“How to win in life: 1. work hard; 2. complain less; 3. listen more; 4. try, learn, grow; 5. don’t let people tell you it cant be done; 6. make no excuses.” ― Germany Kent WE noticed that not all lawmakers who came to Iloilo City to conduct a public consultation
February 15, 2023
“In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.”— Thich Nhat Hanh WE laud the efforts of Iloilo city and provincial officials led by Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas and Governor Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr., including all the Ilonggo lawmakers who helped organize the second leg of the public consultation conducted by
February 14, 2023
“If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don’t understand the problems and you don’t understand the technology.”— Bruce Schneier AT past midnight or at about one o’clock and 45 minutes early morning on February 11, I was roused from sleep by an annoying sound, a loud and
February 13, 2023
“No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.”— Milan Kundera OUTRAGED that the P680-million Iloilo flyover project in Ungka, Pavia has remained closed to traffic and motorists five months since it was opened and
February 11, 2023
“The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.”— Lao Tzu TAX season has started but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) surprisingly is telling us taxpayers to delay filing our 2022 taxes especially if we received special state tax refunds or payments. Should I
February 10, 2023
“Writing is reporting what we saw after the vision has left us. It is catching the fish which the tide has left far up on our shores in the low and depressed places.”— John Burroughs I CAN never be a TV news anchor because I am terribly “weak” and can’t control
February 9, 2023
“If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.”— Francis Bacon IT’S grossly unfair to all the Ilonggos living in Western Visayas and anywhere around the world that they have to endure the terrible shame and humiliation inflicted by the rancid P680-million Ungka flyover in Pavia, Iloilo. The indignity
February 8, 2023
“Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!”— Joseph B. Wirthlin WHILE in a hurry racing against the wrath of the deadly arctic blast that barreled through the Northeast (thank God the dangerously cold temperature lasted early morning on February 5), I made a “shortcut” walk from the East 67th
February 7, 2023
“In the Chinese view, the United States has designed its own system of rules about what constitutes ‘legal’ spying and what is illegal.”— David E. Sanger I MONITORED basically two major stories in the United States over the weekend: the record-breaking arctic blast and the shooting down of a suspected Chinese
February 6, 2023
“Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.”— Joseph Barbera IF you’re a fake dentist or someone who unlawfully engages in dental practice without any professional license and authorization, better stay away from Iloilo City. Not
February 4, 2023
“Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.”— Alfred A. Montapert WHEN I first heard about the alleged annulment case supposedly filed recently by Jinky Pacquiao against her husband Senator Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, I immediately dismissed it as untrue. Either some spin artists concocted it as a diversionary tactic meant to camouflage
February 3, 2023
“One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.”— Bryant H. McGill CONTRARY to fears and suspicions of some observers, democracy is not yet dead in the Iloilo City Council. Some city councilors weren’t afraid to defy Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” P. Treñas in
February 2, 2023
