“Perfect is boring: Beauty is irregular.”— Gloria Steinem TRANSFER or repair? Or investigate first? Instead of proposing for the transfer of the Chief Justice Q. Ramon Avanceña Hall of Justice or Iloilo Hall of Justice from Iloilo City to the Municipality of New Lucena, Iloilo Governor Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. should
October 27, 2025
“Punishment is justice for the unjust.” – Saint Augustine IF Chiz Escudero, Joel Villanueva, Martin Romualdez, Zaldy Co, Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada and all other suspected flood control project anomaly thieves will be prosecuted, arrested and locked in the Quezon City jail provided by the Department of Interior of Local Government
October 22, 2025
“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.”—Thomas Jefferson BECAUSE of the two successive earthquakes that hit Cebu in the Visayas and Davao in Mindanao recently, Filipinos are now fearing the so-called “big one,” a projected magnitude 7.2 earthquake that could
October 15, 2025
“I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.” — Khalil Gibran THERE’S nothing wrong with reporting to the public that at least 421 of the 8,000 flood control works in the entire archipelago were non-existent
October 11, 2025
“Investigation may be likened to the long months of pregnancy, and solving a problem to the day of birth. To investigate a problem is, indeed, to solve it.” — Mao Zedong ILOILO Governor Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. did not heavily press the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) central office
October 4, 2025
“Why let the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’ Our God is in the heavens, and he does as he wishes.” – Psalm 115:2-3 WE caution everyone from jumping into conclusion that the powerful earthquake that walloped the central Philippines, particularly Cebu on September 30, 2025 was “an act of God.” We
October 3, 2025
“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 FIFTY years since it was held, the record established by Muhammad
October 2, 2025
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”―Friedrich Nietzsche WE are against the death penalty, and we can’t imagine watching government thieves, including Filipino political celebrities
October 1, 2025
“Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.”—Chuck Palahniuk INSTEAD of arguing whether they engaged in vote-buying during the elections, some members of the Iloilo City Council should focus on more important issues with direct impact on the
September 30, 2025
“Corruption is paid by the poor.”—Pope Francis ILONGGOS will not accept that their reputation will be sullied only because of Congressman Dracula. They have produced great and illustrious leaders these past 100 years; the entire Filipinos hold the Ilonggos with utmost reverence for being brilliant, trailblazers, honest, resilient, industrious, and nation
September 25, 2025
“When all is said and done, our lives are like houses built on foundations of sand. One strong wind and all is gone.” – Hanshiro Tsugumo JUSTICE is slow if not elusive in the Philippines. The moneyed sometimes escaped accountability—but not guilt—like Houdini escaping handcuffs, straitjackets, and other restraints in daring
September 24, 2025
