“Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.”—Gabriel Garcia Marquez THERE must be something unique in Senator Ronaldo “Bato” dela Rosa’s personality that even if he was a known tough guy as a law enforcer before becoming a senator, some people don’t take him—or his public
June 24, 2022
“Probably the toughest time in anyone’s life is when you have to murder a loved one because they’re the devil.” – Emo Philips JIMMY de la Torre’s murder in the balcony of Crown Cinerama, a downtown movie house on corner Ledesma-Quezon Streets, Iloilo City occurred at around past one o’clock in
June 23, 2022
“I have no bad conscience.”—Alois Brunner THE Ilonggo indicted together with five other Filipino nationals by federal authorities for allegedly arranging at least 400 fake marriages in Los Angeles, California has denied he was part of the group that engaged in the illegal activity. “I never worked with him (Marcialito “Mars”
June 22, 2022
“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.”—Anton Chekhov GARY Lewis and The Playboys used to serenade us that when summer is gone, “I’ll see you in September.” “I’ll see you in September When summer is gone Have a good time but remember I’ll be waiting back home
June 20, 2022
“A broken immigration system means broken families and broken lives.”—Jose Antonio Vargas CHESSKA was only nine years old when her Michigan-based mother, Maribeth, “borrowed” her from Chesska’s father, Enrico, in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo sometime in February 2007. Now living with her new husband, a retired US Navy officer in Flamington Hills,
June 18, 2022
“When fake news is repeated, it becomes difficult for the public to discern what’s real.”—Jimmy Gomez UNTIL now, or nearly two weeks after several news websites in the Philippines carried a story that a Filipino health worker in New York City supposedly “punched” a fellow female subway rider “as a retaliation”
June 17, 2022
“Society is unity in diversity.”—George Herbert Mead WHY not “Little Philippines?” News in the Internet has been screaming that a street corner in Queens, New York City has been officially recognized as “Little Manila Avenue.” It is located in the Woodside, a known Filipino community, where several Filipino-owned restaurants, cash remittance
June 16, 2022
“With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news every day, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page.”—Eddie Vedder TWO
June 13, 2022
“Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.” —Dennis Banks BEYOND politics, war and pandemic, there is a chance for humanity to heave a sigh of relief by reading and spreading the sacred in our everyday life. We found this out
June 11, 2022
