Manny Pacquiao now has more time with his children

MANILA, Philippines  - The christening of Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid’s son, Nathan James was, to say the least, a very star-studded event.

Held at Don Bosco Church in Makati, Nathan James Alcasid’s godfathers were Senator Bong Revilla, Jr., Cong. Manny Pacquiao, GMA president and CEO Jimmy Duavit, Dingdong Dantes, Raul Mitra and Ben Chan, while his godmothers were Kris Aquino, Judy Ann Santos, Cacai Velasquez, Ai Ai delas Alas, and Michelle Van Eimeren Murrow.

“Isa sa mga unang dumating ay ang parents ni Regine, sumunod si Cong. Manny Pacquiao, Cong. Lani Mercado, Juday and Ryan Agoncillo,” Rufa Mae Quinto reported on “Showbiz Central,” Jan. 22.

“Very, very cute. Congratulations. May Nate be very blessed with good health and happiness,” Mr. Duavit said in a short message.

Kris assured that “bilang ninang niya, ngayon gusto ko lang siyang i-assure na for the rest of his life puwede niya akong maasahan. I’m just so grateful kay Ogie at kay Regine that they chose me to be a part of this very special occasion.”

“Nagpapasalamat ako at isa ako sa napiling ninong. Of course sa ating bagong baby, welcome to the Christian world,” Bong said.

Judy Ann believes that “ang daming taong nagmamahal sa kanya, panigurado ‘yan.”

Ogie called the baptism “a blessing.”

“Tulad ng sinabi ni Father, from this day on my pledge that we will be good example to our baby…nakakatuwa naman ‘yung mga ninong at ninang ni Nate dahil kumbaga, I could see na talagang sineseryoso nila ‘yung role na binigay namin sa kanila. We’re very thankful to them dahil nagpunta sila.”

Regine was very happy that “Kristiyano na ‘yung anak namin.”

Meanwhile, Manny Pacquiao seems to be a changed man as he has now become very religious. Not a few noticed this change that he recently demonstrated on his show.

“Kahapon sa ‘Manny, Many Prizes,” kapansin-pansin ang pagbabago ni Manny Pacquiao,” the report on “SC” noted. It then showed Manny reciting a Bible verse during his show.

“Maganda ‘yung Bagong Taon natin kasi kumbaga kasi nalapit ma tayo sa Panginoon at sumusunod tayo sa kanyang kautusan.

“Malaki ang pagbabago dahil ngayon nasa mabuting daan tayo at sumusunod sa banal na kautusan ng Panginoon,” Manny said.

He shared that he and his wife Jinkee regularly attend Bible studies, and because of this, “Nalaman namin ang lahat ng magandang puwedeng mangyari sa buhay natin nasa Bible. ‘Yan ang kinakailangan nating lahat, magbasa ng Bible dahil ‘yan ang katotohanan at ‘yan ang susi,” he shared.

For Jinkee, it was an “answered prayer.”

Now that he’s gone religious, “Bawal na malasing. Basta kahit na anong wine ayaw na niya.”

Jinkee shared how she’d come to the resolve of making Manny a better husband.

“Meron akong dapat na gawin para at least mag-change siya. Sabi ko sa kanya hindi naman dapat maging okay lang ako lagi hanggang sa pagtanda ko na gano’n ang ginagawa mo. Hindi puwede sa akin ‘yon. Ayokong mangyari ‘yon sa mga anak ko. Hindi puwede sa akin ‘yon. Sabi ko, talagang mag-stop na. Kung ayaw mong mag-stop, eh, ‘di mag-isa ka sa buhay mo.”

She noted that since then, “Si Manny ngayon laging nasa bahay na. Naglalaro sila. Mas madaming time sa mga bata.”

Manny assured his fans that “tuloy-tuloy na ‘to. Siyempre pati mga bata may time na ako. May time na ako sa pamilya. Wala nang problema.”

In the episode, Manny warned his fans about a scam in which his name had reportedly been dragged.

“‘Yung panawagan ko sa lahat ng nakatanggap ng text na scam na ‘yan na nanalo kayo galing sa Pacquiao foundation o kanino mang foundation ay hindi totoo at pangalan ko po ang involved diyan. ‘Wag po kayong maniwala dahil ‘yan po ay hindi totoo,” he said.

And to the perpetrators of the scam, Manny pled, “Maawa naman kayo sa mga tao na niloloko ninyo at tingnan n’yo ang sarili ninyo. Makunsensiya kayo at may Panginoon tayo.”