Let bygones be bygones. The once stormy waters between the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and Manny Pacquiao have shifted, with the boxing icon now championing tax compliance among Filipinos. The BIR has tapped Pacquiao as one of its famous personalities tasked with reminding...
OF TREES AND FORESTS A couple of months from today we will be celebrating the 126th year of Philippine Independence. On June 12, 1898, Emilio Aguinaldo proclaimed the independence of the Philippines in Kawit, Cavite. The proclamation was followed by the ratification of the Malolos Constitution that...
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – No politics in the radar for this man for now. PACQUIAO (Liezle Basa-Inigo) Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League founder former Sen. Manny Pacquiao said his main focus now is sports despite him having a statistical chance of winning a Senate seat in next year’s elections...
OF TREES AND FOREST There was a time when the term “bakasyon” (or vacation) meant only one thing — leave your current residence and go to a place to experience a change in scenery. There was a time when it simply meant going to the province during summer. For a Tondo boy like myself it meant...
Boxing icon Manny Pacquiao is very proud and thrilled of Mexican Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz’s latest achievement for becoming the first-ever world boxing champion of the MP Promotions outside the Philippines. (From left to right) Mexican Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz, Manny Pacquiao and Sean...
OF TREES AND FOREST We all know that famous creation story which tells us that on the seventh day, after He finished creating the world, God rested. Genesis tells us, “On the seventh day God completed the work he had been doing; he rested on the seventh day from all the work he had undertaken....
Tall and rangy lightweight Eman Bacosa posted a third-round stoppage over Jan Clyde Langahin during a special presentation of Manny Pacquiao Presents: Blow-By-Blow Sunday, March 25, at the Okada Manila. Eman Bacosa (MP Promotions) An avalanche of rights and lefts from Bacosa forced the referee to...
Eumir Marcial is all pumped up to fight his Thai rival Thoedsak Sinam in his homecoming bout. Eumir Marcial (Wendell Alinea) But there's no greater figure that is bigger than boxing great Manny Pacquiao who will be seated at ringside to witness Marcial's attempt to wow the Filipino...
OF TREES AND FORESTS In a Tatler Asia interview last year, I was asked a very straightforward question: How do I become rich? How do I make tons of money? To which I responded, “it’s the wrong question”. To become rich should never be your goal. It’s the idea that you can build...
Boxing superstar and future hall of famer Manny Pacquiao will be joining longtime World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Sulaiman in attendance for the first Pacquiao Elorde Awards Night on Sunday, March 24 at the Okada Manila. World Boxing Council (WBC) President...
OF TREES AND FOREST In my column last week, I wrote about the Villar Farm and how we are raising around 50 carabaos. Sometimes I would get up early in the morning and walk around the farm for my daily exercise. I also take the opportunity to visit the farm animals there and enjoy the fresh carabao...
OF TREES AND FOREST One of the very first drawings — if you can call it that — I made as a young student was that of an idyllic farm scene. In addition to basic drawings of fruits, vegetables and animals, I would draw a nipa hut with a coconut tree beside it and a perfectly shaped mountain on...
