Don’t cry for me Asian Games By Al S. Mendoza IF YOU ARE still sad over our gruesome performance in the Asian Games, quit the crap. You are just wasting your time, if not unnecessarily taxing your tear ducts. I don’t even call it a poor performance. I call it…

Rules of life By Al S. Mendoza BAGUIO CITY–The weather here is at its finest this time of year.  Cool but not nippy. Warm but not hot when directly under the sun. Nice feeling when close to your loved one. Especially in the evening, when a warm body becomes your…

Pacquiao’s possible foe is 20-0, with 20 KOs By Al S. Mendoza THERE is this Venezuelan they want Manny Pacquiao to fight. Edwin Valero is his name. Based on his fight record, Valero is tough. As an amateur, he won 87 fights and lost only 5. He knocked out 57…

After the fight By Al S. Mendoza LAS VEGAS, Nevada, USA – Manny Pacquiao is not only a brilliant boxer. He is also a good entertainer. After knocking Erik Morales out in the third round on Nov. 19 (Nov. 18 here), Pacquiao immediately thought of the crowd. He not only…

You can bet on it: Another KO win for Pacquiao By Al S. Mendoza IMAGINE yourself as Manny Pacquiao.        You are the country’s toast, almost now the darling of world boxing. Why because your fights the last five years or so have practically become big time.       When you…

The lure of Lomibao By Al S. Mendoza OUR LOVE affair with elections is as old as your town cemetery. That’s why when Marcos killed elections with his martial law in 1972, the people hated him.  They didn’t show it, but deep within their hearts, they mourned the death of…

Where you are happy By Al S. Mendoza IT IS easy to understand why Chief Justice Panganiban voted to torpedo the “pirma” initiative. He does not want to go down in history as the Chief Justice who made the “pirma” fraud legal. He also wants the history books to judge…

No shortage of critics By Al S. Mendoza THERE ARE no bragging rights this time. I was right in the sense that in the case at hand, things really happen all the time.       This world has no shortage of critics, oppositionists. They’d always sprout like   mushrooms anytime of the…

Bayambang mayor deserves praise & support By Al S. Mendoza TRADITION is the hardest to kick. Take the sanitary landfill being mulled in Bayambang. Since it is an entirely new thing, expect critics to come forward. But I’m not about to join them. For one, the times tell us to…

Early bird By Al S. Mendoza THIS EARLY, we see a platoon of Pangasinan’s political animals coveting elective positions in the 2007 elections in May.  Among the most prominent thus far is Rachel Arenas, the daughter of socialite and philanthropist Baby Arenas. Charming Rachel Arenas wants the post of Rep….