“You’re not a baby boomer if you don’t have a visceral recollection of a Kennedy and a King assassination, a Beatles breakup, a U.S. defeat in Vietnam, and a Watergate.”—P. J. O’Rourke SOME critics of US President Donald Trump initially showed skepticism when a “flash” report broke out April 25 that
April 28, 2026
“Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.” – John Lennon THERE have been some Iloilo politicians itching to mount a comeback in the next elections who have associated themselves with soon-to-be disgraced former House Speaker and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin
April 27, 2026
“Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive.” – The Will to Power THERE are two kinds of truth: 1. Empirical, or factual truth: “There are more than three billion monthly active X (formerly Facebook) users
April 25, 2026
“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.” – Margaret Thatcher WHEN it rains, it pours. With so many controversial and big events happening in unison in the Philippines nowadays, Juan dela Cruz is overloaded, stressed out, irritated, confused. It’s like a macro film festival happening
April 24, 2026
“I feel incompetent to perform duties which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.” – Andrew Johnson Joseph “Erap” Estrada was the first classic example of The Peter Principle in the Philippines. From a movie actor, he became city mayor, senator, vice president, and eventually president. He rose to his level
April 18, 2026
“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.” —Yogi Berra UNLIKE in the Philippines where it is exceptionally hot due to its tropical, equatorial location, temperatures in New York City have been climbing even if it is springtime. This week, weather in the Big Apple is expected to have record-breaking heat for
April 17, 2026
“Gambling has brought our family together. We had to move to a smaller house.” – Tommy Cooper TUPPERWARE “Tito Tap” Tacuyan cashed out the white voucher that read: “$21,560” or roughly P1,293,600 in Philippine money from a casino in Queens on March 22 after hitting the “jackpot” in the Jinse Dao
April 14, 2026
“There are heroes and then there are legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” – Boney Kapoor WITH the death of former Iloilo assemblyman and party-list Rep. Salvador “Buddy” Britanico on Good Friday, April 3, 2026, only former Iloilo governor Arthur “Art” Defensor Sr. remains as the lone living former
April 13, 2026
“I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.”— Lee H. Hamilton DURING the Regular Batasang Pambansa election on May 14, 1984 under the administration of the late former President Ferdinand Marcos
April 11, 2026
“Money is my military, each dollar a soldier. I never send my money into battle unprepared and undefended. I send it to conquer and take currency prisoner and bring it back to me.”—Kevin O’Leary WHILE war continued to rage in Iran, one US dollar is now equal to P60.41 as of
April 8, 2026
“Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.” —Ethel Waters SOME of us were able to heave a sigh of relief the previous week, the Holy Week, when peace and order improved temporarily and political bickering took a back seat while many Christian believers engaged in increased
April 7, 2026
By Alex P. Vidal “The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.” — William Hazlitt EVEN if it isn’t Holy Week, we exhort good-for-nothing leaders, mulcters and grafters in government, as well as thieves, social media maniacs, dishonest individuals, philanderers and scam artists in society, to
April 2, 2026