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Posted on February 6, 2012 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Talk ‘N Text ready anew for the Grand Slam Al S. Mendoza TALK ‘N Text is still euphoric over its recent PBA Philippine Cup victory. Well, we can’t blame the Tropang Texters. They did it in style, bamboozling the Powerade Tigers, 4-1, in the best of seven series. They were actually gunning for a sweep. [...]

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Posted on January 31, 2012 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Pacquiao-Mayweather fight still no go By Al S. Mendoza   AGAIN, there is no clear opponent yet for Manny Pacquiao. As we go to press, talks of a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight are off. That was supposed to be held May 5, the date Mayweather reserved at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The weirdness [...]

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Posted on January 23, 2012 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Fight of The Century?  No, Fake of The Century By Al S. Mendoza WHAT’S the latest in the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight? As I was writing this, it’s still a no go.  Nil.  Nada. N’yet. Mayweather, if the lady judge in Nevada doesn’t change her mind a second time, will start his jail term on June 1 [...]

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Posted on January 17, 2012 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

The hunt is on for Pacquiao’s next foe By Al S. Mendoza  (My apologies for being absent last week. Unless one is impeached, there’s no acceptable reason to miss a piece here.  I’m sorry, indeed.) *      *      *      * HOW would you describe the act of Melissa Saragosa?  Who is she by the way? Saragosa [...]

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Posted on January 1, 2012 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

My wish for Pacquiao in 2012 By Al S. Mendoza MANNY Pacquiao fought twice in 2011.  No knockout.  Only victories on points. He defeated Shane Mosley by unanimous decision in May and Juan Manuel Marquez by majority decision in November. To those not in the know, a unanimous decision means all three judges of the [...]

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Posted on December 26, 2011 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Again, what is Christmas? By Al S. Mendoza  THE Good Book tells us of a poor woman going to church one morning. While there, what did she do to merit God’s undivided attention? Well, first, she prayed fervently for Dear God to make her neighbors continue a life of security and happiness, free from disease [...]

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Posted on December 19, 2011 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Guv Spines should solve parking problem in Manaoag Al S. Mendoza  NOW here’s one worth our while. Among us Roman Catholics, we go to Manaoag to pray for the good graces that our Lord Jesus Christ may bestow upon us through Mother Mary. Many Manaoag devotees keep their vows to visit Our Lady of Manaoag [...]

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Posted on December 12, 2011 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Leave a Comment

Tiger is back and the second coming is here By Al S. Mendoza  I SAID it would come. It finally did, when Tiger Woods won the Chevron World Challenge on Monday at Sherwood in Thousand Oaks, California. Time, indeed, has its way of dealing with us. For nearly 25 months, Tiger Woods was in the [...]

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Posted on December 5, 2011 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Comments Off

Fil-Am golf builds bridges of friendship By Al S. Mendoza TODAY is the day before the blast-off of the 62nd Fil-Am Invitational Golf tournament in Baguio City’s Baguio Country Club and Club John Hay. So, from December 5-10, the men’s regular of the country’s oldest amateur team competition will be staged. (The event’s senior participants [...]

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Posted on November 28, 2011 - Filed Under General Admission, Opinion | Comments Off

Nothing new in SEA Games debacle By Al S. Mendoza  FIRST, Go Teng Kok, the athletics chief known simply as GTK, was expelled from the Philippine Olympic Committee. Second, Mark Joseph, the swimming boss, had been under siege by parents of swimmers that are supposed to be his allies. Next, many other athletes were not [...]

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