“Harass me and you will probably end up on social media.” – Steven Magee WE first heard about Evangeline Lourdes “Luli” Arroyo-Bernas when she filed a sexual harassment case against now retired diplomat Jose Ampeso in 1996, one year after Luli’s mother, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, was reelected as senator. The
January 14, 2026
“Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. WHILE many of his contemporaries in political infamy are already into the dustbin of oblivion, Ronaldo “Ronnie” Puno is surprisingly still very much active today in national politics. Now 77, Puno serves
January 13, 2026
“You don’t always win your battles, but it’s good to know you fought.” – John Greenleaf Whittier AS we have predicted before the year 2025 ended, the bad, ugly, evil will win over the Marcos Jr. administration after the latter failed to deliver its promise to jail the former before Christmas
January 12, 2026
“Our best theories are not only truer than common sense, they make more sense than common sense.” – David Deutsch THE uproar on gun ban and signal jamming during the Dinagyang Festival on January 24-25, 2026 shouldn’t confuse any Tom, Dick and Harry. In fact, it shouldn’t be an issue anymore
January 10, 2026
“Everybody talks about wanting to change things and help and fix, but ultimately all you can do is fix yourself. And that’s a lot. Because if you can fix yourself, it has a ripple effect.” – Rob Reiner WE shouldn’t condemn people who continue to look up to former President Rodrigo
January 9, 2026
“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” – Henry Ford MANY Filipinos think the biggest economic shocker when we entered the year 2026 was not the reported
January 8, 2026
“You can’t pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be against all of it.” – Scott Howard Phillips IT has been 36 years since our colleague, former News Express editor Teopisto “Pet” Melliza, escaped from would-be abductors by the skin
January 7, 2026
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” –Charles M. Schulz I HAVE stopped eating chocolates three years ago, the year my doctor in Queens warned me I could end up among over 25 million people in the United States who have type 2 diabetes.
December 31, 2025
“Ask not what your OFW relative can do for you; ask what you can do for yourself.” —Anonymous THIRTY-six-year-old Cindy (not her real name) decided to deactivate her social media accounts (both Meta and Instagram) hours after receiving a cryptic private message from “Sampaguita” on December 18 while working the night
December 30, 2025
“Silent night! Holy night! Guiding star, lend thy light!” – J. Moier MANY Christian believers still believe there is a miracle if we pray hard for gifts and for Santa Claus and his reindeer to knock on our doors this Yuletide season. Prayer, after all, is actually very simple. It is
December 27, 2025
