“Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”—Exodus 21:24 THIS could go down in history in as far as the killings of journalists in the Philippines and their quick “solutions” are concerned. In only one month and four days after our hard-hitting colleague from Manila, Percival “Percy
November 8, 2022
“Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them.”—Norodom Sihanouk IF the voters and the appointing authorities in government aren’t careful, we will continue to have lunatics in government service. Taxpayers’ money will be wasted for their salaries, pelfs and privileges. Lunatics are mentally ill persons. Instead
November 7, 2022
“We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We’re always on the side of the animal being chased.”—Norman Jewison PARENTS or relatives who help protect and hide their children facing criminal cases from authorities could be liable for harboring a criminal. A former member of the Iloilo provincial board,
November 5, 2022
“Democracy is not just an election, it is our daily life.”—Tsai Ing-wen THE midterm elections on November 8, 2022 is one of the most important events for survival of democracy in the United States. Campaigning indirectly for the embattled Democrats, President Joseph Biden Jr. appealed November 2 to his fellow Americans
November 4, 2022
“The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.”—Denis Healey IF a son or daughter is charged with tax evasion in the United Sates but is (still) hiding in the Philippines, no amount of parental protection can save him or her. The accused may roll
November 3, 2022
“There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.”—Andrew Jackson THE recent junket of several senators to France led by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri was unnecessary. The money they used during the foreign trip could have been set aside to help victims of killer typhoon
November 1, 2022
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” —Honore de Balzac NOW that Mommy Lydia Grabato, the mayor of Mina, Iloilo had spoken regarding the case of her 43-year-old son, Rey II (namesake of the mayor’s husband), charged together with
October 31, 2022
“Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.” —Bertrand Russell OUR sexual behavior is often judged by clergymen whose qualifications include their solemn renunciation of sexual intercourse.
October 29, 2022
“He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.” —William Osler THE Theory of the Four Humours was introduced by the father of medicine, Hippocrates, thousands of years ago–even before Christianity, Judaism, and Islam became dominant
October 28, 2022
“Ambition can creep as well as soar.”—Edmund Burke WAS it a mere coincidence that when President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was reportedly scheduled to appoint the new secretaries of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Health (DoH) anytime next month, Iloilo first district Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin’s press statements
October 27, 2022
“Sometimes the scandal is not what law was broken, but what the law allows.”—Edward Snowden THE scandal that walloped the Grabato political family in Mina, Iloilo was like a hurricane. All of a sudden, they became the talk of the town; their enemies could be ecstatic after news spread around the
October 26, 2022
“I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations – one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it—you will regret both.”—Soren Kierkegaard WE learned from the report of Joseph B.A. Marzan in Daily Guardian on
October 25, 2022
