“Pressure is something you feel when you don’t know what you’re doing.” – Chuck Noll WE can cite so many cases of world class Filipino athletes who have supposedly “let us down” just when we were expecting too much from them. Hero or superstar Pinoy (including those with mix races like
February 2, 2026
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.” – Marianne Williamson ENTERING the month of February 2026, our crystal ball tells us everything might not be bright, merry, and
January 31, 2026
“The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I’d rather fly.”— Len Morgan EVEN if airplane passenger Roland Lañojan, 54, a resident of Tayong Sagay, Camiguin Province has survived and was reportedly in stable condition at the Western Visayas Medical Center
January 30, 2026
“It’ll work, if God, wind, leads, ice, snow, and all the hells of this damned frozen land are willing.”—Matthew Henson ALTHOUGH “we were caught prepared” (not “unprepared” as we usually hear in normal conversations) when a monster snowstorm slammed the East Coast early morning January 26 (when the 2026 Dinagyang Festival
January 29, 2026
“It’s not what you look that matters. It’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau NOTHING can beat the Ilonggos when it comes to unity, panache, radiance, splendor, preparations and hosting of gigantic events like the exciting Dinagyang Festival. Thus, we take exception when some media networks in Imperial Manila sometimes
January 24, 2026
“For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial ‘I eat ethnic food’, to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.” – Randa Abdel-Fattah BACK in the 70s in Iloilo City in the Philippines, we
January 23, 2026
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”—Marcus Aurelius IF he were in Metro Manila or near where supporters of Ramon Bautista “Bong” Revilla Jr. were holding a rally in support of the former senator on January 19, our friend Arnel Asturias, punong barangay of
January 22, 2026
“A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection.” – Arthur Bloch IF the flood control project anomalies were not uncovered, no high-ranking official from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) would schedule a visit to inspect the Aganan Flyover in Pavia, Iloilo, a parallel project
January 20, 2026
“I never understood why anyone would have sex on the floor until I was with you, and I realized: you don’t realize you’re on the floor.” – David Levithan A FORMER physical education (P.E.) teacher, stricken with a life-threatening disease from Cagayan de Oro City in the Philippines, has only one
January 19, 2026
“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.” – John Lennon When Amparo Trias landed in the United States via Los Angeles, California sometime in 1990, she knew flying back again to the “land of milk and honey” – if ever she decided to return to the Philippines–would be
January 17, 2026
“We live in such an age of chatter and distraction. Everything is a challenge for the ears and eyes.” – Rebecca Pidgeon THE news that a billionaire, who badly needs a haircut, has sued a young politician, who needs a hairstyle, for cyber libel, is a distraction amid the myriads of
January 16, 2026
“To me, protesting and playing music go hand in hand.” – Tim Commerford IN a hilarious coincidence, I received a letter from the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East dues supervisor Jacqueline Leung dated January 6, 2026 returning the check I sent dated December 8, 2025 to the the largest healthcare workers’
January 15, 2026
