MANNY Pacquiao again delighted Filipinos with his speed and power as he finished what practically was a workout with challenger Oscar Larios. Except for that surprise in the third round, Pacquiao dominated the rest of the 12-rounder.
Unfortunately for many, they thought Pacquiao would immediately go for the kill in the early rounds so they bet on Larios not surviving beyond six rounds.
If the Pacquaio-Larios fight was a chess game, the Filipino had several opportunities of mating the opponent?s king. However, he decided on eliminating the Mexican?s pieces one by one before going for the kill in the dying seconds of the 12th round.
Aside from Pacquiao and winning bettors, ABS-CBN executives and owners must be grinning widely with the number of sponsors they got to the consternation of ordinary television viewers who cannot afford the cable pay-per-view rates.
While we anticipated a delayed telecast, I did not expect the Pacquiao-Larios fight to be aired in Channel 3 some three hours later. The network abused its monopoly of the television coverage.
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The expected increase in the exchange of text messages when the coverage of the Pacquiao-Larios fight commenced was cut because Globe Telecom?s system was down in the Vismin area yesterday. I later learned that a major underwater backbone was damaged.
No it was not because of another NPA attack.
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The knee-jerk reactions of local officials to reports of cyber sex dens were condemnations and resolutions to regulate Internet cafes.
But how do you regulate those who deliberately look for foreign chat mates who pay in return for seeing some butt or boobs?
One old-timer was reportedly surprised when he observed the behavior of some females inside an Internet caf? operated by one of his children. The caf? located in a southern Cebu town had no cubicles so he could clearly see what was happening. The teenagers reportedly would giggle then would suddenly pull up their blouses or shirts or would stand up and do sexy quarter turns.
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In my view, countering cyber sex crimes need IT-savvy legislators who will craft laws that anticipate how people with criminal minds will use information technology. It also needs IT-savvy law enforcers who understand how to go after cyber sex criminals.
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The opposition looked funny in their efforts to avoid a technicality by filing the same impeachment complaint three days in a row. But I don?t think the impeachment move will amount to anything unless the opposition musters 79 signatures.
Meanwhile, Caloocan Bishop Deogracias I?iguez filed the third complaint himself. He ignited another round of criticisms against church intervention in non-church matters.
At this time, the efforts of the opposition should be focused on getting the right number of signatories at the Lower House.
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After the Fr. Jose Belci?a case, the image of the local clergy got another beating with the publication of a Cebu priest who was sued by former altar boys while in the United States a long time ago. The former altar boys asked why the priest is working with the youth again.
