“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.” ― Ernest Benn THOSE who are staying active in public service—like the incumbents—usually are the ones that survive the toilsome political game. Thus, even if in the eleventh hour
June 24, 2024
“I don’t like politicians, and I don’t like politics. I definitely don’t want to be associated with any of them.”—Steven Wright WE beg to disagree with those who were quick to exhort President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to appoint an educator over a politician to be the next secretary of the
June 22, 2024
“If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them.”― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign WHAT happened to Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda and Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas, Iloilo City’s top two highest elected officials, has happened ominously to
June 21, 2024
“Don’t carry a gun. It’s nice to have them close by, but don’t carry them. You might get arrested.”— John Gotti RESIDENTS living in neighborhoods with large Filipino population in Queens, New York City have noticed unusual presence of (New York Police Department (NYPD) cars in the streets since the arrest
June 20, 2024
“He craved her. She was honeycomb wrapped in velvet, her lips were rosebuds in spring, her nails were thorns, her eyes were oceans and he was drowning.”— Holly Dixon, ILLICIT AFFAIRS HARRY Roque may not be the first former or incumbent government official accused of bringing a suspected “lover” abroad, mostly
June 19, 2024
“If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.”—Joseph Stalin BOTH the legislatures of Iloilo Province and Iloilo City appear to have no strong opposition. “No strong opposition”, however, is better than “the opposition is totally dead.” The reason is either opposition provincial
June 18, 2024
“No wife can endure a gambling husband; unless he is a steady winner.”—Thomas Dewar WHEN Dallas Mavericks couldn’t nail the win in Game 3 of its best-of-seven NBA Finals tussle versus Boston Celtics June 12 night, it was in danger of heading to the NBA exit in this year’s season with
June 15, 2024
“There is nothing permanent except change.” —Heraclitus I HAVE met so many characters or “leaders” who, when given the opportunity to hold power, mistook that temporary glory for an everlasting crown. The reason why it is called “temporary”, to begin with, is because it has inflexible timeline or no permanence. Like an
June 14, 2024
“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.” – William J. Clinton IT’S impossible to do this in the Philippines. It never happened before, and it will never happen given the social and cultural climate and political culture that Filipinos have embraced since
June 13, 2024
“My cell phone is my best friend. It’s my lifeline to the outside world.” —Carrie Underwood THE beauty of democracy, like in the Philippines, is any legislator can sponsor a bill—good or bad—but (and) it will be up to the bicameral assemblies to support and adopt it before transmitting it to the
June 12, 2024
“The word deepfake has become a generic noun for the use of machine-learning algorithms and facial-mapping technology to digitally manipulate people’s voices, bodies and faces. And the technology is increasingly so realistic that the deepfakes are almost impossible to detect.” —Ben Sasse LONG before Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia
June 11, 2024
“The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.“ —Ted Nugent WE have two major things to worry about in advance amid the ordeal and sufferings our brothers and sisters have been grappling with in the shattered Mount
June 8, 2024