Anticipating Davaoe?os' excitement over the rematch of World Boxing Council international super featherweight champions Manny Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, the Araw ng Dabaw executive committee prepares wide screens at the Quezon park and Almendras gym on the Araw ng Dabaw celebration on March 16.
DAVAO CITY — The 2nd BAMBOO Store Under 12-year old Rapid Open Chess Tournament kicks off on July 28, 2007 from 10:00 AM ? 7:00 PM at the Victoria Plaza Mall, 2nd floor of ECentral beside Fiesta Bingo.
A decade after a regional property bubble burst, the country?s golf industry swings to fresh hits every summer, courtesy of moneyed Filipinos from the United States.
Apparently upset that he was defeated in his congressional bid and that his 'principals" in Manila has so far failed to reimburse him the 140 million pesos he supposedly spent in the elections, boxing hero Manny Pacquiao reportedly instigated what amounted to a mini bank run after he withdrew all his remaining money from three banks. According to BusinessMirror, "Informed sources said Pacquiao withdrew all his money from a bank in General Santos City as he conducted a personal audit and found he spent more than P140 million in election-related expenses but was still trounced by his diminutive political opponent." Read the full story here.
(Hong Kong, May 31, 2007) ? The Chinese government is backtracking
on new rules that allow much greater freedom to foreign journalists, and is
continuing to deny comparable freedoms to Chinese journalists, Human
Rights Watch said today.
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