“You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.” —Chris Gibson THE only way for a sensational crime to be prevented from happening again in the future is for the authorities to exert strong efforts to solve it and bring to justice all the perpetrators—from the hired killers to
October 24, 2022
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” —Desmond Tutu NOT all cases of murder involving journalists
October 22, 2022
“Fairy tales can come true it can happen to you if you’re young at heart. For it’s hard, you will find to be narrow of mind if you’re young at heart.”—Frank Sinatra in Young At Heart I WON’T be dwelling on the hullabaloo that rocked the alleged scheduled appearance of popular
October 21, 2022
“Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable.”—Bill Gates WE invite those who easily get sick (like me) when the weather suddenly changes from humid to cold to get a flu shot this early, or before the real battle royal—the winter season, which will officially kick off on December 21 in the East
October 20, 2022
“A friend to all is a friend to none.”—Aristotle I WILL flatly say no to anyone involved in illegal activities who will seek my “help.” What help could I possibly do since I’m a mere journalist? I’m not a PAO lawyer; I’m not a spin doctor. I’m not even someone who
October 19, 2022
“Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.”—Karl Kraus I WAS working as part time journalist in Vancouver, Canada when the scandal involving the foster son of then
October 17, 2022
“I made my money by selling too soon.”—Bernard Baruch IT’S a waste of time to debate whether Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” Araneta Marcos III or Sandro Marcos, the 28-year-old congressman son of President Ferdinand “Bongbong Marcos Jr. was correct when he uttered the now (in)famous line, “the peso is weak because the
October 15, 2022
“When you are a talkative and expressive person in real life, it definitely gets difficult to play someone who is so silent.”—Abhishek Banerjee BECAUSE of his being talkative, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri has always been caught with his foot in his mouth. The guy, a known blabbermouth, just loved to
October 14, 2022
“To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you’re truly wireless.”—Ted Turner IF we go to the nearest T-Mobile (my current service provider) store anywhere in the United States today, we can easily purchase a pre-paid sim card for our
October 13, 2022
“Sometimes I think sportsmanship is a little bit forgotten in place of the individual attention.”—Cal Ripken, Jr. THERE can only be one word to describe the predicament of Miss USA 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel: bullying. Yes fellas. The newly crowned first Filipino-American Miss USA from Texas was bullied by her fellow contestants
October 12, 2022
“I have a theory that all abuse, no matter what kind of abuse it is, is foremost an assault on the mind.”—Tara Westover WE denounce in the strongest possible terms the cowardly physical assault on our colleague in the Philippines press, Florencio “Flo” Hervias, who was attacked by unidentified thugs after
October 11, 2022
“The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.” —Che Guevara BECAUSE of the power of CCTV and the digital technology, there is a possibility that some sensational crimes committed in the streets and even inside the residences can be solved. The
October 10, 2022
