Editorial
83 articles · PhilBoxing.com
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A climb to the top
Last Saturday night, February 19, Filipinos who gathered to support the ?Filipino Flash? Nonito Donaire, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, left the building with proud smiles on…
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Merciful, again
TO A country spoiled by Manny Pacquiao?s spectacular knockout victories, Sunday?s slam-bang fight against a game Antonio Margarito may quickly recede into the second rank of our favorite Pacquiao matches. It was…
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Split decision
MANILA, Philippines?Under the bright lights of Dallas? Cowboys Stadium, Saranggani Rep. Manny Pacquiao today does more than represent when he takes off his jacket to face Antonio Margarito in a boxing match…
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A hero in his own right
"It doesn’t take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." – Norman Schwarzkopf HISTORY tells it that every…
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EDITORIAL – Sick society
Dionisia Pacquiao is having the time of her life. From being just the mother of boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, she has become a celebrity of her own. Famous personalities grace her parties…
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EDITORIAL – The Great Hope
Manny Pacquiao is on the cover of Time Magazine’s Asia edition this week. He is the first Filipino to be so honored after former president Corazon Aquino got the distinction twice. The…
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Sour notes in the anthem case
Don?t take lightly the lawmakers? threat to summon singer Martin Nievera to a congressional probe ?in aid of legislation.? Some congressmen wish to know if the law on the National Anthem is…
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Martin Nievera?s desecration
Mr. Martin Nievera might face prosecution, initiated by the National Historical Institute (NHI) for violating the Flag and Heraldic Code, or Republic Act 8491. He did this when he sang the National…
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Punch-drunk solons
LAS VEGAS Nevada certainly glories in its Mafia-related origins, the stuff of Hollywood legend. In a city where ?Cash is King,? the hospitality and entertainment industries of that city maintain a strict…
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Dr. Manny Pacquiao
In his next fight, world champion Manny Pacquiao may very well be introduced by the ring announcer thus: ?The world?s No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer, the only athlete to win world titles in…
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EDITORIAL – Dr. Pacquiao
Later today, at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Lahug, Cebu City, Manny Pacquiao (yes, the one and only) will be conferred an honorary doctorate in Humanities by Southwestern University. The conferment…
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The ?Pacquiao moment?
Let?s call it the Manny Pacquiao moment: the rare event in the national life when Filipinos are lifted from their chronic misery, are united in national jubilation and begin to ponder their…
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CONGRESSMAN MANNY PACQUIAO
Don't look now - but that appears to be the Pacman's game plan. By May 2010 (election time), Manny Pacquiao, the world's best boxer today and WBC lightweight champion shall have fought…
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Chasing history
When boxing icon Manny Pacquiao returns home Friday, he will find a grateful nation. Millions of Filipinos followed his masterful victory over the gallant David Diaz last Sunday; marveled over his lethal…
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Still scintillating
OKAY so Manny Pacquiao was unable to knock down Marco Antonio Barrera, whom local and international media described as "an aging boxer" due to his poor showing at last Sunday's bout in…
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Winds of change
Despite the usual violence, the slow count, vote-buying and accusations of vote manipulation, there are some refreshing developments in the midterm elections. The most notable is that the Filipino voter no longer…
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Anthem with an attitude
IN the 1960s, the rising singer Berlin Meneses recorded a very stylized and unconventional version of “Silent Night” that caught popular fancy. Meneses’s interpretation was so popular that one could hear it…
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Pacquiao for fund raiser
Manny Pacquiao yesterday said that if elected to the House, the first bill he would file would seek to put up a fund for the financial security of boxers. Pacquiao should be…
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Pacquiao rates a ‘Z’
THE champion, Manny Pacquiao, has won an exemption from the Comelec gun ban and was allowed to have 20 guns for his bodyguards. Pac-Man and other distinguished Filipinos can look forward to…
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Election gun ban
EVEN as President Arroyo ordered the Philippine National Police to map out a plan to dismantle private armies and ensure peaceful elections in May, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) approved 20 applications…
