“What all of us have to do is to make sure we are using AI in a way that is for the benefit of humanity, not to the detriment of humanity.” —Tim Cook THE holiday season isn’t over yet thus a commercial bank has warned depositors, including this writer, our everyday habits
January 9, 2025
“Voters don’t decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.” —George Will IF the Filipino voters were aware—or “they knew”—whether they were taken for a ride or hoodwinked by politicians or candidates during the elections, we would not have elected comedians and circus players in the Senate and House of Representatives. We
January 8, 2025
“Little crimes breed big crimes. You smile at little crimes and then big crimes blow your head off.” —Terry Pratchett FILIPINOS riding on the New York City subway have been told to stay awake and not to sleep during the trip or risk being set on fire like what happened to a
January 7, 2025
“I’ve seen the impact of deportation in my district. It is heartbreaking to see families torn apart for no good reason.” —Jan Schakowsky SINCE December 2024, United States communities with suspected large number of illegal immigrants have been buzzing with worries and fears there would be “mass deportations” to begin on President-elect
January 6, 2025
“I’ve never been to jail. I’ve never been arrested. I’ve never been locked up.” —Samuel L. Jackson LAWYERS Kristina Conti and Neri Colmenares owe the Filipino people—or at least those who regularly followed the political bickering in the Philippines—an explanation if not apology why 2024 is gone and former President Rodrigo Duterte
January 4, 2025
By Alex P. Vidal “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” — Albert Schweitzer NORTHWELL Health has referred Filipino alleged assault victim Marlon Doronila to a spine specialist. “This is what I need,” beamed Doronila, who will turn 68 in March this year. “In Bellevue
January 3, 2025
“In the long run, curiosity-driven research just works better… Real breakthroughs come from people focusing on what they’re excited about.” — Geoffrey Hinton WHEN the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Western Visayas announced the “full capacity” opening of the scandal-ridden P1-billion four-lane Ungka flyover on December 23, there was no
December 30, 2024
“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.” —Winston Churchill WE are glad no earthshaking political wrangling in the city and province of Iloilo took place these past months and weeks; and it appears year 2024 will bid farewell in a peaceful atmosphere for local politics. With barely five months
December 28, 2024
“I don’t want to be breaking up families, so the only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together and you have to send them all back.” —Donal Trump on his plan to deport illegal aliens. MARIANO believes even if he will be the winningest chess player among
December 25, 2024
“It is the public scandal that offends; to sin in secret is no sin at all.” — Moliere WHAT should have been a historic celebration of the “Simbang Gabi,” a nine-day series of Masses celebrated by Filipino Catholics leading up to Christmas Day, among Filipino Catholics in New York, became a
December 24, 2024
“Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.” — Steven Pinker AT around 10:04 o’clock in the morning December 21, Marlon “Boy” Doronila walked toward the terrace of his four-story apartment in Queens to voluntarily bring the white
December 23, 2024
“I always lose the election in the polls, and I always win it on election day.” — Benjamin Netanyahu CANDIDATES in next year’s Philippine midterm elections—local and national—shouldn’t allow themselves to be distracted by the “results” of surveys commissioned by legitimate or shady outfits, especially survey firms that spring to life
November 1, 2024