By: Alex P. Vidal “Such is the endless dilemma of dialect. Not every reader will ever agree with the way that I handle it, no matter how hard I work to keep everything readable. But again it’s that balance I have to maintain between keeping it easy and keeping it real, and I know
September 24, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.” – Walt Whitman PANAY Electric Company (PECO)’s refusal to sell its assets to rival, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), is a clear sign that there’s still no light at the end
September 23, 2019
By: Artchil B. Fernandez THE Philippine Azkals, the national men’s football team, is once again on a campaign to elevate Pinoy football to greater heights. They are participating in the joint qualification for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup. The 2022 World Cup will be hosted by Qatar while the 2023 Asian Cup
September 21, 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 not be too excited to believe hook, line, and sinker that the Port of Iloilo in Loboc, Bo. Obrero district in Iloilo City, can be instantly transformed into a major
September 20, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.” – Jonathan Swift MONEY isn’t evil per se, or possession of money is not really evil, we have been told. The want to have money for specific reasons and purposes actually can’t and should not be considered
September 19, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “Fairness is not an attitude. It’s a professional skill that must be developed and exercised.” – Brit Hume IF they continue to treat the Panay Electric Company (PECO) like one of those Bilibid heinous crime inmates scandalously released by Faeldon and his corrupt cohorts, Ilonggos might be emboldened to rally behind
September 18, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.” – Ambrose Bierce AFTER losing its franchise in January 2019, Panay Electric Company (PECO) refused to die like Grigori Rasputin, who was supposed to die immediately after being made to eat a cyanide-laced cake prepared by Prince Yussupov. Rasputin survived.
September 13, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.” – Jules Renar TO whom will the Ilonggos listen and believe? The question whether the proposed 14-kilometer Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge project will push through has
September 12, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” – Theodore Roosevelt THE names of Dr. Rogelio Florete and Salvador Sarabia Jr. are associated with the corporate world;
September 6, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up and for me it’s tennis.” – Roger Federer I’M lucky to live four train stations away from the Flushing Meadows in Corona Park, Queens where the US Open is held each year from August 26 to
September 5, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “The claim that too many criminals are being jailed, that there is over-incarceration, ignores an unfortunate fact: For the vast majority of crimes, a perpetrator is never identified or arrested, let alone prosecuted, convicted and jailed.” – Tom Cotton IN many sensational crimes in the 70s, 80s and even in the
September 4, 2019
By: Alex P. Vidal “A basketball team is like the five fingers on your hand. If you can get them all together, you have a fist. That’s how I want you to play.” – Mike Krzyzewski IT is not news if we lose a game in the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It is always expected
September 2, 2019