“If you call your opponent a politician, it’s grounds for libel.” – Mark Russell WHEN our media colleague Manuel “Boy” Mejorada was arrested by police on June 7, 2019 for cyberlibel, it was a Friday night. Mejorada would have been immediately hauled to jail if he wasn’t brought to the St.
May 5, 2026
“The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office.” – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. FOR the record, when the late former Iloilo City congressman and justice secretary Raul M. Gonzalez served as one of the 11 prosecutors from the House of Representatives
May 4, 2026
“Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.”—Walter Cronkite WE are glad to learn that the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines (NUJP) Iloilo Chapter was revived by a group of talented Iloilo journalists in October 2025. We congratulate the chapter and the new members now led by Rjay
May 2, 2026
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” – Benjamin Franklin BOTH talking and writing should be the most effective means of communication in a civilized world. Next is our body language. Thus, we have come to realize it’s not enough that we write, we must also talk or
May 1, 2026
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” —Benjamin Franklin BOTH talking and writing should be the most effective means of communication in a civilized world. Next is our body language. Thus, we have come to realize it’s not enough that we write, we must also talk or write
April 30, 2026
“A God that never interferes is indistinguishable from a God that doesn’t exist.” — Oliver Markus Malloy WHAT a big embarrassment. It was a case of so near yet so far. The Philippine government did not only bite off more than it could chew, but one of its top officials tasked
April 29, 2026
“You’re not a baby boomer if you don’t have a visceral recollection of a Kennedy and a King assassination, a Beatles breakup, a U.S. defeat in Vietnam, and a Watergate.”—P. J. O’Rourke SOME critics of US President Donald Trump initially showed skepticism when a “flash” report broke out April 25 that
April 28, 2026
“Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.” – John Lennon THERE have been some Iloilo politicians itching to mount a comeback in the next elections who have associated themselves with soon-to-be disgraced former House Speaker and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin
April 27, 2026
“Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive.” – The Will to Power THERE are two kinds of truth: 1. Empirical, or factual truth: “There are more than three billion monthly active X (formerly Facebook) users
April 25, 2026
“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.” – Margaret Thatcher WHEN it rains, it pours. With so many controversial and big events happening in unison in the Philippines nowadays, Juan dela Cruz is overloaded, stressed out, irritated, confused. It’s like a macro film festival happening
April 24, 2026
“I feel incompetent to perform duties which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me.” – Andrew Johnson Joseph “Erap” Estrada was the first classic example of The Peter Principle in the Philippines. From a movie actor, he became city mayor, senator, vice president, and eventually president. He rose to his level
April 18, 2026
“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.” —Yogi Berra UNLIKE in the Philippines where it is exceptionally hot due to its tropical, equatorial location, temperatures in New York City have been climbing even if it is springtime. This week, weather in the Big Apple is expected to have record-breaking heat for
April 17, 2026
