“The genius of impeachment lay in the fact that it could punish the man without punishing the office.” – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. THE better term to describe the impeachment case filed against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio should be “mummified.” Since it has been “archived” in the senate, mummified should
August 9, 2025
“All the food we eat-every grain of rice and kernel of corn-has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isn’t whether our food has been modified, but how.” – Michael Specter WHY only 60 days and not six months or one year and
August 8, 2025
“We’ve got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?” — Lee Iacocca THIS time, the air quality in a small city in the Third World is “better” than the air quality in two major American states. Because of the Canadian wildfires, it is now “safer” to inhale
August 7, 2025
“Some people don’t like long bus rides, but I love them. There’s sort of a sense of solitude.” – Sam Hunt IT seems the Marcos Jr. administration has the penchant of reviving public transportation systems that have long been dead if not considered obsolete. And we have been consistently opposing it
August 2, 2025
“Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening.” —Alexander Woollcott IT seems the Makati City-based Games and Amusement Board (GAB) has shot itself in the foot by “sanctioning” and “supervising” the aborted duel between Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Nicolas Torre III and Davao City Vice Mayor Baste Duterte at
July 28, 2025
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln WE are saying this again for the umpteenth time: we should have started planting trees massively at least 90 to 100 years ago. We mean, a no-nonsense tree-planting activity
July 26, 2025
“A superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.” —Confucius WHAT most Ilonggos wanted to hear after the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 28 would be the SOPA (State of the Province Address), SOCA (State of the City Address), SOMA (State of the Municipality
July 25, 2025
“As history has repeatedly proven, one trade tariff begets another, then another – until you’ve got a full-blown trade war. No one ever wins, and consumers always get screwed. — Mark McKinnon WE’RE not mathematicians, but did the Philippines really get a fair deal when President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. “agreed” with
July 24, 2025
“Give me your answer, fill in a form, Mine forevermore. Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I’m sixty-four?” —The Beatles NOW that they have given him reason to continue chasing for that elusive WBC belt with a 115-113, 114-114, 114-114 majority draw after 12 rounds against champion
July 21, 2025
“I prefer to be alive, so I’m cautious about taking risks.” – Werner Herzog DO we really need another world boxing crown? Why not if it will catapult the Philippines back to limelight? But do we need to sacrifice a national crown for that additional world crown? Of course not. Manny Pacquiao
July 18, 2025
“Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against.” – Barry Gardiner I GREW up in a city in the Philippines where flash floods were a normal event. Every now and then, Ilonggos grappled with flash floods during heavy downpours with or without typhoons. But not
July 17, 2025
