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GenSan readies hero’s welcome for Pacquiao despite defeat

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Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez lands a right to the head of Manny Pacquiao during their WBO world welterweight fight Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, in Las Vegas. Despite his devastating defeat, Pacquio will get a hero’s welcome when he comes home to General Santos City this week.  AP PHOTO/JULIE JACOBSON

A hero’s welcome awaits this city’s favorite son, boxing icon and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao, when he comes home to General Santos City this week despite his devastating defeat to Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez.

Posted: December 10th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Mommy Dionisia blames pastors for son’s defeat

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Dionisia Pacquiao, mother of Manny Pacquiao, prays at a church in General Santos City on June 10, 2012. At the Pacquiao Mansion in General Santos City on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, Dionisia was furious about the procession of Protestant pastors crowding his son. “That's what he gets for changing religion,” she said after her son was knocked down by Juan Manuel Marquez in the US on Sunday (Manila time). AFP PHOTO/PAUL BERNALDEZ

That’s what he gets for changing his religion,” Dionisia Pacquiao said in an interview in General Santos City.

Posted: December 10th, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories,Photos and Videos | Read More »

Pacquiao welcomes WBO scoring in his favor over Bradley

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Manny Pacquiao. AP file photo

Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao welcomed on Thursday the news that a five-man panel of the World Boxing Organization tasked with reviewing the judgment on the Pacquiao fight with Timothy Bradley unanimously ruled that Pacquiao won the fight for the welterweight title in Las Vegas weeks ago.

Posted: June 21st, 2012 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Pacquiao visits disaster-hit constituents

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There was none of the usual hero’s welcome for world boxing champion and Rep. Manny Pacquiao. Still, people lined up to see him.

Posted: June 17th, 2012 in Boxing / MMA,Editors' Picks,Headlines,Pacquiao Files | Read More »

Friends say Pacquiao is a changed man

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This file photo taken on November 21, 2011, shows Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao (L) attending a mass at the Quiapo Church in Manila after arriving from the US. The influential Catholic church in the Philippines said on January 30, 2012 it had asked Manny Pacquiao to follow in the footsteps of NFL hero Tim Tebow and become a "bible ambassador". AFP PHOTO/FILE/PHOTO

Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is a gambling man no more and has even given up the nightlife, people close to him say.

Posted: February 3rd, 2012 in Boxing / MMA,Latest Sports Stories,Pacquiao Files,Photos and Videos | Read More »

Pacquiao celebrates 33rd birthday ‘Hollywood style’

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Manny Pacquiao is joined by his wife, Jinkee, and children on stage during his birthday bash in General Santos City on Saturday night. INQUIRER PHOTO

Boxing champ and Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao celebrated his 33rd birthday on Saturday night with a major star-studded bash, Hollywood style. And it had all the elements of show-biz glamor and kick.

Posted: December 18th, 2011 in Featured Gallery,Latest Sports Stories,Pacquiao Files | Read More »

Pacquiao: Negotiations on for fight with Mayweather

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Boxing icon and Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao said Thursday negotiations were going on between his camp and that of Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a possible bout next year.

Posted: November 25th, 2011 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

T’boli youth in Philippine shooting team

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A 15-year-old T’boli youth will be joining the Philippine delegation to the world shooting competition to be held in Athens, Greece in October.

Posted: August 27th, 2011 in Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

Filipino amateur golfer wins prestigious Baiduri Masters in Brunei

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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam—A Filipino amateur golfer bagged this year’s championship plum of the Baiduri Masters, besting 544 other players, including the Bruneian three-time champion Seruji Hj Setia. The 21-year old Carlos Miguel “Migo” Ochoa, the youngest among the three children of Philippine Ambassador to Brunei Nestor Ochoa, carved for himself a niche as [...]

Posted: July 11th, 2011 in Golf,Headlines,Latest Sports Stories | Read More »

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