“If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrongdoing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.”—Epictetus WE’RE not surprised why reticent former Negros Oriental governor Pryde Henry Teves is also now being linked to the assassination of Governor Roel Degamo on March 4, 2023 and the other
March 29, 2023
“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.”—Alexander the Great IT is always better to try and fail than fail to try and forever suffer the thought of what might have been. Although he knew that the chances were slim, we admire Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas for his
March 28, 2023
“As long as anger, paranoia and misinformation drive our political debate, there are unhinged souls among us who will feel justified in turning to violent remedies for imagined threats.”— David Horsey ACCORDING to the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) as reported in the Iloilo media, the following five Iloilo public officials
March 27, 2023
“When fake news is repeated, it becomes difficult for the public to discern what’s real.”— Jimmy Gomez WE’LL be back outside the Manhattan Criminal Court in the Lower Manhattan on March 27, the day the grand jury was reported to be meeting anew for possible criminal indictment of former President Donald
March 25, 2023
“Nope, no sex scandals yet. But I am open to offers!”— John Cusack THE only difference was Dovie Beams, a Hollywood actress, allegedly became then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s mistress for two years (1968-1970). Stormy Daniels, on the other hand, is a porn star who claimed she had sex for one
March 24, 2023
“When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You’re part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.”— Studs Terkel I WAS one of the journalists who covered the
March 23, 2023
“One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician’s objective. Election and power are.”— Cal Thomas WERE members of the Negros Oriental press really “afraid” of the dreaded Teves political clan? In at least three interviews in the national TV networks, I watched in disbelief as
March 22, 2023
“All of life is a dispute over taste and tasting.” -Friedrich Nietzsche WHO determines whether what we pose on the social media is bad taste or good taste? To begin with, how do we differentiate bad taste from good taste? Who determines whether my taste, your taste, their taste is the
March 21, 2023
“The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits.”— Dick Wolf THOSE intending to obtain a visa for employment in the United States may check the list below in this
March 20, 2023
“No one loves the messenger who brings bad news.” ― Sophocles, Antigone AT least eight of the first 10 videos and news posted on social media over the week were about the massacre of nine people in Pamplona, Negros Oriental that also killed Governor Roel Degamo on March 4. Most of
March 18, 2023
“One ought not to return a wrong nor an injury to any person, however strong the provocation.” —Socrates IF we look back at history, there were more important and famous characters who suffered worse. If we suffer today from persecution, prejudice, discrimination, poverty, let’s remember how some great names of antiquity
March 17, 2023
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”— George Bernard Shaw WHY is it that sometimes we don’t communicate even if we talk? The lack of good conversation occurs because we sometimes take conversational ability for granted. We think that some people have either been
March 16, 2023
