PAL Interclub: A habit I can’t kick By Al S. Mendoza CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—I wrote this piece in this jewel city of Mindanao called fondly as the city of golden friendship for the warmth and bright smile people here love to exude. Buttressing that reputation is the fact that…

Political parties are like clothes By Al S. Mendoza UP TO NOW, I’m still surprised why many of you are surprised seeing politicians changing parties every now and then.  Don’t tell me you were born yesterday. How many times have I told you that’s part of the ball game? An…

Nani, Espine, Orbos and Pangasinan politics By Al S. Mendoza IF IT’S TRUE that Nani Braganza is fed up with politics, I’ll be darn.  Drat! Nani is too good a guy to leave the political scene this early – if ever he does. He’s only 42.  The whole world is…

Step towards the right direction By Al S. Mendoza UP TO NOW, the issue of which route to take to pave the way for basketball unity in the land is as blurred as the vision for reconciliation in our politically fractured nation. That’s because of just one association that has…

Pride and joy of Mangatarem By Al S. Mendoza I AM PROUD once again for being a son of Mangatarem.  For that matter, everybody should take pride and joy in his/her land of birth.  Every hometown has a spot that is special to all its residents. I am saying this…

Balikbayan season is the longest season By Al S. Mendoza WHO SAID the longest season of festivity for the Filipino is the Christmas holidays? Think again, fellers. The longest season is the balikbayan season. Since early December, our balikbayans have continuously come almost in droves.  That had been the case…

Agbayani for senator? “Spine” vs the doktora? By Al S. Mendoza I WAS TOLD that Governor Agbayani is set to run for senator. Or, let’s put it this way: Ate Glue wants Governor Vic to be in the administration senatorial slate in the coming May polls. “I think Vic should…

A lot of super in Baguio By Al S. Mendoza I BROUGHT my family up to Baguio on New Year’s Day.  That has been a ritual for years now.  So, from January 1 to January 4, we were at the Baguio Country Club.        I must say the Baguio Country…

Happy New Year! By Al S. Mendoza THE GOOD Book said: “Each year his parents went to Jerusalem for the feast of Passover, and when he was 12 years old, they went up according to festival custom. “After they had completed its days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus…

‘Your will be done’ By Al S. Mendoza TODAY is the day before Christmas, Christmas being the most revered day in all of Christendom.  This is the day 2,000 years or so ago when Mary would start feeling the final rumblings of the coming of her son, Lord Jesus Christ….