“May we agree that private life is irrelevant? Multiple, mixed, ambiguous at best-out of it we try to fashion the crystal clear, the singular, the absolute, and that is what is relevant; that is what matters.”—May Sarton MOUNT Kanlaon has already erupted. A Black woman has been chosen as the first-ever
June 7, 2024
“A higher rate of urgency does not imply ever-present panic, anxiety, or fear. It means a state in which complacency is virtually absent.”— John P. Kotter ILONGGOS anywhere in the country are known to be resilient and audacious and have always managed to survive the calamities and catastrophes and other death-defying
June 6, 2024
“One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.”—Oscar Wilde IF they think President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will put red flowers on their pockets and kiss them one by one like Olympic gold medalists, some of the 700 Iloilo and Guimaras politicians who recently
June 5, 2024
“Say what you want but you never say it with violence!”—Gerard Way ON my way to the Philippine Consulate General New York on 46th Street and Fifth Avenue from the 59th Street and Fifth Avenue June 2 morning, I was blocked by the New York Police Department (NYPD) while attempting to
June 4, 2024
“What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.”—Angela Davis IF they deserted their former political parties and transferred en masse to the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) in order to kiss the ass of PFP boss, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., some Iloilo elected officials who took an oath under the
June 3, 2024
“If you want to understand today you have to search yesterday.”—Pearl S. Buck WHILE watching news on Youtube, I caught former presidential spokesman Harry Roque making a false allusion of two separate historical events that occurred nearly 60 years ago while he was delivering a spiel on SMNI, fugitive pastor Apollo
June 1, 2024
“Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.” —Anaxagoras MY daughter, who finished her high school in Iloilo City’s No. 1 Chinese-Filipino school, Iloilo Central Commercial High School (ICCHS) now known as Hua Siong College of Iloilo, said she is convinced controversial Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo is pure Chinese. “She, or
May 31, 2024
By Alex P. Vidal “If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s life.” — Mike Ditka AS a Filipino living in New York City, I support this year’s 126th Philippine Independence Day Parade, which will crisscross once again on Midtown Manhattan’s alluring 38th down to 27th Street in Madison Avenue on June 2,
May 30, 2024
“There will always be rivalry on the field. Off the field, we are friends, but on it, we have to do our job.” —Shikhar Dhawan AUGUST 2024 is expected to be the D-Day for radio “blocktime” program showdowns in Iloilo. The radio “blocktime” program D-Day romps off at least two months before
May 29, 2024
“Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.” — Nick Wechsler IT’S a misnomer for any public official to think of revenge against members of the press after he has been “humiliated” or “tormented” over a legitimate news, or issues related to his function
May 28, 2024
“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” —Plato FORMER Senate President Franklin “Frank” Drilon, 78, said he wished the animosity between his friend, 67-year-old Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas, and 45-year-old Iloilo City lone district Rep.
May 27, 2024
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” — Thomas Jefferson THE persons or political personalities reaping benefits in the ongoing saga involving Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas and the Iloilo press must be no other than Iloilo City lone
May 25, 2024