Thought this would be an interesting follow-up to Forty5’s previous entry covering Pacquiao’s fight against Diaz.
Whenever I watch a Pacquaio game, I’m smiling through the entire thing. I could never imagine myself smiling while two people hit each other over and over again. But something about seeing Pacquiao’s strength and fight in him, plus a majority of the arena chanting his name makes me sappy proud of Manny – and Filipinos in general. And I think that applies to many Filipinos across the entire globe. There’s no doubt Manny got love – but how much of it does he got? Apparently, enough to keep 14 million Filipinos in Manila safe from harm.
The Metro Manila police reported no major crimes Sunday as residents – even criminals – stayed glued to radios or television sets for the duration of the bout between boxers Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz.
In a text message, Metro Manila police spokesman Superintendent Rhodel Sermonia said the period covered by the zero crime rate is from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. He also said there was a 30 percent reduction in the number of vehicles on the streets compared to regular Sundays.
Via ABS-CBN News. Read full article here.
And as mentioned earlier, he fortunately did not make a shout out to GMA – even when she was watching him live in the crowd! Good riddance. Maybe it’s because the man is actually thinking of his people in the Philippines:
“We’ll be leaving the US on July 2, which means we will be there on July 4,” he said.
He also promised to visit some of the victims of Typhoon Frank.
“When I get there, I will visit them, our kababayans who were hit by the storm. I’m already thinking of ways on how to help them,” he said.
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