“A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.” ―Theodore Roosevelt IF a congressional investigation will be held in connection with the P680-million sinking flyovers in Ungka and Aganan, Pavia, Iloilo, taxpayers must not
December 19, 2022
“When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a
December 17, 2022
“Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.”— Vince Lombardi IT’S always hard to predict the outcome of any sports match especially if the rivalry is intense and both sides aren’t pushovers. So many factors and circumstances can interfere and instantly change the entire picture in a dramatic
December 16, 2022
“Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.”— Paul Theroux INSIDE the downtown-bound subway 6 train early morning on December 12, I noticed 16 out of the 20 passengers were wearing masks. Standing inside the car, I was aghast to realize I was one of the remaining four who didn’t have
December 15, 2022
“When you don’t take a stand against corruption you tacitly support it.” -Kamal Haasan WE hope taxpayers’ money wasn’t wasted or stolen in the controversial P680-million flyover project in Ungka, Iloilo, which was ordered closed 12 days after it was opened on September 6, 2022 after three piers or foundations were
December 14, 2022
“The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.” —Arnold Schwarzenegger AS Ilonggos, we are proud that the province of Iloilo was recently cited by no less than the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for distinguishing itself as “among champions for mainstreaming renewable energy.” UNDP Resident Representative Selva Ramachandran, in a letter
December 13, 2022
“I always had a philosophy which I got from my father. He used to say, ‘Listen. God gave to you the gift to play football. This is your gift from God. If you take care of your health, if you are in good shape all the time, with your gift from
December 12, 2022
“We’ve seen the hubris. And now we’re seeing the scandals.”—David Gergen WHILE people around the globe were agog and busy talking about the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Filipinos have been mired in the proposed P275-billion Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF). If the soccer World Cup was mentioned enormously and repeatedly in
December 10, 2022
“To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while. The first discipline of education must therefore be to refuse resolutely to feed the mind with canned chatter.” – Aleister Crowley EVERY morning before seven o’clock, I pick up a copy of the New York Times outside the door
December 9, 2022
“The game never changes, you must be in the secret before you are shown to the public.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson IF Herschel Walker were Filipino, he would have won the December 6 runoff senatorial election in Georgia, USA. But he is an American and was rejected by the Georgians partly
December 8, 2022
“Nobody wants to be associated with failing to qualify for the World Cup finals. I cannot imagine the shame of it.”—Rio Ferdinand AS Asians, we blessed the day we had two FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Round 16 knockout stage qualifiers: South Korea and Japan. Long shot. Big shot. It’s not
December 7, 2022
“I can’t handle dishonesty; I like integrity in people and for me, that’s very important in a man.” —Shamita Shetty THE act by dishonest public officials in the Philippines of hiring “ghost” employees and stealing their salaries is actually an old practice and, in fact, has been one of their chief
December 6, 2022
