PRESIDENT Aquino, assisted by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, distributes ballers to the participants of the 7th Puregold ‘Tindahan Ni Aling Puring Sari-Sari Store’ Convention during the tour and inspection of the booths at the World Trade Center at the corner of Gil Puyat Avenue Extension and Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City, yesterday. (Photo by: Robert Viñas / Malacañang Photo Bureau)
AMERICAN contemporary ballet company Trey McIntyre Project performs at Central Philippine University in Iloilo City. Its 10-day Philippine tour is a joint program of the U.S. Embassy in Manila and the Cultural Center of the Philippines. (Photo by Tara Yap)
CAGAYAN’s Junar Arce (center) finds himself sandwiched by Gio Ciriacruz and Kelly Nabong of Blackwater during PBA D-League action last night at The Arena in San Juan.
MIAMI Heat guard Dwyane Wade, foreground, regains control of the ball as he is guarded by Indiana Pacers guard Paul George, rear, during Game 2 of their NBA basketball Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series in Miami.
VENDORS arrange bananas in a makeshift stall on Road 10 in Tondo, Manila, as they sell ‘lakatan’ at P30 per kilo yesterday morning. The Philippines’ fruit exports to China, particularly bananas, seem to have trouble getting cleared by Chinese Customs amid a tense standoff between the two countries over the disputed islands on the West Philippine Sea. Fruit shipments, especially bananas, were rotting in Chinese ports because pests were allegedly discovered in some produce, prompting stricter quarantine inspections. (Photo by Linus Escandor II)
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Pacquiao to go for knockout
By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – Don’t be misled by Manny Pacquiao’s seeming inability to score knockouts the last couple of years. Unable to score a stoppage win since 2010, Pacquiao is meeting Tim Bradley on June 9 in Las Vegas in what is being hyped as the return of the Pacquiao of old: mean, merciless and menacing. Trainer Freddie Roach swears that Pacquiao took pity on Mexican...
Marquez wants to fight Pacquiao
By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – Juan Manuel Marquez is fighting Sergei Fedchenko of Ukraine on April 14 but the Mexican maestro insists the reason why he is returning to the ring is to secure a fourth fight with Manny Pacquiao. “That’s the single factor is that I want the rematch (with Pacquiao). I want the rematch with Manny. The factor that returned me to this sport is that...
Pacquiao keynotes 12th Elorde Awards
Manila, Philippines – Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao will add excitement and share the limelight with his fellow champion boxers as he addresses them in the 12th Gabriel “Flash“ Elorde Boxing Awards Banquet of Champions tomorrow at the Grand Ballroom of the Dusit Thani Hotel in Makati City. Pacquiao, already in the Elorde Hall of Fame, is expected to awe the crowd he is most comfortable with. “This...
Arum queasy over Pacman’s actions
By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – Admitting that he is a little queasy with Manny Pacquiao’s actions the past few weeks, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum said on Tuesday that while the boxing star appears to be getting “consumed” by his new-found belief in the Bible, he expects him to revert to his old ways when he reports for training camp. “I am worried a bit because these are the...
“God told me to retire” – Pacquiao
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao said on Monday that he had been told by God in a dream to retire soon, potentially raising doubt over hopes of a fight with American Floyd Mayweather. Pacquiao, regarded as the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter, told radio station DZMM in an interview also broadcast over the channel’s Teleradyo TV show, that he had decided...
Early sweat for Pacquiao foe
Manila, Philippines – Tim Bradley is giddy with excitement to face Manny Pacquiao that he has started sweating it out even though his June 9 date with the Filipino pound-for-pound king is still three months away. Top Rank big boss Bob Arum said yesterday that the undefeated Bradley, a 28-year-old from Palm Springs, California, has actually began to work out a sweat in preparation for the start...
Pacquiao shows up at awards
Manila, Philippines – He was not supposed to attend the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards at the Manila Hotel on Saturday night but everyone was thrilled when he gate-crashed the annual gathering of the country’s sporting heroes. Manny Pacquiao enlivened the otherwise stale evening that was devoid of many of the major awardees as the boxing star took the spotlight with...
Mayweather goes on offense again
By Nick Giongco Manila, Philippines – It’s beginning to get clear that, indeed, Floyd Mayweather doesn’t want to have anything to do with Manny Pacquiao. As Mayweather was drumbeating his May 5 fight with Miguel Cotto during the New York leg of their promotional tour, the American fighter went on the offensive again, insinuating that Pacquiao uses performance-enhancing drugs, silly and is...
Bradley tough test for Pacman
By NICK GIONGCO Manila, Philippines – Even though Manny Pacquiao is not taking any chances against Tim Bradley, the Filipino star has a rematch clause included in the contract in case he suffers an upset loss in their June 9 world welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Top Rank chief Bob Arum told the Bulletin from his Las Vegas home on Monday (Sunday in the US) that while he...
