“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson EACH day, tension between the Philippines and China is escalating because of the never-ending naval skirmishes in the disputed South China Sea that prompted Southeast Asian allies and the United States to issue solid statements rallying behind
March 8, 2024
“Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.”—Hunter S. Thompson ONE of the biggest and most unforgettable news we covered in Iloilo in the late 80s and early 90s was the spraying of water
March 7, 2024
“The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.” – Lucretius WE wouldn’t venture to speculate what exactly happened pre-dawn on August 15, 2018 at Barangay Atabay, San Jose, Antique in the Philippines when members of the Antique Provincial Mobile Force, 301st Brigade,
March 6, 2024
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” ―Douglas Adams THIS month of March is my 36th year since I started as community journalist in Iloilo City, Philippines. Before I obtained my permanent residency status in the United States in 2019, a United States Citizenship
March 5, 2024
“Ben, you’re always running here and there. You feel you’re not wanted anywhere. If you ever look behind and don’t like what you find. There’s something you should know. You’ve got a place to go.”—Michael Jackson in “Ben” DON’T be ashamed as Filipinos that a rat was recently seen in a
March 4, 2024
“People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies.”—Don Miguel Ruiz SO many definitions have been submitted for the real meaning of “partners in nation building” but, every now and then, we hear some media, police, and political personalities reciting
March 2, 2024
“At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.” — Baltasar Gracian IT depends on our faith, background, and education. But it pays to maintain an open
March 1, 2024
“Good things happen when you get your priorities straight.”—Scott Caan IT seems the Philippine National Police (PNP) was created only with a priority to eliminate illegal gambling, the prolonged campaign that, so far, has failed miserably. Ever since the PNP was formed on January 29, 1991, when the Philippine Constabulary (PC)
February 29, 2024
“We only see what we want to see and hear what we want to hear. We don’t perceive things the way they are. We have the habit of dreaming with no basis in reality. We literally dream things up in our imaginations. Because we don’t understand something, we make an assumption
February 28, 2024
“In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.”—Thich Nhat Hanh PERMIT applications for boarding houses in Iloilo City reportedly rose in the month of February 2024 after City Hall initiated a crackdown on unlicensed or unauthorized boarding houses operating in the metropolis. The inspiring development occurred after a fire that
February 27, 2024
“When I became an American citizen, nothing’s changed because I’m still Asian.”—Jimmy O. Yang THE problem on graft and corruption in the Philippine government appears to have no solution in sight even if all the future presidents, including President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., will swear to eradicate it if they are
February 26, 2024
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”—George Washington ILOILO journalists may have topped the list of media practitioners in the Philippines with the greatest number of mug shots taken on record as accused in a criminal case
February 24, 2024
