“If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.”—William Tecumseh Sherman IF Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas will continue to focus his energy and time as a pro-active local chief executive and retains his distinction as the top performing mayor in Western Visayas, the Marcos administration might
July 25, 2023
“There are no regrets in life, just lessons.”—Jennifer Aniston WHAT happened to Iloilo first district Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin is a good example that even if a political clan will corner all the juicy positions in government owing to the clan’s vast power, influence, resources, name recall, and, perhaps, luck, the positions
July 24, 2023
“No harm will come to me. The Assembly is prepared to treat us leniently.”— Marie Antoinette MALACANANG, by this time, may have completed the list of local and national officials invited to attend President Bongbong Marcos Jr’s second State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24 at the Batasang Pambansa
July 22, 2023
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”— Martin Luther King, Jr. THE brutal heat wave known as “extreme heat” being felt nowadays across the world, including in the Philippines and in southern United States, may disappear after several weeks when summertime departs, but the
July 21, 2023
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.”— Edmund Burke LOCAL officials who did not campaign for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and continue to doubt the legitimacy of his victory in the May 2022 election must
July 20, 2023
“New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.”— Jimmy Connors MY sports mole in London, Jerprey Ian Guion, alerted me July 16 that Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz was the crowd favorite even before he basked
July 19, 2023
“Maybe some people think that it’s all about the hype, about the fame, but it’s not. It’s all about being the best. It’s all about challenging myself everyday.”—Joanna Jedrzejczyk THERE is no doubt that Iloilo City’s Dinagyang Festival is the best festival in the Philippines. It’s also the most admired and
July 18, 2023
“Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.”— Henry Grunwald WHEN members of the media accompany the police and politicians
July 17, 2023
“Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither I slipped in blood, which is an evil omen; and I heard, I am sure I heard in the air a beating of wings, a beating
July 15, 2023
“Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.” ― Frank Herbert WE weren’t surprised by reports that the Iloilo City Government Employees Credit Cooperative (ICGECC) was rocked by allegations of irregularities. Any cooperative movement, if mishandled or mismanaged, can be a source of unwarranted “wealth” for a corrupt few. It’s
July 14, 2023
“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite.”— John Kenneth Galbraith In 1993, when the Panay Electric Company (PECO) applied for extension of its franchise, we covered the public hearings for several days at the old Sangguniang Panlungsod building in Iloilo City. A barangay captain from Molo district
July 13, 2023
“The Lord taught me to love everybody, but the last ones I learned to love were the sportswriters.”—Alvin Dark THE news came as a shock to a sportswriter like me, but I don’t believe The New York Times will totally discard the most friendly and exciting department in any modern newspaper:
July 12, 2023