By Mel Donis
Pacquiao’s U.S based promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, said the Filipino boxer will be featured on long running U.S shows Good Morning America(ABC) and 60 Minutes(CBS).
Arum believes this type of media coverage shows that Manny Pacquiao is developing strong cross over appeal into the mainstream.
The 60 Minutes and Good Morning America air dates are not yet known but according to Arum the filming will start soon.
Pacquiao takes on tough African welterweight Joshua Clottey on March 13, 2010 on HBO Pay Per View at Dallas Cowboy stadium.
Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com (more…)
By Mel Donis
Filipino boxing champion and humanitarian Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will be fighting African welterweight Joshua Clottey on March, 13, 2010 at the brand new Dallas Cowboy’s Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter said even former US President George W. Bush was going to attend unless he has some other engagement come up that day.
The fight fell through because Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao couldn’t come to a compromise on the blood testing for steroids and other performance enhancing drugs. (more…)
By Mel Donis
The media showed former President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada announcing his candidacy for president. He claimed that he consulted some legal luminaries that he can still run because of the dis-positive portion of his pardon does not clearly state that he could not run again.
Opposition candidates and other lawyers, stated that they are just waiting for the filing of his candidacy to question his qualification because it is not timely. (more…)
Posted October 6th, 2009
By Dana Weiler-Polak Haaretz
Francesca Fueros ascends the stage during the swimsuit section of the beauty pageant. The director of the event stands on the sidelines, urging her on with shouts of “be sexy.”
Fueros, 5.5 years old, stops in front of the microphone and introduces herself to the judges in fluent Hebrew.
So goes candidate number four in the 2009 Miss Twinkle Star beauty and folklore competition, which stars the children of Filipino workers in Israel. (more…)
Posted October 5th, 2009 by Bayanihantayo.com
American Idol runner-up David Archuleta, whose upcoming holiday album titled “Christmas From the Heart” due out October 13, is reported to be top of the Amazon holiday charts. Fans can pre order the album before it drops on Amazon.com. (more…)
By NRJ RAMOS
The devastation wrought by typhoon “Ondoy” has made the Philippines one of the hottest topics on Twitter even among Hollywood stars.
Husband and wife Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, who, until the last few hours were still continuously ‘tweeting’ about the situation, have posted links to organizations that could help in alleviating the plight of so many distraught Pinoys.
“Typhoon victims in Philippines in dire need of food/clothing. Call the American Red Cross to help,” the two urged.
Singer Josh Groban, who was one of the more graciously received visitors in Manila recently, also aired his concern via the web-based networking site.
“My heart goes out to my friends in the Philippines,” he tweeted, advising followers to send donations through Red Cross. (more…)
Filipino American boxer Nonito Donaire has chipped in P1 – million to help the victims of typhoon “Ondoy”“Maraming tao ang nawalan ng bahay, they can’t go back and they have to rebuild,” Donaire said in an interview with GMA News. (more…)
By Martin Abbugao (AFP)
MANILA — Typhoon Parma pummeled the northern Philippines on Saturday, toppling trees and cutting off power and telephone lines, as its rains threatened to bring more misery to millions of flood survivors in Manila.
Residents said extremely strong winds and rains began lashing the northern province of Cagayan after midday (0400 GMT), hours before the typhoon was expected to make landfall there in the evening.
“The wind is very, very angry,” Cagayan region police chief Director Roberto Damian said in a radio interview from his headquarters, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) from the Philippine capital.
“I can see trees are being toppled inside our camp… One sturdy Narra tree was uprooted and smashed a car and a house. We cannot go out,” he said in a radio interview before his line went dead.
There were reports that power and telephone lines were being cut off because of the storm, said Lieutenant Colonel Ernesto Torres, spokesman of the National Disaster Coordinating Council.
Cagayan is a mainly rural area with coastal towns and a population of just over one million people.
DZBB radio said heavy rains also pelted two towns in Zambales province north of Manila, and cars had to turn their headlights on because of poor visibility. (more…)
