We must never surrender By Al S. Mendoza WE remain gripped by the virus scare, stalling many plans and actions of both public and private sectors. Practically all of the government’s concerns address the COVID-19 pandemic bedeviling the world for nearly five months now. Our poor folk aren’t only…
‘I’m inutile… and I cannot do anything’ By Al S. Mendoza FOREIGN policy has always been a tricky, if not bothersome, business for any sitting president of the republic. President Duterte is no exception. At the outset of his administration following his landslide victory in 2016, Mr. Duterte has…
My SONA By Al S. Mendoza THIS is my own State of Nothing Address (SONA). Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. What’s for dinner? Let Valentin Dakuykoy, my legman forever, provide the answer. And his answer would be inabraw, dinengdeng and pakbet. What’s going to wash them down? Megan Gana,…
Blow to both press freedom and the people By Al S. Mendoza THE hardest hit in the recent killing of the ABS-CBN franchise renewal are the 11,000 or so employees of the TV network. Anyone disputing that has a stone for a heart and deserves no place in a…
Insanely Edsa inefficiency has got to end By Al S. Mendoza WHEN will it end? I refer to the seeming practice of making Edsa a traffic laboratory. Guinea pig. How many new ideas have they introduced in a bid to improve the flow of traffic at the country’s premiere artery?…
Glad to be friends with Floro & RSA By Al S. Mendoza IT is common knowledge that, usually, the rich will not give big tips to the waiter. Many a time, I’ve seen the not-so-rich out-tip the filthy rich. The everyday explanation for this? One becomes rich because he…
Jeepneys must return to restore normalcy By Al S. Mendoza OUR jeepney drivers are up in arms. Just right. They’ve gone virtually hungry since the pandemic hit the world in March. With driving as their only means of livelihood forcibly stripped away, they are desperate. Devastated. When hunger pangs attack, laws…
Remembering BOSS Danding By Al S. Mendoza I happen to have a ton of memories about Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., the San Miguel Corp. patriarch, who had passed on June 16 just two days after he turned 85 on June 14. He had been ailing for some time, having undergone…
How much is life today in America? By Al S. Mendoza RACIAL discrimination it is called. America’s white being innately superior over the black in virtually every aspect of life. It’s been a deadly thingamajig since time immemorial. Ugly. But it’s like the pesky fly in summer: It just persists…
Human pestilence as horribly harmful as Covid-19 By Al S. Mendoza GOVERNMENT and governed must work hand in hand in the name of success. Said in another way, leaders and followers are engines of progress if harnessed properly. This should be the mode amid the current crisis. Who compose…
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