“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.” – Rabindranath Tagore THE impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio hasn’t yet officially started, but some politicians expected to sit as judges have begun to grandstand. They are aware media is currently laser-focused on the subject matter now that
June 4, 2025
“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.” – HENRY A. KISSINGER WE saw the decline of quality leaders elected in the recent May 12 polls owing to lack of competitions in the local positions. Many important positions were uncontested
June 3, 2025
“Gay marriage is absolutely something that I am in full support of and a big advocate of, and I think it’s an important issue, but there’s a reason that I don’t talk about politics and why I’ll never be in politics. I am not the person to ever do that.” —Jamie-Lynn Sigler
May 30, 2025
“Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics.” —George Soros IF a taxpayer will lodge a formal complaint in a competent court against any public official for suspected graft and corruption, or a similar case concerning “misuse” of public funds, it can’t be a
May 29, 2025
“I was once like you are now and I know that it’s not easy; To be calm when you’ve found something going on; But take your time, think a lot; Think of everything you’ve got; For you will still be here tomorrow but your dreams may not.” —Cat Stevens in a song,
May 26, 2025
“Eastward and westward storms are breaking,–great, ugly whirlwinds of hatred and blood and cruelty. I will not believe them inevitable.” ― W.E.B. Du Bois THE big political news in Iloilo Province following the May 12, 2025 election was not the defeat of Raul “Boboy” Tupas to the “darling of the Gen Z”,
May 24, 2025
“I will reach out to the world from the corner of my little space and no devil can stop me from fulfilling this purpose.” ―Daniel Anikor IF we’re sure winners in the recent Philippine elections, we’re supposed to start reaching out to our political rivals by initiating the first move. Even before
May 16, 2025
“Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.” —Bo Bennett IF you lost in the recent elections, please refrain from justifying the defeat by parroting the oft-repeated declaration, “Now, I have more time for my family” or “it’s a blessing in disguise because I can now
May 15, 2025
“This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.”—Pope Francis America now has two of the most powerful leaders in the world:
May 10, 2025
“There is no dignity in wickedness, whether in purple or rags; and hell is a democracy of devils, where all are equals.” –Herman Melville POLITICIANS have not been popular in history even if some of them were good (we didn’t say honest). Either they were considered as liabilities or merchants of
May 9, 2025
“An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.” –Albert Einstein IT’S too late now for some candidates—both local and national—to fire or distance themselves from incompetent and harmful political advisers with barely days to go before the May 12, 2025 Philippine election. They would be hounded by a question of “why
May 8, 2025
