The Philippine Daily Inquirer might have done right by naming Manny Pacquiao ?Filipino of the Year 2003?. He was deemed the person ?who has made the most positive impact on the life of the nation,? beating out such major newsmakers as the COA team that exposed Meralco?s anomaly and caused the refund of billions in pesos to energy consumers in Metro Manila and MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando.
The PDI is not as unbiased as Time Magazine?s Man/Person of the Year award, which makes its choice based on an entity?s impact on the news that year whether for good or for bad.
Dear old Philippines doesn?t have too many things to be proud about and the act is understandable. But some of our countrymen might have overreacted in their hosannas, declaring Pacquiao greater than Pancho Villa and Gabriel Elorde
