Bong O. Wenceslao
14 articles · Sun.Star Cebu
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Wenceslao: Floyd and Manny
FLOYD Mayweather Jr. is in the Philippines. ?Floyd who?? If you lived in a cave for the past couple of decades, you may ask that. But I am a boxing fan, so…
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Wenceslao: Miriam vs. Pacquiao
ON Aug. 16, 2011, the late senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, then chairperson of the Senate committee on foreign relations, delivered in the Senate halls a speech pushing for the passage of Senate Resolution…
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Wenceslao: Would Pacquiao?s fight boost his candidacy?
FILIPINO boxing icon Manny Pacquiao, who is running for the Senate in the May elections, has arrived in Las Vegas for his fight with American Timothy Bradley this Sunday. The bout is…
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Wenceslao: Pacman: the contrary view
FROM hero to heel. That?s how fast some people?s view of Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao shifted in the wake of the revelation he suffered a right shoulder injury almost a month…
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Pacquiao in richest fight
IT IS bound to be the richest fight in boxing history. Repeat: in boxing history. And a Filipino boxer is in it. American Floyd Mayweather Jr., currently world boxing?s pound-for-pound king, has…
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Pacquiao?s legacy is, indeed, secure
I WILL watch tomorrow?s welterweight bout between Filipino Manny Pacquiao and American Timothy Bradley in my house on pay-per-view. SkyCable collected from me P999 (translation, P1,000). That?s too expensive compared with the…
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Wenceslao: Pacquiao at the crossroads
WE watched Manny Pacquiao?s bout with American Timothy Bradley in Las Vegas, Nevada on pay-per-view last Sunday in the comfort of our home. One thing good with PPV is that the coverage…
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Pacman the politician
HOW huge a politician is Rep. Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao now? Was he able to bring all the goodwill he got as world boxing?s pound-for-pound best (Ring Magazine says the crown is now…
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Wenceslao: Pacman going full throttle as politician
HOW much can one of the world?s highest-paid athletes give to his less-privileged people? It depends upon the temperament of the athlete. In the case of boxing?s pound-for-pound best, the Filipino Emmanuel…
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Rufus Rodriguez?s Pacquiao gambit
I WON't condemn Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez for lobbying to stop Manny Pacquiao?s Dec. 6 date with Oscar de la Hoya. He could be really concerned with Pacman?s physical well-being…
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Pacquiao-Darlene, Pacquiao-Oscar
MANNY Pacquiao has taken his oath as member of the Arroyos? Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), a political party. Meaning, he has gotten over the whipping he got from Darlene Antonino Custodio…
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Coverage of Pacquiao-Barrera bout
WATCHED on TV the Manny Pacquiao-Marco Antonio Barrera bout in Mandalay Bay Sunday morning in the comfort of home, although I had to shell out P500 to my Dream satellite provider. To…
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Pacquiao’s political campaign
I DON'T know if it was planned, but I agree that Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao bringing to the world his campaign for a congressional seat in the Philippines was initially amusing.…
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Wenceslao: Cayetano and Pacquiao
CAN irresponsibility catapult a candidate to the Senate? I am asking this because of people saying that the reason Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano performed well in a recent survey on senatorial hopefuls…