Archive for August, 2008
PACQUIAO WATCH: Manny got what he wished
THERE must be something sweeter in the candy bowl that prompted World Boxing Council lightweight king Manny Pacquiao to dip his hands into it.
Everybody in Team Pacquiao, including Manny himself, is zipping their mouth shut.
But undeniably, the living Filipino boxing icon got what he wished when he agreed to fight Oscar dela Hoya for a [...]
Purse seine operators seek delineation of RP waters
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (August 30) – Tuna fishing fleet operators here are asking the Philippine government to immediately delineate the country’s territorial waters to protect fishermen from being apprehended in traditional fishing grounds which they share with other neighboring countries in Southeast Asia.
“We have a deadline to meet on May 9 next year to define [...]
Rough times for the tuna industry
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (August 29) – Local tuna producers here are not yet in the panic mode but they are already raising the flags of alarm as rising fuel costs, dwindling tuna catches and constricting fishing grounds are beginning to worry industry players here.
“We are raising this alarm because the volume of landed catch has [...]
Tuna fishers seek P5/liter discount in fuel products
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (August 29) – Big tuna producers and small fisher folks here are asking the government to extend a P5 per liter discount on petroleum products to keep the tuna industry from collapsing.
Jerry Damalerio of the Damalerio Fishing said this will enable fisher folks to cope up with rising costs of catching [...]
Mepranum offered undercard stint in Dela Hoya-Pacquiao megabout
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (August 29) – Reigning World Boxing Organization Oriental flyweight king Richie Mepranum could get a taste of how it is to fight before an international audience after he was offered an undercard bout by World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao.
The offer was made to Maasim mayor Anecito Lopez Jr. on August [...]
PACQUIAO WATCH: Golden Boy blinks
IT seems a Dela Hoya-Pacquiao match is already a done deal except for the formalities and fine prints of the contract.
Oscar dela Hoya should have known better.
Reigning World Boxing Council lightweight champ Manny Pacquiao and his lawyer confidante are dyed-in-the-wool betting men, with both of them passionate about their cockfighting hobbies.
Never call a bluff against [...]
Ex-TF Davao chief is new 1002nd Brigade commander
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (August 28) – The Philippine Army’s 1002nd Brigade welcomed its new commander Thursday following the relief and transfer of Brig. Gen. Gaudencio Pangilinan to the 10th Infantry Division based in Davao City.
Replacing Brig. Gen. Pangilinan is Col. Rainer Cruz, former head of the Philippine Army’s intelligence unit (G2).
Cruz was head of Task [...]
PACQUIAO WATCH: If it’s not Oscar, it’s on to Vancouver
WITH Thursday (Friday, Manila time) now set by Oscar dela Hoya as his self-imposed deadline to name his next opponent, Team Pacquiao are biting their nails.
For sure, if it is Manny Pacquiao as the “chosen one,” Golden Boy Promotion will have to improve its 70-30 split on PPV proceeds for the fight to materialize.
Otherwise, Manny [...]
Reds say MOA-AD smokescreen for all out war
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (August 27) – An underground Moro rebel group aligned with the National Democratic Front (NDF) has branded the botched Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) as “a ploy” to launch an all out offensive against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
In a statement sent to reporters here and posted in the [...]
Maasim fighting displaces 13,780 folks
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (August 27) – At least 2,700 families or a total of 13,780 residents in different parts of Maasim town in Sarangani have fled their homes when fighting broke out between government troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front last week.
The evacuees are now sheltered in nine public schools all over [...]
