Turns out, nothing has really been set in stone. After settling the confusion whether the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr would be an official bout or not, the second installment of the 2015 blockbuster fight now faces another dilemma — the venue. Earlier reports have...
OF TREES AND FOREST In school, when we were kids, we were presented with a magnificent, almost divine image of Mayon Volcano. In our textbooks, Mayon is often described in superlatives. Rising 2,463 meters above Albay, its near-perfect cone shape has made it one of the most recognizable natural...
Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow-By-Blow made a smashing return Thursday, April 30, as Giemel Magramo captured the vacant Philippine Boxing Organization super-flyweight crown at the Okada Manila. Afte a six-month absence, Pacquiao’s pet boxing show took the spotlight just before the staging of the...
Ignite Power, the energy partnership between billionaire Enrique Razon Jr.’s Primelectric Holdings Inc. and boxing legend Manny Pacquiao’s MP Holdings, clarified on Thursday, April 30, that no formal negotiations are currently underway for a proposed joint venture with South Cotabato II...
Former world title challenger Giemel Magramo had to shed off extra weight before getting the go-signal to meet Marco John Rementizo in Manny Pacquiao Presents Blow-By-Blow on Thursday, April 30, at Okada Manila. Magramo, who battled Japanese pound-for-pound entrant Junto Nakatani for the world fly...
OF TREES AND FOREST I have seen the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) Social Weather Survey of March 24-31, 2026 which found that 50 percent of adult Filipinos felt that their lives got worse, 26 percent said it was the same, and 23 percent saying it got better, compared to twelve months ago....
OF TREES AND FOREST Going to the movies is no longer the automatic weekend ritual it once was, even though cinemas have never looked—or sounded—better. Box office revenues remain disappointing, not just in the country but globally, as more and more audiences turn to streaming screens at home. A...
Legendary boxing coach Freddie Roach got a surprise visit from one of his most iconic fighters, Manny Pacquiao. In a social media post, the 66-year-old trainer shared candid moments of their reunion at the Wild Card Boxing Club in the United States. “Nice surprise visit from Manny today. Great to...
It 's finally happening. After an exhausting back-and-forth talk to clear things up on whether their blockbuster rematch is an exhibition or not, the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is pushing through as scheduled. That, after the American boxing great finally signed on...
Manny Pacquiao and his camp have set Tuesday, April 14 (Wednesday, April 15 in Manila) as a deadline for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to reaffirm his commitment and honor the original terms of their rematch in September. The Filipino boxing great even said the situation just showed how scared Mayweather...
In a surprising tell-all, celebrity dermatologist Dr. Manny Calayan publicly admitted to having an extramarital affair — and revealed that his ex-wife, Dr. Pie Calayan, took matters into her own hands by allegedly detaining his girlfriend at her clinic. The celebrity doctor opened up during an...
World’s only eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao added another highlight to his U.S. visit by throwing the ceremonial first pitch before the Major League Baseball (MLB) match between the New York Yankees and the Athletics on Wednesday, April 8 (Philippine time). From the boxing ring to the...
