“Vaccines save lives; fear endangers them. It’s a simple message parents need to keep hearing.”—Jeffrey Kluger REELING from pressures and being banned from transport services, some anti-vaxxers have used social media to “ask for your support and understanding…” insisting that “our rights and freedom are being violated.” At least four anti-vaxxers
January 18, 2022
“Don’t be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.”—Richard Bach SOMETIME in June 1993 noontime, I landed in the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) Police Precinct 1 jail after I was involved,
January 17, 2022
“When you test, you have a case. When you test, you find something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing, we would have very few cases.”—Donald Trump I MADE a total of five swab tests in four days over the week. Overkill? Maybe. Overacting? Possibly. Panicking? Probably. I
January 15, 2022
“Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular.”—Emile Durkheim THERE are signs that the astronomical ascension of Vice President Leni Robredo in Philippine politics from an unknown wife of a not-so-famous cabinet secretary who died in
January 14, 2022
“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.”—Paulo Coelho IF former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will be disqualified by the Commission on Election (Comelec), he can still appeal the decision and proceed with his campaign for president
January 13, 2022
“There’s even a feature on my website where you can translate messages into codes, so whenever I have any big news it goes out in code first so the diehard fans are the first to know.”—Nina Nesbitt A SHOCKING political story in the next five to six days is expected to
January 12, 2022
“I’m actually a very moral guy.”—Hugh Hefner BOY Tisoy is not the only powerful and influential person in society who has impregnated a younger woman and secretly maintained a second family. But he symbolizes the persona of a spoiled brat who sowed his wild oats and bungled, and spun out of
January 11, 2022
“New media and mobile entertainment are revolutionizing the way people learn about the world.”—Stephen Kinzer WE credit the excellent media coverage since day one of the sensational murder of Iloilo businesswoman Claire Diergos because it caught national attention and police authorities were able to dig deeper and didn’t blink from the
January 10, 2022
“There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.”—Ambrose Bierce IN a crime of passion where extreme jealousy is involved, is it possible for members of the entire family to plot and murder someone considered to be a threat to break up a family? It’s hard to say yes,
January 8, 2022
“Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”—Charles de Gaulle SOME politicians—local and national—who easily react adversely to the critical press and negative remarks from netizens in social media, are not only wasting their time, they are also crybabies who should resign immediately and find employment in
January 7, 2022
“On the pro-vaccine side – and not everyone does this, but I saw it enough for it to make me really uncomfortable – is a tendency to accuse people who are wary of vaccination of being stupid and not understanding science.”—Eula Biss IMMEDIATELY after reaching their apartment at past seven o’clock
January 5, 2022
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?”—J. B. Priestley BETTER late than never?
January 4, 2022