What are they, fools on the hill? Al S. Mendoza IS it true? Say it ain’t. I say this after I read Eva Visperas’s story at the Star on Wednesday, March 16. Eva wrote that some of our Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) members aren’t backing out from a nuclear plant project…

Salute to Salud By Al S. Mendoza NEARLY 40 years ago today, Rudy Salud, popularly known as the former commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), traded dried fish. Surprised? Think again. Rudy did that to tide his family by. It was not of his liking that he got into…

Fervent prayer for Donaire By Al S. Mendoza   THE case of Nonito Donaire Jr. reminds me of Gabriel “Flash” Elorde. Elorde, as a boxer, had his father-in-law as his manager. His name was Lope Sarreal Sr. Lope, who was my friend, was a regular guy who delighted both his…

Another circus, if not farce, in the making? By Al S. Mendoza   WHAT have we got here? Hey, if that’s not an outright claim that freedom from prison can be bought in this country, will somebody enlighten me, please? The Philippine Daily Inquirer, where I worked 20 years (the…

Another look at the Angie Tragedy ANOTHER look at the Angie Tragedy. Angelo “Angie” Reyes had been invited by the Senate as a “resource person” to hopefully shed light on the plea bargain bid of Carlos F. Garcia. Garcia was the former military comptroller accused of stashing away P303 million…

Why, oh, why did Angie Reyes kill himself? By Al S. Mendoza FIVE Ws and one H: What, Who, When, Where, Why and How. The six words are the main components of a news item, or column for that matter. Let us use the suicide of Gen. Angelo “Angie” Reyes…

Carnapping murders, bus-bombing: Who did those? By Al S. Mendoza TERRORISTS did it? As I was writing this, two suspects had been tagged as the perpetrators of the bomb that punched a huge hole to a passenger bus cruising along Edsa near Buendia Avenue in Makati last week. If authorities,…

Carnapping is new scourge of the times By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, this carnapping thing. Although it’s been in existence for quite some time now, carnapping has now become the scourge of the times. Why, because it has claimed lives – and continues to.

Is the city in ruins because of father and son? By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, the father and son thing. They are almost one and the same.  What the father is, so is the son. That’s been a truism “as perennial as grass.” A mango won’t bear a santol fruit….

The world is changing; sing it, Benjie By Al S. Mendoza IN September 2009, Manila and its environs were hit by the most terrible floods in years due mainly to Typhoon “Ondoy.” Marikina suffered its worst flooding in decades.  A famous village there – Provident – claimed lives due to…