“Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.” —Nipsey Hussle IN less than two months, candidates for local positions in the May 2025 Philippine midterm elections will start filing their certificates of candidacy (COCs). From October 1-8, 2024, it will become crystal clear who are running for certain local and national legislative
August 19, 2024
“The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.” —Deng Xiaoping FOLLOWING the most recent polling conducted by the Pew Research Center, let’s pave the way for the
August 17, 2024
“One’s heritage and roots is something to be proud of and cherished.” — Sonja Morgan THE scion of a prominent family in Concepcion, Iloilo in the Philippines has requested Concepcion Mayor Milliard Villanueva in a letter to help recognize a local property used by Filipino soldiers as foxholes during the World War
August 16, 2024
“Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” —Bob Riley VERY inspiring indeed. It’s the first time in a very long history of sports heroism in the Philippines that our athletes were welcomed and treated by the Philippine Government, led by President
August 15, 2024
“Things come and go in the news cycle like waves of fever.” — Adam Curtis THESE past days, our attention was in Paris. News about the successful and unsuccessful attempts by our athletes to snatch away medals in the quadrennial sports competition poured every now and then. The media coverage was highlighted
August 14, 2024
“Most other competitions are individual achievements, but the Olympic Games is something that belongs to everybody.” — Scott Hamilton A DAY after the closing ceremonies of the 1924 Paris Olympic Games held on May 4-July 27, Ilonggo professional boxer Pancho Villa (Francisco Guilledo) scored a big win against highly touted Frankie Murray
August 13, 2024
“It’s not about winning at the Olympic Games. It’s about trying to win. The motto is faster, higher, stronger, not fastest, highest, strongest. Sometimes it’s the trying that matters.” — Bronte Barratt, Australian swimmer and 2008 gold medalist A TIE for 35th place with Hong Kong out of 184 countries that competed
August 12, 2024
“I’m sorry, if you were right, I’d agree with you.” — Robin Williams I THINK there was no need for the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) to apologize to 2024 Paris Olympics two-gold collector Carlos Yulo and his family when IPHO used the 24-year-old sports hero as poster boy in the
August 10, 2024
“I love the Olympic Games. The Olympics are an event that few can fathom but all can enjoy, and that’s why athletes work our whole lives to put on the greatest show on Earth.”— Johnny Weir UNLESS some Filipinos will understand and learn to truly appreciate what World Olympic Games is
August 9, 2024
“An Olympic medal is the greatest achievement and honor that can be received by an athlete. I would swap any World Title to have won gold at the Olympics.” —Jeff Fenech (Australian boxer, 1984 Summer Olympics) CARLOS Edriel Yulo was eight months old (he was born February 16, 2000) when the Philippines
August 7, 2024
“The Olympics remain the most compelling search for excellence that exists in sport, and maybe in life itself.” — Dawn Fraser (Australian swimmer, 3-time winner at the Olympics) IF we ask, who is the greatest Filipino athlete of all time? As of August 3, 2024, the day gymnast Carlos Edriel Yulo bagged
August 5, 2024
“To be an artist, you don’t have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It’s just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life.” — Viggo Mortensen ILOILO pride Art Geroche could
August 3, 2024
