“I would have preferred someone else to have been in charge of rescuing this story, but once again life has taught me that my role is to be a witness, not the leading actor.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Midnight Palace NOW that the United States House Oversight Committee has confirmed
December 16, 2025
“It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.” – Chanakya THERE is no other way to describe it. Such was the mortal sin that may have committed by
December 13, 2025
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.” – Horace THERE seems to be a smorgasbord of hot and controversial items in the Philippines these past weeks that some people are already getting confused if not provoked to think critically and
December 12, 2025
“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”—Mark Twain AT the remittance center inside a Filipino grocery store in Queens Boulevard, New York City December 9 afternoon, I noticed the Philippine peso was once again “bellow the gutter” vis-à-vis the US dollar: One US dollar was equivalent to 59.23
December 11, 2025
“Assassination has never changed the history of the world.” – Benjamin Disraeli IT’S the 53rd year since the failed assassination attempt on 96-year-old former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, mother of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., which happened on December 7, 1972. The date coincided with the 84th anniversary of the
December 10, 2025
“Every story needs an element of suspense-or it’s lousy.” – Sydney Pollack IT seems it is easy to commit a crime in the Marcos Jr. administration and delay the process of the criminal’s accountability or even get away with murder, so to speak. This apparently became possible because most of the
December 9, 2025
“I’m not going to apologize for my success. How I live is no secret.” — Ed Schultz IT would have looked good for his family and father if Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos faced the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) in a live stream instead of executive session which was hidden
December 6, 2025
By Alex P. Vidal “I’ve always been a poor sport and a sore loser…any other behavior might encourage a repeat performance.” – Josh Stern, And That’s Why I’m Single WE are happy with the position made by the Miss Universe Philippines (MUP) on the controversy that recently rocked the Miss Universe 2025. In staying away
December 5, 2025
“You have undertaken to cheat me. I won’t sue you, for the law is too slow. I’ll ruin you.” – Cornelius Vanderbilt WE wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt, but it has become obvious and crystal clear the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) and the Office of the
December 4, 2025
“When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death – that is heroism.” – Robert Green Ingersoll THE heroism of Rhodora Alcaraz, the Filipina domestic helper who saved a baby during a recent Hong Kong fire at Wang Fuk Court
December 3, 2025
“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”—Mark Twain SOME lawmakers, including individuals “hurt” by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Maria Cristina Aldeguer-Roque’s claim that a Filipino family can prepare a “noche buena” meal for only P500 were overacting when they “denounced” the trade secretary. “What kind
December 2, 2025
“Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.” – Alexander Pope IF it is true that former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque has serious medical issues, have mercy on him. As a fugitive hiding in The Hague,
December 1, 2025