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “Identity politics preaches a splintering of one large, collaborative group into competing vindictive ones – resulting in new, angry tribes whose central thesis is to not cooperate.” – Greg Gutfeld IT is not healthy for city hall or any local government unit to start its administration by running after employees or
September 25, 2019