Ermin Garcia: Unsung hero in his own land of birth By Al S. Mendoza JULY is Sunday PUNCH month. Just right. Emerging from austere, inauspicious, times, the Sunday PUNCH was born in July 1956, when the wounds of war had yet to fully heal. Hesitation still stalked the land….
Let the trial begin By Al S. Mendoza THE case of the “sex-for-flight” scandal raised by our dear female overseas workers must be pursued up to the ends of the Earth. But what is “sex-for-flight” again? It means women offer themselves for free to men…
In Bangkok, LeBron is something else By Al S. Mendoza I WAS in Bangkok when both Games 6 & 7 were played in the just-ended NBA Finals. The trip was courtesy of Mitsubishi, which had me test-driving the latest Mitsubishi model in the outskirts of the Thai capital. “Please…
Despite bad traffic, tourism flourishes By Al S. Mendoza BANGKOK – This city continues to attract tourists like lamps to moths. It’s just amazing, indeed. Traffic is that bad here – it is No. 6 “baddest” in the world – and yet, people from all creed and race flock…
The case for Kabang By Al S. Mendoza KABANG, the hero-dog from Zamboanga, is back in the Philippines after undergoing a successful snout surgery in the US. Kabang lost her snout last year trying to save two kids from a road accident. Dina Bunggal, 9, and her cousin, Princess…
Healing and sealing By Al S. Mendoza HEALING wounds and sealing scars are worlds apart. Wounds can be healed quickly, depending on the injured. And scars can be sealed forever, depending on the scarred. Politicians that can’t accept defeat so easily are incapable of quick healing. They forget that…
He was never missed By Al S. Mendoza IN the olden times, in the Allied Democratic Republic of Apo Lasica (ADERAL), the President seeking re-election suddenly fell ill. And since most ailments do not choose the time and day when they strike, the President of ADERAL got sick on…
Where the heart beats best, stay there By Al S. Mendoza IT can’t be helped that wounds brought on by defeats in the last elections are still too fresh to ignore. After all, we are human beings. We have feelings. We can be hurt. We can’t heal that easily. …
The poor won – and then what? By Al S. Mendoza SO, did your bets win? Mine did. Many of them, anyways. Ted Cruz won a third term as mayor of my beloved hometown, Mangatarem. Cheers, pare! Pol Bataoil won a second term as congressman of my beloved second…
My choice By Al S. Mendoza CHANCES are you are one of 52,014,648 Filipinos qualified to vote tomorrow, Monday. But historically, only about 75 percent of registered voters cast their vote since democratic elections returned to our country in 1986. So, if you decide to vote, you could be one…
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