Why Cayetano clinched the Speakership first By: Al S. Mendoza FROM the very start, Alan Peter Cayetano would be first. He will be the Speaker of the House in the 18th Congress’s first 15 months that begins on July 22. That coincides with the State of the Nation Address at the Batasan, where President Duterte […]
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Just reminiscing By Al S. Mendoza UNDER dictator Marcos, there was no freedom of speech. Thus, from 1972 to 1986, every Filipino was forbidden to speak his mind freely. There was no law to that effect but during those cruel years of Martial Law, you seal your lips or you are as good as dead […]
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Man’s most despicable show of cruelty at sea By Al S. Mendoza LET us go to the facts. Fact 1: A vessel from China has hit the rear part of a vessel from the Philippines on June 9. Fact 2: The Filipino vessel was anchored at Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea. Fact 3: […]
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Scams & ‘ghosts’ galore By Al S. Mendoza THE Kapa and PhilHealth scams are one and the same. Two sides of the coin with exact con-clothed features. They both steal money. Kapa fleeces people’s hard-earned dough, PhilHealth raids government coffers. The Kapa is illegal business disguised as religion. In this benighted country of ours, religion […]
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Fake as the ‘branded’ in Greenhills By Al S. Mendoza THIEVERY in government happens because of crooks it endlessly harbors. Crooks come in many forms. They are heads of agencies or any branch of government. They are government employees from the top down to the rank-and-file. They know the law like the palm of their […]
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Why Lito & Bong won, and why JV & Jinggoy lost By Al S. Mendoza FROM showbiz, two won but the other two lost. The winners were Lito Lapid and Bong Revilla, losers JV Ejercito and Jinggoy Estrada. Usually, actors are virtual winners for two main reasons: Popularity and name recall. Lapid and Revilla are […]
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Catholic vote, police vote, SVS & ‘Ang Probinsiyano’ By Al S. Mendoza IS there a so-called Catholic vote? Seemingly, none. Otherwise, all those senatorial bets endorsed by President Duterte—notably Bong Go, Bato dela Rosa, Francis Tolentino and Koko Pimentel—should not have won on May 13. Reason? Mr. Duterte had consistently been critical of the Catholic […]
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Why Villar emerged as No. 1 senator By Al S. Mendoza HERE are some secrets sprouting immediately after the May 13 elections. They come mostly from the senatorial derby. First, Cynthia Villar. What was her chief weapon in topping the Senate race in a big rebound from her No. 8 finish in 2013? “My boss […]
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It was also a vote of confidence for Duterte By Al S. Mendoza THE Inquirer said it all. In its headline on Wednesday, May 15, the Inquirer bannered: “ADMIN BETS’ DOMINANCE SHOWS DUTERTE MAGIC.” The story said President Duterte’s allies took nearly all of the 12 slots in the senatorial race. In the early counting, only […]
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Voting is like buying a lotto ticket By Al S. Mendoza WE choose only 12 senators in tomorrow’s election, May 13. And yet, there are 62 candidates. Will the 50 losers sulk? Cry? That’s the trouble with most of us. Election has become almost a magnet that it attracts people to run like light to […]