“If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity.”—Samuel Morse WE can’t blame Iloilo City officials led by Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas and Lone District Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda if they nearly
May 1, 2023
“There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. TEAM Malacanang is expected to arrive in Washington D.C. on April 30, 2023 for the May 1, 2023 meeting between U.S. President Joseph “Joe”
April 29, 2023
“If you aren’t humble, whatever empathy you claim is false and probably results from some arrogance or the desire to control. But true empathy is rooted in humility and the understanding that there are many people with as much to contribute in life as you.”— Anand Mahindra IN my personal opinion,
April 28, 2023
“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”—Mae West SINCE it was formed on January 29, 1991, all the past chiefs of the 228,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP) from General Cesar Nazarino until most recently General Rodolfo Azurin Jr., have made almost the same sets of mantra: cleanse the ranks
April 27, 2023
“Shop has also spared Brooklyn another retro stadium. The architects have created something tougher, more textured and compelling, an anti-Manhattan monument, not clad in glass or titanium but muscular and progressive like its borough.”—The New York Times on Barclays Center IF we’ve been to Brooklyn and we’ve not visited Barclays Center,
April 26, 2023
“Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.”—George Foreman MANNY Pacquiao’s presence in the ringside when Gervonta “Tank” Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) destroyed potential Pacquiao comeback fight foe Ryan “King Ry” Garcia (23-1, 19 KOs) on April 22 in Las Vegas had two purposes: 1. He
April 25, 2023
“There is nothing more frightening than a bustling ignorance.” —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe WHERE are the good and knowledgeable senators? In the first place, there seems to be none, save for two or three. It appears the Philippines is condemned to suffer from having a set of mediocre senators as a
April 24, 2023
“There will be no whitewash in the White House.”—Richard M. Nixon THE White House meeting between US President Joe Biden and Philippine President Bongbong Marcos Jr. on May 1 will be the bigger picture in the ongoing saga involving EDCA and China’s growing assertiveness in the region, not the controversial speech
April 22, 2023
“Quality is everyone’s responsibility.”—W. Edwards Deming TAXPAYERS money is also regretfully wasted when incompetent panelists participate in legislative investigations and prolong the hearings with their ugly verbal acrobatics and showboating. There are legislative hearings like the ongoing Senate inquiry on the killings in Negros Oriental that can last for two to
April 21, 2023
“Only a strong economy can create higher asset values and sustainably good returns for savers.”— Ben Bernanke THERE is a positive sign that Iloilo’s economic growth rate will dramatically barrel upward in the next few months amid recent reports that city hall and capitol were in quandary whether the mask mandate
April 20, 2023
By Alex P. Vidal “The more efficient you are at doing the wrong thing, the wronger you become. It is much better to do the right thing wronger than the wrong thing righter. If you do the right thing wrong and correct it, you get better.”—Russell L. Ackoff THERE have been so many interesting and
April 19, 2023
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”—Soren Kierkegaard IN my opinion, Senator Riza Hontiveros, et al are wrong to overreact and demand for expulsion of Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian supposedly for making “disgraceful statements” when the envoy addressed the 8th Manila
April 18, 2023
