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So why should I stop my boxing career?

The Senator was smiling, looking fit and trim and feeling jovial to be sure. After the 37-year-old ring warrior retired on April 9 following his third fight with Timothy Bradley — an impressive victory — he knew, possibly in a matter of minutes, that he had made a mistake. “First, when I hung up my gloves and I realized, I feel lonely because when you are thinking that the sport you love, you’re no longer active, I felt lonely and thinking about it over and over that boxing still likes me. Boxing loves me and I love boxing,” Pacquiao said. “So why should I stop my boxing career? That’s why I changed my mind. So I decided to continue my journey as a boxer.” This will not be a one-shot deal, either, says the man who knows Pacquiao better than most, longtime trainer, friend and confidant Freddie Roach. “Working in the Senate is not easy while you’re training,” said Pacquiao, a freshman senator in the Philippines. “You manage your time and that’s what I did in training for this f...

IPAGLABAN MO ANG MGA PANGARAP MO

*Si Juan ay matatanggap na sana sa bago nyang trabaho bilang Janitor* Manager: Congratulations Juan! tanggap ka na bilang janitor dito sa XYZ COMPANY, prepare mo na lahat ng gamit mo, mga papers na kaylangan, pati pahingi ng email address mo. Juan: Sir, lahat po ng papers meron na po ako pinagawa ko sa asawa ko, kaso Sir, pasensya na po wala akong email address. Hindi ko po kasi alam kung paano mag computer at internet, high school graduate lang po kasi ako. Manager: Ha?? wala kang email?!!! makabago na ang panahon ngayon! Eh kung wala kang email at hindi ka marunong mag-computer. HINDI NA KITA TATANGGAPIN BILANG JANITOR! Juan: Sir? hindi na ako tanggap dahil sa email?? maawa na po kayo wala ng makain ang pamilya ko.. (umiiyak) Manager: OO!! sa iba ka na lang mag apply Juan dela Cruz!! (tinapon sa basurahan ang application form ni Juan) *Walang magawa si Juan, wala na siyang kapera pera, yung huling pera nya pinanggastos niya para sa application form. (isip siya ng...

Jonjon Lazatin tops the congressional race in Angeles City

Sen Lito Lapid lead by 4% over incumbent Mayor Ed Pamintuan in the latest local preference survey conducted by Bloggers Partylist Philippines. In a media release on Friday, Bloggers Partylist Philippines announced the results of its latest local preference survey in Angeles City indicating that Lapid (scoring 43.78 percent) and Pamintuan (38.68 percent). It said the rankings of the local candidates in the January study remain basically unchanged in the survey it conducted from February 22 to 27 this year. Vice Mayor Vicky Vega scoring only 9.56 percent. Meanwhile, 43.88 percent of the respondents backed the candidacy of Councilor Bryan Matthew Nepomuceno, Mamac scores 26.02 percent, Suller got 10.42 percent, Rivera 9.98 and Madlambayan scores 1.35 percent. Bloggers Partylist Philippines said the study involved a multistage probability sample of 4,970 registered voters 18 years old and above, with biometrics, and that the survey has a ± 2% error margin. On the other hand, ...

Binay top in Mabalacat

A survey by the IPolls Research Group shows Vice President Jejomar Binay is leading the presidential race based on the trust and approval ratings gathered by students here during a 10-day survey from December 12 to 21. The survey did not focus on the winnability of the candidates but on their acceptability by voters, based on the lone question "Sino sa mga sumusunod na kandidato ang inyong pinagkakatiwalaan?" (Whom of the following candidates do you trust?) In the random survey conducted on 3,360 respondents in the city's 27 barangays, Binay garnered 738 or 22 percent followed by Liberal Party bet Mar Roxas with 682 or 20 percent. Senator Grace Poe came in third with 573 or 17 percent; Rody Duterte with 544 or 16 percent; Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago with 505 or 15 percent; while 318 were undecided. Among the candidates for vice president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. topped the survey with 842 or 25 percent followed by Senator Francis Escudero with 763 or 23 percen...