“The road to success is always under construction.”—Arnold Palmer LET’S hope there’s no truth to reports the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) was planning to open the scandal-ridden and defective P680-million Ungka flyover in Pavia, Iloilo to light vehicles even if it is still under repair and observation. We
September 20, 2023
“I think there is always room for improvement, and every day is a chance to get better.”—Jennifer Brady IN one fell swoop, Iloilo City has romped away with two major infrastructure shockers: the multi-billion redevelopment of Iloilo Central Market and Iloilo Terminal Market both in the City Proper. We grew up
September 19, 2023
“Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.”—Mitch Hedberg SOME netizens have rejected the call of health officials for Filipinos to eat kamote or sweet potato and corn as alternatives for rice. They think substituting rice for kamote and corn is a step backward
September 18, 2023
“If there’s another iPhone that’s better, that’s sad for my old iPhone. But it means we get to use a better one.”— Roger Ver APPLE hasn’t always left users waiting until September to get their paws on the latest iPhone. That’s why the tech giant unveiled its iPhone 15 and iPhone
September 16, 2023
“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.” – Benito Mussolini THE clear sign that a country is in grave danger is when more politicians are getting rich, and more people are getting poor—even if it is under a democratic governance like the Philippines. When the poor is
September 15, 2023
“Greed is not a financial issue. It’s a heart issue.”—Andy Stanley LET’s not interrupt while she makes a big mistake; in fact, plenty of moral, spiritual, and political mistakes. She has dug her own political grave for being: 1. Rapacious; 2. Arrogant; 3. Onion-skinned; 4. Abusive; 5. Feeling-special; 6. Feeling-bossy; 7.
September 14, 2023
“Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.”—Annie Besant LIKE the group of “conspiracy theorists” that don’t believe Neil Armstrong and his ilk landed in the moon in 1967, there is a group that continued to convince
September 13, 2023
“The U.S. Open was the first tournament I watched in person when I was 8 years old.”—Coco Gauff ALL of a sudden, the 2023 US Open tennis tournament is over. One of the two matches I watched at the Arthur Ashe Stadium during the opening day of the 2023 US Open
September 12, 2023
“Labor believes in sustainability. We believe in acting on climate change, not just talking about it.”—Anthony Albanese IN the just-concluded eighth edition of the Bridge for Cities event organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Unido) in Vienna, Austria, Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas was among the over 500
September 11, 2023
“People say I’m extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?”—Imelda Marcos VICE President Sara Duterte-Carpio probably thinks the taxpayers’ money grows on trees, and it is in the behest of high-ranking public officials like her who want to custody
September 9, 2023
“Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.”—Mitch Hedberg FOR decades, Filipinos have struggled to produce enough rice to feed our surging population even if the Philippines, a tropical country, is teeming with agricultural land with a climate suitable for growing rice. It is
September 8, 2023
“The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.”—Edmund Burke IF the late Iloilo Senator, Dr. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, were alive today, the furor over the abusive and brazen requests by the country’s second highest elected official for the sordid and astronomical “confidential” and “intelligence” funds or CIF, would have been “settled”
September 7, 2023