Category Archives: Boxing
Aquino, Pacquiao spar over RH
MANILA, Philippines — President Aquino and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao faced off Friday over the reproductive health bill during the boxing champion’s courtesy call in Malaca Continue reading
Sugar Ray Leonard book says coach sexually abused him – NYT
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard has said that he was sexually abused as a teenager by a “prominent” Olympic coach, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday. The newspaper said Leonard made the claim in his upcoming autobiography, “The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring.” Leonard, now 55, said he was assaulted by the unnamed coach on two occasions. The first was when he was competing at a tournament in Utica, N.Y, aged 15. Continue reading
Pay taxes, but don’t support RH bill, Pacquiao tells people
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino boxing champ and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao said Tuesday that he does not support the civil disobedience through non-payment of tax. “Kung hindi tayo magbabayad ng tax kawawa ang gobyerno lalo. Magbayad tayo ng tax,” said Pacquiao in a press briefing. It would be recalled that pro-life groups have earlier threatened not to pay taxes and other forms of civil disobedience if the reproductive health (RH) bill is passed. Continue reading
Philippine president tours Osama ‘hearse’
Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) – Philippine President Benigno Aquino III was not home Saturday morning to receive the returning boxing hero Manny Pacquiao. Continue reading
Jinkee finds new BFF in Paris; Mommy D goes big for her 62nd b-day bash
The famed Pacquiaos MANILA, Philippines – Hotel heiress Paris Hilton seems to have found a new BFF in Jinkee Pacquiao. Continue reading
House runs out of awards to give Pacquiao
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has run out of awards and accolades with which to honor their colleague, Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, for his conquests in the boxing ring and the world stage. Each time Pacquiao returns from a fight abroad, he brings home an invaluable amount of pride for the Filipino people that he seems to naturally deserve government recognition. Continue reading