I TEXTED Manny Pacquiao’s top aide about the bills his boss sponsored and shepherded into law during the 15th Congress. The fighting Sarangani congressman’s record probably won’t amount to a hell of beans. Still, the assistant is taking a lot of time to respond. Have you heard anything spectacular that the boxer, who ran unopposed for his second term, did in his first three years in the august halls? Perhaps not. And yet…
5 days ago / Read More »DESPITE fighting only once last year, Manny Pacquiao remains one of the sport’s top earners, according to Sports Illustrated. Pacquiao’s shocking sixth-round knockout loss to Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez last December reportedly made him $35 million richer, enough for him to keep sixth spot in SI’s International 20 for 2013, a listing of the world’s top-earning sportsmen other than Americans. British soccer superstar David Beckham climbed to the top spot from No.…
6 days ago / Read More »CONGRESSMAN Manny Pacquiao scored a knockout over an absent opponent in the last elections. If it were in boxing, that should’ve been properly ruled a no-contest. Pacquiao claimed his second term as member of the House of Representatives for the Province of Sarangani unopposed, while his wife Jinkee was elected vice governor after swamping obscure opposition. Meanwhile, it could not be determined when Pacquiao, 34, would get back on the road for…
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