By Alex P. Vidal “For my own singing, I used to be attracted by the baroque, the flashier the better, but now I prefer a simpler, purer style.” – Renee Fleming WHEN European culture started to generate a new artistic style, known as the Baroque and Rev. Martin Luther was having an amazing success in
August 10, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “The only thing better than winning a gold medal is going to Heaven.” – Mark Henry THE Philippines sent only one athlete when it first participated in the 1924 Paris Olympics known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad. He was 24-year-old runner David Nepomuceno of Albay province. We didn’t send
August 9, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Nope, no sex scandals yet. But I am open to offers!” —John Cusack HE sexually harassed 11 women, according to a New York State Attorney General’s report, and thus Governor Andrew Cuomo’s goose is cooked. If he were a Filipino politician, there would have been no demand for Italian-American Cuomo to
August 6, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “We’re human, too.” — Simone Biles WHEN I am unable to perform a regular task as a resident of New York, I think of Simone Biles. The regular task is doing something that helps me make both ends meet while enjoying it at the same time. Back in the Philippines in
August 5, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.” —William Tecumseh Sherman NO astute politician will openly unleash his rhetoric to woo the voters with barely nine months before the 2022 Philippine general election while the public is being besieged by the Delta variant. It’s not only bad
August 3, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.”—Euripides WITH the Internet and other high modern technology, it’s impossible he didn’t learn about his daughter’s gigantic conquest in the world of beauty pageant wherever he is today. It’s impossible he didn’t read the news, a national sensation in the
August 2, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “You have to beat the king to be the king. No one is going to hand you a gold medal.” — Donovan Bailey WE can never produce another Manny Pacquiao in 100 years. No doubt he is the greatest Pinoy professional boxer and the most accomplished and flamboyant to ever sweeten
July 31, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.”—Dante Alighieri SOME of those who were quick to “congratulate” former Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog when the latter was acquitted in an administrative case in a 24-page decision promulgated on June 11,
July 29, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “My children can really understand the Olympic Games, To have a medal is very, very special.” —Tim Henman I AM proud to belong in this generation of sportswriters. At least I’m still active and alive when the Philippines finally and officially won its first-ever Olympic Games gold medal in the 2021
July 28, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Boxing is serious. It’s not a game. Just one punch-change life.”—Gennady Golovkin STARTING when he “angered” President Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte, Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, 42, lost a lot of followers who were mostly Duterte die-hards. These sycophants are now ready to dump Pacquiao as a politician but not totally as an
July 24, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “The pandemic has been such an awful time for so many people around the world, but it has also been a reminder for us about the things that really matter – the people in our lives and the love we have for them.” — ANANYA BIRLA IT is embarrassing to admit
July 23, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Winning a pageant or sometimes simply participating in a contest can change your life. Outer beauty is just a part of the judgement, but what’s important are your views and opinions that are shown to the world.”—Lara Dutta THE word “defeat” doesn’t apply to the Miss Universe contest. All contestants
May 18, 2021