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PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: MANNY PACQUIAO VS. DINGDONG DANTES IN 2022

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Pacquiao, left, and Dantes
Pacquiao, left, and Dantes

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – He has yet to formally announce his choice for his party’s candidate for the 2016 Philippine presidential elections, but already, President NoyNoy Aquino has ‘annointed’ his 2022 choice for president — Actor Dingdong Dantes.

Dantes, who recently married fellow actor Marian Rivera in what was billed a ‘Royal Wedding,’ is 34 years old and is ineligible to run for president in 2016. The miniimum age to run for president is 40. Aquino was the Best Man during the Dantes-Rivera wedding.

The actor is on the short list of the Liberal Party’s senatorial slate for 2016.

Champion boxer Manny Pacquiao, 36, had previously announced his intention to run for president. Like Dantes, Pacquiao is not qualified to run in 2016 because he is under-age. But the boxer is already an elected congressman, representing his province of Sarangani. He ran under the banner of the Nacionalista Party.

Fast forward to 2022. Dantes vs. Pacquiao for Philippine president.

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Sports

WHY MANNY PACQUIAO IS CONFIDENT HE WILL BEAT FLOYD MAYWEATHER

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Mayweather (Photo: Getty Images)
Mayweather (Photo: Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (The Adobo Chronicles) – Filipino champion boxer Manny Pacquiao is very confident that he will beat American Floyd Mayweather when they meet on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the “Fight of the Century.”

“Mayweather has a history of domestic violence against women,” Pacquiao said, “so I don’t think he has the skills to defeat a real man like myself, ” the Filipino boxer said.

Pacquiao was reacting to an article published today about Mayweather’s disturbing history of violence against women.

“As a congressman, a Christian and a faithful husband, I am very angry at what I have been hearing about Mayweather’s history of abusing women. I can’t imagine myself beating my wife or my mom for that matter,” Pacquiao said.

“My anger will give me the motivation to beat the hell out of him on May 2nd,” Pacquiao said in  his native Tagalog language.

International, Military

DEFENSE AGREEMENT: AMERICANS TRAIN FILIPINOS, AND VICE VERSA

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PALAYAN, Philippines  (The Adobo Chronicles) – This is the first year of the 10-year Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between th Philippines and the United States.

Among other things, EDCA allows the Americans temporary use Philippine military bases. In return, the Americans will train Filipino soldiers to be better prepared and  skilled for combat.  International observers say that the agreement is in direct response to China’s growing presence in the region amid territorial disputes between the giant country and other nations in Southeast Asia.

Well, it turns out it was the Americans that received first-hand training in safety and security — from the Filipinos. And the Americans learned their lesson well.

Four American soldiers who are part of the Balikatan Exercises lost their personal belongings to thieves inside Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija early Friday morning.

Based on investigation, the incident occurred around 1 a.m. inside the Exercise Relation Construction Building. Some of the items lost were mobile phones, shoes, and dollar bills, among others.

According to officials of Fort Magsaysay, it is possible that the thieves were children who climbed the camp’s gates.

That’s right. Blame it on the children!