“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.”—Fred Rogers FOR nearly a year now, I have been suffering from nosebleed every now and then—day and night. Because they were random nose bleeds, I thought they were common and that anybody can go
October 7, 2022
“Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It’s absolutely unavoidable.”—Marguerite Duras I DON’T know press freedom martyr Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, 63, from Adam, but I became misty eyed when I learned on Monday (October 3) night that he was murdered by the notorious riding in
October 6, 2022
“You think you are killing me. I think you are committing suicide.” — Antonio Porchia, 1885-1968, Italian-Argentinian poet PERCIVAL “Percy Lapid” Mabasa was the 196th journalist murdered since democracy was restored in the Philippines in 1986. That makes the Philippines still one of the most deadliest countries for journalists. Mabasa, who
October 5, 2022
“The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.”— William Hazlitt ALL of a sudden, Ombudsman Samuel Martires has been so loud and proud. Loud in announcing before the national television he discovered that a security guard in a certain government agency he
October 4, 2022
“Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.” – Muhammad Ali BRAD Vocale, the former Australian National Boxing Federation (ANBF)
October 3, 2022
“I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.”—Alexander Alekhine FOR three days now, we have been waiting for chess world champion Magnus Carlsen to produce his evidence after he accused fellow grandmaster Hans Niemann of cheating in the recent Sinquefield Cup. So far,
October 1, 2022
“Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.”—Diane Ackerman WE can’t blame some giant media networks in the United States if they have been reporting “live” about the Hurricane Ian like the world was about to end. Hurricane Ian really was monster and one-of-a-kind.
September 30, 2022
“In the music world, concerts unfold strictly according to plan. But, as I’d been finding out, in the book world, things keep changing by the second.”—Dan Hill I HAVE pointed this eerie view many times this year to several visiting friends in New York City who happened to pass by between
September 28, 2022
“You can’t get anywhere in life without taking risks.”—Esme Bianco REPORTERS who risk their lives and limbs covering the actual devastation of typhoons, fires and earthquakes are like reporting about the war in the battlefield. There is a high level of risk and danger; the possibility of getting injured and maimed
September 27, 2022
“We are living in the excesses of freedom. Just take a look at 42nd Street and Broadway.”—Will Durant SOMEBODY had tipped this writer Philippine First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos would be in the Broadway to watch either “The Lion King” or “The Phantom of the Opera” on September 19, the night after
September 26, 2022
“You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular identity.” —Judith Butler THE meeting between US President Joseph “Joe” Biden Jr. and Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. at the InterContinental Barclay in New York City lasted only for six
September 24, 2022
