Defining smuggling, stealing By Al S. Mendoza IS there rice smuggling really? If we listened on radio or watched on TV the past Senate hearings investigating alleged rice smuggling, it would seem none. And yet, before the probes, it’s been reported that the government has been losing an average…
The importance of Pacquiao-Bradley fight By Al S. Mendoza IT is now a done deal. Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley will fight on April 12 (April 13 in Manila) in Las Vegas. If you ask me, I’ll call this bout a very politically correct match-up. Anytime, I’m going to give…
Pacquiao, Bradley & Mayweather By Al S. Mendoza EVEN as the Pacquiao-Bradley fight has already been clinched, talks still continue to persist on the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout ever happening at all. In facing Bradley possibly in May, Pacquiao will try to erase the stigma of his controversial loss to the…
Mitoy and Osang By Al S. Mendoza MITOY Yonting of San Carlos City has gained instant fame for winning national singing honors under the mentorship of world celebrity Lea Salonga. Before his victory that earned him a fortune beyond his wildest imagination, Mitoy was a “mere” vocalist of…
Beloved Mangatarem By Al S. Mendoza PROGRESS doesn’t come easily. They say you need to work hard to attain progress. And progress spells success. Easier said than done. How come our farmers, who toil the fields almost from sunrise to sundown, remain poor? Isn’t it an irony that the…
Happiness in the new year By Al S. Mendoza WHAT is happy about the new year? Well, everything new, generally speaking, makes us happy. A new pair of shoes makes us happy. New clothes. New friends. New beginnings. The new year makes us new again that’s why we are…
Binay boo-boo will be forgotten in 2016 By Al S. Mendoza THAT 2016 is still a good two years away is the only redeeming factor in the recent Binay boo-boo. You know how forgetful we are historically. Was Erap not convicted of plunder and yet, he finished second behind…
Gov’t, lawmakers also to blame for bus accidents By Al S. Mendoza (May the birthday of one born on a borrowed barn on Dec. 25 reminds us once more of the goodness and everlasting love of our Lord Jesus Christ. Merry Christmas!) * * * THE government should take…
In Mar vs Alfred, Mar lost—and P-Noy, too By Al S. Mendoza MAR Roxas bit the bait and that was it. He got ditched. I refer to the gripe of Alfred Romualdez, the mayor of Tacloban City. Alfred went to Congress and let his hair down, deploring what he said was…
With Pacquiao back, let’s get him a new lawyer By Al S. Mendoza SUDDENLY, we have a new Manny Pacquiao. Boxing is like that. It can produce a hero overnight. It can also recycle. Don’t get me wrong. Pacquiao is already our hero of all-time. In fact, even if…
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