“Never ask for small loans.”—Aristotle Onassis THE deeper the Iloilo City Hall Ad Hoc Committee headed by City Legal Officer Joseph Areño digs into the controversy surrounding the cash-strapped Iloilo City Government Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ICGEMPC), the more it unearths horrendous cases of mismanagement and irregularity since way back in 2020,
September 6, 2023
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”—Martin Luther King, Jr. I STRONGLY recommend To Kill a Mockingbird, a 1962 drama and mystery movie starring Gregory Peck, to all aspiring lawyers, social scientists, politicians, and journalists like this writer. I watched the movie for free on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) through
September 5, 2023
“My life needs editing.”—Mort Sahl WE’RE sure Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham Tolentino didn’t mean to insult the intelligence of Filipinos when he recently disclosed retired professional boxer Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao was planning to return to boxing and “represent” the Philippines in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. We
September 4, 2023
“My focus is basketball, and that’s it.”— Kyrie Irving HOSTING a World Cup is different from winning it. Just like the World Olympic Games—summer and winter. Russia can bring home the title even if the Games is held in Athens, Greece; USA can win more golds even if the Games is
September 2, 2023
“When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.”—Winston Churchill WERE they really murdered by the state police, or by their protectors or cohorts? The question continues to linger seven years since Western Visayas’ alleged drug lord, Melvin “Boyet” Odicta Sr. alyas “Dragon” and his wife, Merriam,
September 1, 2023
“Be impeccable with your word. Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.”—Don Miguel Ruiz MIKE Enriquez, the late GMA Network Inc. executive, was the
August 31, 2023
“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”— Robert Frost I CONSIDER myself very lucky that August 28, a Monday and my only off day in the week, was the official opening day of the 2023 US Open tennis championships at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
August 30, 2023
“Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.”—Indira Gandhi FILIPINOS interested to put an exclamation point on questions surrounding the May 9, 2022 presidential election should take a look at the three suggestions made by retired Supreme Court Justice Artemio V. Panganiban. Saying he “can see
August 29, 2023
“I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.”— Margaret Thatcher AMERICANS were still debating who won in last Wednesday’s (August 23) 2024 Republican Party presidential debate. Many of them said it was the young billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy,
August 28, 2023
“Especially if you’re over 40, shortening the term of your loan to pay it off sooner could make you mortgage-free in retirement.”—Barbara Corcoran WE doubt if after submitting payment proposals to the Iloilo City Hall Ad Hoc Committee headed by Atty. Joseph Edward Areño, delinquent borrowers of the Iloilo City Government
August 25, 2023
“Every time you walk down the street people are screaming, ‘You’re fired!’”—Donald Trump IF I don’t write about the Donald Trump rigmarole when history is unfolding and the whole world is agog over it, I will be committing a big injustice for journalism especially if some readers expect me to chronicle
August 24, 2023
“As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.”—Nelson Mandela WHAT greeted the school children and those involved in public elementary and high school education this year was an outrageous and calamitous shortage of classrooms all over the Philippines. Not hundreds, but
August 23, 2023