Pacquiao as poster boy for Catholic Church

THE CATHOLIC Church in this country is so desperate to win adherents to its cause—those against the reproductive health (RH) bill—that it had to make boxing champion Manny Pacquiao its poster boy.

Listen to “Pacman” defend the Catholic Church stand against family planning: “You know, in reality, even if the RH bill has not yet been passed, many people are already using condoms and birth control pills. So why do we still need to pass it when people are already using these?”

Hahaha!

Pacquiao is really a poster boy, with emphasis on “boy.”

A child does not lie.

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When the boxing champ lunched with Catholic bishops recently, wearing a dark blue suit and a purple tie, he expressed his full support for the Church’s stand against the RH bill.

Purple is the color adopted by RH advocates.

He said his wife made him wear the purple tie. But of course! Jinkee Pacquiao admitted she uses contraceptive pills.

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Here’s one for the books.

A man who didn’t go through four years of college was able to enter law school and pass the bar!

Richard Caronan assumed the identity of his younger brother Patrick and is now using the latter’s name.

Patrick took a four-year undergraduate course that Richard used as his credentials to be able to enroll in a law school.

Richard was one of Makati City’s outstanding high-school students.

After finishing high school, Richard went to the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) but got out because he did not approve of hazing.

Out of school and with nothing to do, Richard had several brushes with the law. He was reportedly involved in robbery cases and allegedly issued bouncing checks, for which he was charged.

Because of his criminal record, he assumed his brother Patrick’s identity so he could enter law school and be allowed to take the Bar.

But now his brother, as well as his father Porfirio, is now telling on Richard a.k.a. Patrick.

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines wants the name Patrick Caronan stricken off the lawyers’ roll.

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Some 100 parents are complaining against Villamor Air Base Elementary School and Pasay City South High School for not accepting their children.

Sylvia Tamon, Basilisa Ramos, Norma Tacgos, Lourdes Ibanez and Milode Eduarte—who said they represented 100 or so parents of these children—came to my program, “Isumbong mo kay Tulfo” at Radyo Inquirer-dzIQ (990 kHz), the other day (Tuesday).

The schools’ reason: The children, who have been in the schools since Grade 1 and first year high school, live in Taguig City, and not in Pasay City.

The parents said enrolling their children in Taguig would mean the students need to take two or three rides to get to school. On the other hand, they can just walk to their old schools.

I asked my staff to call up Pasay City Mayor Antonino Calixto for clarification. But the mayor’s secretaries, who were very arrogant, said Calixto didn’t want to take my call.

Perhaps if I interviewed the mayor about other matters, like if reports about the heavy losses nightly in the casino of someone very close to him were true, would he take my call?