“Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence.” —Daniel Burnham HIGHLY regarded Iloilo City bet Alexie Mae Caimoso-Brooks, 23, may have failed to bag the
May 24, 2024
“Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.” —Winston Churchill THE fact that he immediately apologized hours after running berserk in a Monday (May 20) morning press conference, Mayor Geronimo “Jerry”
May 23, 2024
“The three kinds of people I dislike most are Gossips, Liars, and Hypocrites.”—Carole Radziwill IF we have a quality Senate today, the changing of the guard, so to speak, or the resignation of one senate president and installation of his successor would be a normal process. Senator A is out, Senator
May 22, 2024
“Hypocrisy demonstrates how unaccountable one is to conventional morality.”—Michael Shellenberger THE recent decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to formulate a shorter parameter for the withdrawal and substitution of candidates in the 2025 elections, was bad news to some political dynasties making a mockery of the electoral system for the
May 21, 2024
“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.”— Alfred Adler WE shouldn’t be shocked anymore that a suspected spy from a foreign land was elected into public office in the Philippines. Even if you’re stupid, sex fiend, illiterate, scammer, circus player, drug dealer, gambling operator, warlord, prostitute,
May 20, 2024
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”—Warren Buffett THE Iloilo City Government will soon start planting 100,000 tress to deal with the worldwide phenomenon climate change. Excellent move. Kudos to whoever conceptualized this idea. Had we foreseen this climate aberration a hundred
May 18, 2024
By Alex P. Vidal “I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?” — Tony Gilroy IS controversial Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo a Chinese spy, but is someone who happens to
May 17, 2024
“Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”—Anatole France THE image of a cow in a viral video taken in Igbaras, Iloilo in the Philippines that died slowly on May 11 due to suspected dehydration has touched a lot of netizens, including this writer. Due to
May 16, 2024
“I look back now, and most of the drama in my life was self-inflicted. I don’t need to make up so much drama now.”— Boy George WHO actually started the fire? Was it a self-inflicted drama that turned into disaster? It was showbiz megastar Sharon Gamboa Cuneta, 58, who first “invited”
May 15, 2024
“Politics have no relation to morals.”— Niccolo Machiavelli WE had warned in the past that those who made politics as their main livelihood would always end up in grief and anxiety if they couldn’t sustain the momentum that brought them in that “profession.” At this early, some of those aspiring for
May 14, 2024
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.”— Mao Zedong THE main worries of the Treñas political bandwagon in Iloilo City nowadays is that it appears it has failed to convince many political leaders and allies in the barangays to shift their allegiance to Raisa Treñas-Tiu or Raisa
May 13, 2024
“Performing on Broadway is an honor and a challenge for any artist.” — Luis Fonsi FROM time to time, I take advantage of a chance to watch Broadway musicals, something I couldn’t—and impossible to—do when I wasn’t yet a New York resident. There’s something about music that really tugs on the
May 11, 2024