“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.” — Ernest Benn IF Iloilo Governor Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. is facing a stronger opponent in the May 12, 2025 midterm elections, he will not dare endorsing candidates running for other local positions
October 29, 2024
“Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.” —Indira Gandhi NO clear winner yet. At least this is how the recent national polls were saying although we have been emphasizing that the US presidential race won’t be decided by popularity votes, but by race to 270 electoral
October 28, 2024
“One of the greatest gifts I’ve ever gotten is my daughter.”— Ace Frehley EVEN if she didn’t want to be a candidate for Iloilo City mayor, Raisa Treñas-Chu couldn’t say no to her father, Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas. Even if she didn’t need the highest elective position in Iloilo City, Mrs.
October 23, 2024
“That’s something I’ve struggled with my entire life—people underestimating me.” —Jurnee Smollett-Bell IF Ilonggos will think Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas isn’t getting younger anymore and has been dealing with type 2 diabetes aside from his sinus surgery last month, some of them have good reason to surmise there could
September 10, 2024
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”—Calvin Coolidge MORE neophyte lawmakers in the House of Representatives are gaining national prominence and attention because of their impressive performances in various committee investigations conducted these past weeks, including the ongoing high-strung quad-committee
September 9, 2024
“We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.”—Mao Zedong ILOILO City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas recently told the Iloilo City Hall press, “There’s nothing to worry about. I am ready to fight”—his pre-election shibboleth after successfully undergoing a sinus surgery last month. “Ready to fight” could be a
September 7, 2024
“Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.” —Imelda Marcos THE 2016 US presidential election was the first official presidential election in the United States that I covered physically as a journalist based in New York. I did “cover” the 2012 presidential tussle between Democrat’s Barrack Obama and Republican’s Mitt Romney,
September 6, 2024
“Only a person who has passed through the gate of humility can ascend to the heights of the spirit.” — Rudolf Steiner ONE of the chief reasons why many famous characters—including public officials—fall in disgrace too soon is because they lack humility. When we don’t have humility, we tend to be haughty,
September 5, 2024
“I couldn’t stand back and watch the strong economy that my father envisioned go to ruins.” — Park Geun-hye THE Ilonggos soundly rejected President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in favor of former Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo in the 2022 presidential election, but after two years, the relationship may have ameliorated
September 4, 2024
“I believe that if you treat China as an enemy, then it is likely to become one.” —Peter Mandelson WE have been assaulted, harassed, threatened, chased, bullied many times in the West Philippine Sea. China has been repeating, perpetuating, stepping up the bullying in the disputed sea multiple times. It’s an open
September 3, 2024
