Bulosan, Ka Roger & Randy By Al S. Mendoza SPORTS BUFF Randy Oriel, a distinguished dentist based in Los Angeles, California, is in town to be by his ailing mother’s side. Thank God, his mother is fine now and is recuperating at home in their beloved hometown of Binalonan. Speaking…
Fight of the Century By Al S. Mendoza THIRTY-ONE YEARS AGO today, October 1, Muhammad Ali made boxing history right here in the Philippines. No, not that Ali defeated Joe Frazier for the world heavyweight crown, although that particular Ali victory was also one of the definitive moments in Ali’s…
Saving Sabio By Al S. Mendoza FROM THE VERY start, I did not fully agree with the formation of the PCGG. For one, the PCGG is an aberration because its establishment defeats the very purpose of the existence of government: Service to the people. Creating an agency for that merely…
War in my village By Al S. Mendoza THERE’S A WAR in my village because of trees. Can you imagine anybody hating trees? He must be nuts, or someone living on water (siyokoy). Nuts as in he has no use of the shade of a tree? Siyokoy as in trees…
MVP to the Rescue By Al S. Mendoza MVP coming in as the top gun in the basketball imbroglio might yet signal the dawning of a new era in the sport. The stature alone of MVP (Manny V. Pangilinan) is nearly enough to gather all the warring factions in basketball…
Lina line By Al S. Mendoza I MAINTAIN that Joey Lina remains the key to ending the country’s basketball impasse. I say that again in the wake of recent calls to make Rudy Salud referee the POC-BAP rift in a last-ditch bid to toss the ailing sport back to the…
Men that matter By Al S. Mendoza ONE CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION of the world, the other the Philippines. American billionaire Warren E. Buffett has made one stupendous move for mankind when he donated almost more than three-fourths of his fortune to charity. That was some weeks ago. Just very recently,…
Tita Eggie By Al S. Mendoza I MOVED TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer because of Eugenia Duran Apostol, who is fondly called Eggie. That was in 1986, shortly after the bloodless February Edsa Revolt that toppled the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. I was plucked out from the Bulletin Today (now…
Nurses nurse early win By Al S. Mendoza HERE’S GOOD NEWS to the passers of the recent nursing board exams, especially to those who did not benefit from the leaked test questions. On August 15, Tuesday, 400 nursing deans will dialogue with the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC) headed by Leonor…
Joan & Gringo did us proud By Al S. Mendoza ONE WAS BORN rich, the other poor. Their differences end there. Both are No. 1 in exams they had separately taken. Joan A de Venecia, who belongs to the rich and mighty De Venecia clan that has Speaker Joe DV…
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