The true meaning of voting By Al S. Mendoza AGAIN, this thing called voting. I went home to my land of birth that is Mangatarem for the barangay elections on October 25. Only last May 10, I did the same but for the election of the president and vice president,…

P-Noy rebounds in ‘Juan’ while my brod celebrates Al S. Mendoza GOOD job. That sums it up. I mean, how else can we best describe P-Noy’s performance in handling super typhoon “Juan?” Or, in the same breadth, should we not also give the ones given the marching orders to handle…

Noynoy learns a lesson from rescue of Chile’s miners By Al S. Mendoza RESCUED. That’s the word.  No more, no less. How else can we best describe the result of the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners in Chile? No one died in the effort. Even the six rescuers were…

Seeking revenge against life’s drudgery By Al S. Mendoza MORE years in school? From 10 years, make it 14 years. That’s broken down to two years in “kinder,” and six years each in elementary and high school. What a waste of time. And money. Are we that short of brilliant…

Will P-Noy make love and not war? By Al S. Mendoza ENOUGH of the gobbledygook. So, what’s the buzz? To get to the point, then. P-Noy wants the reproductive bill done.  That’s been his line all along.

P-Noy should take careful aim at Leila’s report By Al S. Mendoza THE ball is now in the hands of Paquito Ochoa, P-Noy’s executive secretary. Jojo, as Ochoa is fondly called, is now tasked to review the report of Leila de Lima, the Justice secretary who headed the Noynoy-created committee…

Noynoy acted in August 23 but in a different way By Al S. Mendoza CHEERS instead of jeers! That should be our reaction when Noynoy Aquino said he was also to blame for the bungled rescue of the hostage-taking fiasco at the Luneta in August 23.

Always, a good leader is everybody’s leader By Al S. Mendoza BENJIE versus Belen. Let’s get ready to rumble. From the red corner, Benjie Lim, weighing quite heavily with the crown on his head as mayor of Dagupan City. From the blue corner, Belen Fernandez, weighing quite lightly with nothing…

We denied him a popsicle, and that triggered it By Al S. Mendoza STILL on the hostage-taking tragedy. Any incident has three main characteristics: a problem, a solution, an ending. So, what was the incident?

P-Noy just missed a golden chance Al S. Mendoza NOT a single notable government official talked to the hostage-taker. That sealed his doom. And the fate of several of the 25 hostages, too. Include the backlash the whole nation had to endure on the world stage in the aftermath of…