“New media and mobile entertainment are revolutionizing the way people learn about the world.”—Stephen Kinzer WE credit the excellent media coverage since day one of the sensational murder of Iloilo businesswoman Claire Diergos because it caught national attention and police authorities were able to dig deeper and didn’t blink from the
January 10, 2022
“There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.”—Ambrose Bierce IN a crime of passion where extreme jealousy is involved, is it possible for members of the entire family to plot and murder someone considered to be a threat to break up a family? It’s hard to say yes,
January 8, 2022
“Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”—Charles de Gaulle SOME politicians—local and national—who easily react adversely to the critical press and negative remarks from netizens in social media, are not only wasting their time, they are also crybabies who should resign immediately and find employment in
January 7, 2022
“On the pro-vaccine side – and not everyone does this, but I saw it enough for it to make me really uncomfortable – is a tendency to accuse people who are wary of vaccination of being stupid and not understanding science.”—Eula Biss IMMEDIATELY after reaching their apartment at past seven o’clock
January 5, 2022
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?”—J. B. Priestley BETTER late than never?
January 4, 2022
“Humans are creatures of habit. If you quit when things get tough, it gets that much easier to quit the next time. On the other hand, if you force yourself to push through it, the grit begins to grow in you.”—Travis Bradberry FOR a change, we will refrain from making New
December 31, 2021
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.”—Ernest Benn UNLESS they are plain and simple nincompoops, candidates in the May 9, 2022 election—nuisance or serious—should be aware of their chances and be able to anticipate their fates. A candidate for
December 30, 2021
“New Year’s Day is every man’s birthday.”—Charles Lamb IT’S always in the heart and mind of every New Yorker to be present during the spectacular New Year’s Eve celebration at Times Square every year. But Times Square, a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center, and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattan
December 29, 2021
“When you are in the public eye, in the name of public service, you have to understand that the more people know about you, and the more people say they want to support you, the more you have to work even harder to uphold that trust.”—Nicole Seah THERE is nothing wrong
December 28, 2021
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”—George Bernard Shaw CONTRARY to what his critics have been saying, Iloilo City Mayor Geronimo “Jerry” Treñas certainly wasn’t asking too much from the telecommunications (telecom) companies Smart Communications and Globe Telecom when he demanded before Christmas Day
December 27, 2021
“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”—Voltaire WE wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This must be the most popular line in any Christmas song that we, in the Christian world, have learned to memorize since we were little kids. Thus, each year we
December 24, 2021
