Erap incredulous over latest SWS survey

Former President Joseph Estrada on Monday expressed incredulity on the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey showing him still in third place in the presidential race in the May 10 elections. "I don’t believe that," Estrada said after a press conference in Mandaluyong City when asked for his reaction on the latest SWS poll showing Liberal Party bet Sen. Benigno “Noynoy" Aquino III enjoying a double-digit lead over closest rival Nacionalista Party’s Sen. Manny Villar Jr. The survey, which was conducted from April 16 to 19, showed Estrada...

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Mosley trainer: Show proof Pacman used drugs

Manny Pacquiao found a new ally in Sugar Shane Mosley’s trainer, Naazim Richardson. Richardson, fondly called Brother Naazim, defended Pacquiao from accusations made by the camp of Floyd Mayweather Jr. that the seven-division world champion is using performance enhancing drugs (PED). Brother Naazim, who is a devout Muslim, said the Mayweathers — along with Floyd Sr. and uncle/trainer Roger — should stop attacking Pacquiao, saying their accusations are baseless since they failed to present any solid evidence to prove their allegations. "If...

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Pacquiao photo endorsing ally’s political rival, fake

Manny Pacquiao was dragged into Visayan politics when pocket calendars showing him endorsing an ally’s political rival surfaced last weekend in Negros Occidental. The pocket calendars showed Pacquiao, who is running for a congressional post in the lone district of Saranggani, raising the hand three-term Bacolod City Rep. Monico Puentevella. Puentevella is challenging incumbent Bacolod City mayor Evelio Leonardia, who is running for election, in the May 10 elections. Pacquiao's personal trainer Buboy Fernandez was shocked to see pocket calendars...

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Villar’s Tondo roots were ‘definitely middle class’

n 1961, when Liberal Party standard-bearer Diosdado Macapagal was in the midst of a victorious presidential campaign, today’s presidential aspirant Manny Villar Jr. was 11 years old and living with his large extended family in a rented three-story corner house along Tondo’s main tree-lined boulevard, Moriones Street. Villar’s father, Manuel Sr., was a US-educated Philippine government budget officer and his mother was an enterprising fish dealer, one of a privileged few with a choice...

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