By Alex P. Vidal “Vaccines are safe, effective, and lifesaving.”— Alex Azar THE good news is that my chances of being inoculated soon will hopefully be accelerated now that New Yorkers 50 years of age and older can now make appointments to receive Covid-19 vaccines. More than 1.65 million doses have been administered through
March 29, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Where human lives are concerned, time is always short, yet the world has witnessed the vast resources that governments can draw upon to rescue financial institutions deemed ‘too big to fail.’”— Pope Benedict XVI FILIPINO nurse Marjorie Carnaje described as “tears of joy” her emotional reaction to the announcement made
March 27, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.”— Richard M. Nixon IT appears only Sara Duterte-Carpio is standing in the way of Emmanuel Pacquiao’s ascension to the Malacanang Palace in 2022. Vice versa. With due respect to the pro-democracy 1Sambayan coalition led by former Supreme Court
March 26, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “I am not afraid… I was born to do this.”—Joan of Arc WE exhort our kababayans living in New York and other states not to be afraid in taking the COVID-19 vaccines even if they have no sufficient legal immigration status. COVID-19 vaccines are available to people of all immigration
March 25, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Kidnapping causes a long-term rupture in the psyche of those kidnapped and of those who wait for their return. It doesn’t end.”— Uzodinma Iweala IS he still alive or was he “silenced” permanently by some irate investors? It’s been a week since double-your-money investment executive Patrocenio Calvez Chiyuto Jr., popularly known
March 23, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “If bigots behave like bigots, it’s not a huge surprise.”—Salman Rushdie AFTER hurriedly disembarking from the Queens-bound F subway train in the Delancey Street-Essex Street Station past 2 o’clock in the afternoon March 18, I approached the two New York Police Department (NYPD) cops as they entered the main door
March 20, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.”—James Russell Lowell I STILL consider myself “luckier” compared to those members of Asian community murdered in Atlanta on March 17 in another wave of hate crime perpetrated against Asian Americans amid the coronavirus disease
March 19, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.” – George Bernard Shaw THE illustrious batch that produced some of the Philippines’ greatest statesmen and brilliant lawmakers like Alejandro D. Almendras, Gaudencio E. Antonino, Magnolia W. Antonino, Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. (Former President Noynoy’s father), Dominador
March 18, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “A crazy man finishes in the cemetery.”—Juan Manuel Fangio KILLINGS have become regular events in the Philippines. News of murders in raids, mis-encounters, and during the serving of warrants of arrest on suspected criminals and terrorists is being reported even in the United States despite the pandemic. Human rights advocates
March 17, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.”—Lyndon B. Johnson THE reason why anybody can be president in the Philippines is because of the unique provision in the Philippine Constitution,
March 16, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite!” —Tennessee Williams A SMALL group of Filipino-Americans in our community in Queens, NYC still can’t accept that Joseph Biden is the new U.S. President. And they can’t hide their hypocrisy when it comes to salivating for
March 15, 2021
By Alex P. Vidal “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. BETTER late than never. It’s been a year since the “vicious” attacks on Asian Americans since the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic started and U.S. President Joseph Biden has finally addressed
March 13, 2021