“…If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand…” –Mark 3:24-25 The conflict between half-brothers incumbent Senator JV Ejercito and former Senator Jinggoy Estrada, along with the clash between full-blooded siblings incumbent Makati City Mayor Abigail Binay and former Makati …
OPINION
Choose the lesser evil
“It’s so important to realize that every time you get upset, it drains your emotional energy. Losing your cool makes you tired. Getting angry a lot messes with your health.” –Joyce Meyer The “nabutang kami sa tunga (we are caught in the middle)” excuse does not hold water in politics. Friends and allies …
Inaugurating the Stonehill Suites
The inauguration and blessing of the Stonehill Suites last Wednesday was packed with VIPs, including politicians, socialites, and members of the business community. The newly-minted Bacolod City hotel is contributing to the growing tourism industry in Negros Occidental and is ready to serve local and foreign tourists in town for the ongoing MassKara Festival. The …
After being ousted as spokesperson, Roque is now seen as a ‘threat’
“…The Light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One a flame; in a single day it will burn and consume his thorns and his briers…” –Isaiah 10:17 Word is former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr. was removed from his post because those close to President Rodrigo Duterte feared the former Kabayan partylist …
Complications at the supermarket
“Scanner price accuracy is an important criterion for maintaining consumer confidence.” –Former Canadian Federal Competition Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein A recent trip to a local supermarket turned out to be more complicated than expected. With the store circular in hand, picked up an item that was marked on sale. As usual, there was a …
No sympathy for Conor McGregor
“I want to stay humble, but I have to talk because the other guys talk too much, and… I understand the crazy power the UFC PR machine has.” –Khabib Nurmagomedov It’s not hard to like Khabib Nurmagomedov as an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) choker, but it is difficult to accept his manners and unrestrained …
Rep. Vicente ‘Ching’ Veloso, what argument are you advancing again?
“…I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen, the people I formed for myself that they may proclaim my praise…” –Isaiah 43:20-21 I truly cannot understand the kind of argument Leyte third district Rep. Vicente ‘Ching’ Veloso is trying to justify by approving the …
Joshua Alim, a modern day Julius Caesar
“Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.” –Julius Caesar Iloilo City Councilor Joshua Alim made this Caesarean declaration on Facebook earlier this week: I have crossed the Rubicon…it’s congressman for 2019 – Ilonggos, I will fight for you. By refencing the Rubicon, a shallow river in northeast Italy, as the focal point of his …
A 15-0 victory
Grupo Progreso, under the direction of incumbent Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, is banking on a 15-0 victory in the upcoming 2019 midterm elections. Their projection could become a reality if there are no strong candidates to put up a challenge. At present, it would appear nobody has declared their intentions to contest the incumbent. …
‘Ang Maestro,’ a different breed of radio program
“…But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ For this reason, a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. So, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate…” …