From Imelda Marcos to Manny Pacquiao, familiar names of Philippine political clans and celebrities dominated the ballots for Monday’s congressional and local elections, which will gauge popular support for the President’s anti-corruption drive and other reforms.
Ten political supporters of boxing icon and Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao were arrested Tuesday night for allegedly destroying the campaign posters of the Liberal Party-Achievers with Integrity Movement (LP-AIM) here.
Eight-division boxing champ and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao is banking on his so-called performance and “zero corruption” campaign to pull off wins for his party-mates against formidable election opponents in South Cotabato, Sarangani and General Santos City.
Davao City— The stunning losses of Philippine boxing’s “Big Three”— Manny Pacquiao, Brian Viloria and Nonito Donaire—has fired up ALA Gym boxers Rey ‘BoomBoom’ Bautista and Rocky ‘The Road Warrior’ Fuentes to train harder for their battles against Mexican boxers this Saturday in Davao City.
One of boxing’s biggest attractions may have been knocked out cold in his last fight, but senatorial candidates of the United Nationalist Alliance are still banking on Representative Manny Pacquiao to lead them to victory against the administration ticket in Mindanao.
At least 2,013 couples exchanged wedding vows on Saturday afternoon at an event here dubbed the biggest mass wedding in the country.
Manufacturers have changed the names of banned firecrackers to circumvent the prohibition and a buyer’s market is frustrating government and police drives against the large and dangerous fireworks this holiday season.
My first thought was that they were text jokes, and if so the joke was on them since they had just texted someone out of the country. But no, they weren’t jokes at all, they were perfectly serious.
Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao may have gotten over his stunning knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez, but some of his colleagues are still not in the mood for levity, especially coming from singer Justin Bieber.
Justin Bieber faces a possible ban in the Philippines after he posted photos of Sarangani Representative and 8-division world champion Manny Pacquiao that made fun of his knockout loss against Juan Manuel Marquez.
What sealed the vote of Rep. Manny Pacquiao against the reproductive health (RH) bill could be traced to that thunderous right hand that knocked him out cold in Las Vegas three days earlier.
The punch that wiped out Pacquiao wiped out the Pinoy. He felt low, he felt heavy, said Philip, a Pinoy taxi driver in Las Vegas. He did the night shift, starting out at 3 p.m. and ending at 5 a.m., and he had looked forward to celebrating. Of course not physically, he would be driving, [...]
“Don’t worry, we will rise again.” Those were Manny Pacquiao’s words when he returned to the Philippines yesterday from his fight with Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas, Nevada last Sunday.
