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Mommy D’s mansion rises above shanties

NO ONE can miss the address. Only the blind will fail to notice the gate of neon green and the Queen of Hearts motif of sheet-metal ornaments on the wall grating.The gate opens to a villa in chocolate, caramel and cream.

It is surrounded by high concrete walls topped with barbed wire.This is the house that world boxing champ Manny Pacquiao gifted his mother Dionisia with after his fight with Miguel Cotto.

It took six months to construct, built by architect-engineer Roger Lumapat amid the shanties in Brgy.

Labangal, a 15-minute drive from downtown Gen. Santos City in South Cotabato.The foundation was laid in August last year, and Mommy D and her retinue moved here in February, from the white-and-blue bungalow just around the corner of the road.The lot is landscaped with palmera, santan, …

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