“You are a woman. You are the fire! You are all conquering. You are all powerful! You are Supreme! You were not born to be a mere beauty queen!” ― Avijeet Das THE Philippines has become a country of beauty pageants. Every year, even if the economy is sometimes in a
May 16, 2023
“All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.” —Friedrich Nietzsche HOW do we differentiate bad from good taste? Who determines whether my taste, your taste, their taste is the better taste over someone else’s taste? That people differ in their tastes is itself an indisputable fact. It is also
May 15, 2023
“If at first you don’t succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.”—William Lyon Phelps THEY may be popular, over glamorized and overfed, but Gilas Pilipinas cagers aren’t supermen. We shouldn’t expect them to perform beyond their capacity; we shouldn’t demand a performance or achievement they can’t deliver and attain. We
May 13, 2023
“Think twice before you pull your trouser and rape a woman; she may be your mother, sister or friend, and you know the consequences that follows.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson AN x-ray operator from Northwell Health, New York’s largest nonprofit integrated healthcare network provider, warned me yesterday (May 9) that the
May 11, 2023
“A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.”—Winston Churchill NOW that Senator Grace Poe has filed Senate Resolution No. 579 calling for an inquiry into the Panay
May 10, 2023
“Of all losses, time is the most irrecuperable for it can never be redeemed.”—King Henry VIII. THE perception that newly appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Police Major General Benjamin Acorda Jr. “is not a tough leader” has started to reverberate. “Not tough” means either he has no backbone to run
May 9, 2023
“It is not your qualifications but your exposure in life that makes you who you are.”—Jaggi Vasudev IF you joined President Bongbong Marcos Jr. in his recent official visit to Washington D.C. and again when the president and his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, went to London to attend the Coronation
May 8, 2023
By Alex P. Vidal “Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against.”—Barry Gardiner MAYOR Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas is lucky it’s not election period when he recently flew to Guam, which coincided when Ilonggos endured and ridiculed in the social media the flash floods brought by heavy rains May
May 6, 2023
“Bankruptcy is a serious decision that people have to make.”—Herb Kohl IF he were young and still actively linked with Top Rank big boss Bob Arum, US$8 million could be “peanuts” for Manny Pacquiao. He could pocket the amount even in cash advance in mega-million fisticuffs in Las Vegas. He could
May 5, 2023
“When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody’s right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day.”— William “Bill” J. Clinton BELOW are some of the new initiatives announced by US President Joseph “Joe”
May 4, 2023
“Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.”—Malcolm Turnbull ALTHOUGH it’s better
May 3, 2023
“Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land.”— Mao Zedong A PORTENT of things to come? Or is it a realization of what Chairman Mao had desired:
May 2, 2023