“Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success.” —C. S. Lewis WE reiterate that a sixth-place finish in a field of 10 countries is a dismal failure, not an accomplishment. We beg to disagree with our sports officials, especially Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)
December 24, 2025
“I’m not a saint.” – General Angelo Reyes IT is rare for a high-ranking Filipino public official to commit suicide after being caught in a web of corruption scandal. Except for Angelo Reyes and Maria Catalina Cabral, no other known public official of national stature in the Philippines has chosen the
December 23, 2025
“But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there.” – Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake WITHOUT a second thought, let me be among those who will dismiss any conspiracy theory surrounding the mysterious death on December 18, 2025 of 63-year-old
December 22, 2025
“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” – Rumi CAN we win the war if we lose the battle? Or is winning the battle more important or okay than winning the war vice versa? Although war, a prolonged, large-scale conflict between nations or groups, encompassing many smaller battles,
December 20, 2025
“No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.”― Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country ONLY the small frogs—at least two of them as of this writing—have returned the loot they funneled
December 19, 2025
“People always want welfare, development, and good governance. As long as you are delivering, people are with you.”—N. Chandrababu Naidu WE are proud to brag that aside from one of the top 10 wealthiest cities in the Philippines, Iloilo City, with assets amounting to P39.5 billion based on the 2024 Annual
December 18, 2025
“The score never interested me, only the game.” – Mae West “HAVE some shame” or “be ashamed of yourself” is the English translation of “mahiya naman kayo.” The line became famous when President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. directed it at corrupt Philippine officials involved in substandard and “ghost” flood control projects
December 17, 2025
“I would have preferred someone else to have been in charge of rescuing this story, but once again life has taught me that my role is to be a witness, not the leading actor.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Midnight Palace NOW that the United States House Oversight Committee has confirmed
December 16, 2025
“It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.” – Chanakya THERE is no other way to describe it. Such was the mortal sin that may have committed by
December 13, 2025
“Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.” – Horace THERE seems to be a smorgasbord of hot and controversial items in the Philippines these past weeks that some people are already getting confused if not provoked to think critically and
December 12, 2025
“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”—Mark Twain AT the remittance center inside a Filipino grocery store in Queens Boulevard, New York City December 9 afternoon, I noticed the Philippine peso was once again “bellow the gutter” vis-à-vis the US dollar: One US dollar was equivalent to 59.23
December 11, 2025
“Assassination has never changed the history of the world.” – Benjamin Disraeli IT’S the 53rd year since the failed assassination attempt on 96-year-old former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos, mother of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., which happened on December 7, 1972. The date coincided with the 84th anniversary of the
December 10, 2025
