Manny talks
Posted on December 26, 2009 - Filed Under Headliners, Pinoys Extraordinaire | Leave a Comment
In the aftermath of a fairly recent string of scandals that involved the use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs among a few sports personalities, it certainly behooves both the Pacquiao and Mayweather camps in the planned March 13 bout to submit to routine drug testing. But for reasons that are perhaps clear only […]
Read More..>>Marquez takes the floor; PacMan takes WBC crown
Posted on March 16, 2008 - Filed Under Pinoys Extraordinaire | Leave a Comment
With blood flowing from a cut above his right eye and hardly able to see powerful punches being thrown at him by Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao relied on a big brave heart to
Read More..>>Unlike father, unlike son
Posted on March 15, 2008 - Filed Under Governance, Pinoys Extraordinaire | Leave a Comment
Manila’s Mayor Alfredo Lim has a well-deserved reputation for fairness in enforcing laws . . . albeit sometimes unconventionally.
The mayor had an unusual opportunity to prove this once again yesterday when he was informed of his son’s arrest by
Buenos Diaz, Chiz!
Posted on March 14, 2008 - Filed Under Pinoys Extraordinaire | Leave a Comment
Two exceptionally super-achieving young Pinoys . . . Illiac Diaz and Sen. Chiz Escudero . . . have something in common with the Queen of Morocco, the King of Bhutan, CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Leonardo di Caprio.
All of the above are no more than 40 years old but, more importantly, they’re
The First Noelle: Pinays conquer Mt. Everest
Posted on June 3, 2007 - Filed Under Pinoys Extraordinaire | Leave a Comment
In the aftermath of the midterm Philippine elections, the uncommon feat of the first Filipinas to conquer Mt. Everest on May 15th was hardly noticed by the local press that has been preoccupied with allegations and counter-allegations
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