“I couldn’t stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.” — Park Geun-hye THE Ilonggos soundly rejected President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in favor of former Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo in the 2022 presidential election, but after two years, the relationship may have ameliorated
September 4, 2024
“I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.” —Peter Mandelson WE have been assaulted, harassed, threatened, chased, bullied many times in the West Philippine Sea. China has been repeating, perpetuating, stepping up the bullying in the disputed sea multiple times. It’s an open
September 3, 2024
“Every time there’s an institutional issue like impeachment, there’s concern from the outside about what will happen.” —Michel Temer TWO of the most likely Iloilo solons who might vote in favor of the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio are Iloilo first district Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin and Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raoul Danniel
September 2, 2024
“Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.” — Henry Kissinger WHEN errors in the 2016 and 2026 U.S. general elections occurred, confidence in public opinion polling was reportedly shaken. These errors laid bare some real limitations of polling, according to Pew Research Center’s
August 31, 2024
“Each day, millions of police officers do the selfless work of putting their lives on the line to protect civilians, frequently responding to or preventing crises completely with no recognition.”—Letitia James WE don’t agree with the decision of the Police Regional Office (PRO-6) to send 100 cops—50 from the Iloilo City
August 30, 2024
“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.”— Otto von Bismarck THERE are significant shifts in the 2024 U.S. presidential race based on a new poll as of August 27 from the Florida Atlantic University Political Communication and Public Opinion Research Lab (PolCom
August 29, 2024
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.”—Bertrand Russell THE city and province of Iloilo are lucky because they don’t have an Apollo Quiboloy and obstructive fanatics who will do the cult leader’s bidding even
August 28, 2024
“Let us remember that, as much has been given us; much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips and shows itself in deeds.”—Theodore Roosevelt IT’S hard to blame the very influential and powerful characters in Davao City led by
August 27, 2024
“It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.”—Theodore Roosevelt BECAUSE of her no-holds-barred criticism of the Duterte father and daughter, feisty Iloilo 1st district Representative Janette Loreto-Garin has
August 26, 2024
“I think people forget that it doesn’t take a big donation to help someone, just a lot of little donations.”— Hannah Teter SHORTLY after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in a fiery speech in Chicago, Illinois on August 22 night, I received an email from
August 24, 2024
“Bullying happens at all ages and levels.” — Ralph Macchio WE may wonder why China hasn’t stopped flexing its muscles in the disputed Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea after all the negative publicity it received for harassing our vessels these past months. The good news is we have the “full”
August 23, 2024
“Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.” —Ralph Nader FORMER Miag-ao, Iloilo Mayor Gerardo “Gerry” Flores has bewailed rumors he received P30 million in exchange for his support for incumbent Miag-ao Mayor Oscar “Richard” Garin Jr.’s reelection bid in 2025. In his social media post on July 26, 2024,
August 22, 2024