“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”— Abraham Lincoln EVEN if the whole universe will declare “in support of the Philippines” each time our resupply vessels are blasted by water cannons from the
March 26, 2024
“I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don’t like me.”— William Howard Taft WE won’t speculate until hearing Iloilo City lone district Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda (National Unity Party) make an official announcement herself whether she will seek
March 25, 2024
“Speak when you are angry, and you’ll make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” —Laurence J. Peter LIKE the Filipino teacher in the now deactivated viral TikTok clip, some principals and college deans also lose their tempers and act like Haiti gangsters inside the classrooms and faculty meetings from time to
March 23, 2024
“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”— Dwight D. Eisenhower PRESUMPTIVE future lady solon Raisa Treñas should start showing the Ilonggo voters that she is her own woman despite being publicly endorsed by her dad, Iloilo City mayor
March 22, 2024
“I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it.”— John Grisham A TIT for a
March 21, 2024
“I am still learning.”—Michelangelo INCIDENTS of teachers—both in private and public schools—losing their patience and exploding in anger inside the classrooms are not new. Every now and then there are teachers who waste a big chunk of teaching hour to reprimand the students or mightily release their hard feelings in front
March 20, 2024
“Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister thanks you, and I thank you!”— George M. Cohan IF Iloilo City lone district Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda can’t secure a third and final term and bows out from the congressional race to pave the way for “Tito
March 19, 2024
By Alex P. Vidal “Giving your children a skill is more valuable than giving them your savings.”— Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words LEADERS who recruit their wives, children, queridas and queridos into politics with full knowledge that they are incompetent, or good-for-nothing instantly gives the words “political dynasty” a bad reputation and leaves a bad
March 18, 2024
“I love you and it is for real. I don’t care about how others categorize my love for you.” – Andrew Bolt ILOILO City resident Felipe David has escaped a jail term while four other fellow Filipino co-accused in a large-scale marriage fraud “agency” based in Los Angeles have been convicted
March 16, 2024
“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”—Sophocles LEAKED questionnaire in a university admission examination is also a form of cheating. It appears cheating—or our inclination to commit it if given the opportunity—has become part of our culture and identity. I once caught an officemate in a
March 15, 2024
“It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.”—Pope John XXIII UNTIl this day, Amalia’s search for her biological father that began when she was eight years old continues. “That was the age when my life started to turn hell,” Amalia, who turned
March 14, 2024
“I would roll up pennies to take the subway to work in Times Square. I was broke, but I was happy.”— Jennifer Garner BEFORE the 2020 pandemic, we used to pay $2.75 per ride in the subway train and in all other Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) public transportations in New York
March 13, 2024