Still on lotto By Al S. Mendoza THEY say they come in threes.  And so, this will be the third time in three weeks that I’m going to write about lotto. This one’s tragic, though.  Not all lotto stories are happy, you know, or have happy endings. Normally, it starts…

Mangatarem’s 2 lotto winners By Al S. Mendoza MANY reacted to my lotto column last week. Some said, it’s but right to keep the identities of lotto winners to protect them from harm. “They might get kidnapped, or get killed, for their wealth,” they said. Some said, yes, they should…

Lotto, best proof of the absence of peace and order By Al S. Mendoza AN American couple recently won $126 million in lotto play in Oklahoma. Before that, a Filipino from the Visayas reportedly won P98 million in lotto play in the Philippines about a month or so ago. I…

If I were Spines By Al S. Mendoza FROM General to Congressman to Governor. That’s Amado T. Espino, a.k.a. Spines. Spines was the former provincial commander of Pangasinan before he became congressman of my beloved Second District where I had been voting since Cory’s reign. A two-term congressman beginning 2001,…

Insan Ponsing’s Malasiqui, a boom town By Al S. Mendoza SOL Juvida and I were in Malasiqui on Tuesday, June 19, to pay our last respects to Eufemia Barrozo, a gracious woman who was the mother of Alma Juvida. The last time we were there was last Holy Week. We…

Mayor Nani as Mr. Nature By Al S. Mendoza MAYOR Nani Braganza of Alaminos City has not stopped amazing me. First, he said he was disgusted with the national leaders in the run-up to the May 14 polls. He went on to lambaste his political elders for what he called…

Where is Jonas? By Al S. Mendoza WHAT’S peace and order again? You have peace of mind when you roam the streets under moonlit skies. You can sleep tight at night even with your windows wide open. You can stroll at the park unmolested by muggers or holdup men. You…

Possessiveness knocks out Pacquiao By Al S. Mendoza DID Manny Pacquiao really lose? I mean, did Darlene Antonino-Custodio knock Pacquiao out in the last elections in South Cotabato? There are two ways to answer this.  One, Pacquiao lost the votes to Darlene. Two, the voters won Pacquiao back to their…

Why they won By Al S. Mendoza JOE de Venecia won again. Anybody surprised by that?  Not me.  Al Fernandez recaptured city hall.  Anybody surprised by that?  Not me. Amado “Espines” Espino won as Pangasinan governor.  Anybody surprised by that? Not me.

Hell, why the dancer instead of the attacker? By Al S. Mendoza YOU honestly believe Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Oscar De La Hoya last Sunday, May 6? If   you do, then you are the so-called only thorn among the roses. Everywhere I went moments after the fight, people would call…