“Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.”—Thomas S. Monson IF there is a pasko in the Philippines or Christmas
December 13, 2023
“A scam is a scam. A fraud is a fraud. Different rules don’t apply in the city than they do for you and me.”—Emily Thornberry VICTOR Segundino has received two letters from the New York State Department of Labor (DOL) informing him that “a claim for unemployment insurance benefits was recently
December 12, 2023
“Assassination has never changed the history of the world.”–BENJAMIN DISRAELI THE 51st year since the failed assassination attempt on former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos, now 94, was on December 7, 2023. The date coincided with the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing and the bolo attack occurred less than three
December 11, 2023
“For any prosecutor, a decision to show leniency in sentencing must be weighed against multiple factors. Do they show remorse for their actions? Are they a threat to the public and law enforcement? Do they intend to contribute to society?”—Brianna Wu A RESIDENT of Iloilo City indicted in 2022 with several
December 9, 2023
“There’s something about most phobias where there’s a tiny, tiny corner where you think this really actually could happen.”—Roz Chast NEWS of the tragic death of 17 passengers and bus employees after a Ceres bus fell into a ravine in Hamtic, Antique on December 5, brought my sullen memories years ago
December 8, 2023
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” —Albert Camus I MAY not agree with Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) News host and former Iloilo student activist and rebel, Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz, but I
December 7, 2023
“The excitement lies in the exploration of the world around us.”—Jim Peebles LIKE in the previous years, many Filipinos still appear to be unexcited about Christmas 2023–and even New Year 2024. This could be the reason they didn’t give a damn if television networks or media outfits have been running regular
December 6, 2023
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” — Benjamin Franklin PENGUIN Classics has produced a 127-page English version of The Epic of Gilgamesh by N.K. Sandars for $2.25. Luckily, I got it only for $.35 in a book sale. In the Philippines, book sale stores in malls and
December 5, 2023
“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” – Beverly Sills WE congratulate all the passers in the 2023 Philippine bar examinations held on September 17 (Sunday), 20 (Wednesday), and 24 (Sunday). Instead of announcing it next year, the Philippine Supreme Court (SC) will
December 4, 2023
“There is no country on Earth where Internet and telecommunications companies do not face at least some pressure from governments to do things that would potentially infringe on users’ rights to free expression and privacy.” — Rebecca MacKinnon WE feel vindicated when Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas assured the public
December 2, 2023
“We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.”—Helen Hayes AT around 9:58 o’clock in the morning (around 2 o’clock in the morning in the Philippines), while I was in a courthouse in Los Angeles on November 29, 2011, I sent this text message to Health
December 1, 2023
“The flu is very unpredictable when it begins and in how it takes off.”—Harvey V. Fineberg FIVE days after I canceled my scheduled flu vaccine at Duane Reade on Broadway in Queens, I received a warning from my insurance provider that “this winter, you may have a greater risk of catching
November 30, 2023