By Mortz C. Ortigoza
In the annals and even anal of the Philippine Senate,
one of its lowest parts was when Senator Manny Pacquiao, not contented of his
being loquacious, clashed with super heavyweight Senator Franklin Drilon just
like what he did with Eric Morales and Juan Manuel Marquez before national television at the amusement
and consternation of the Filipinos.
The problem was Drilon was a BAR top ten passer of an Ivy League's University of the Philippines while Pacquiao was a product of the University of Hard Knocks complemented by the Department of Education's Acceleration or Accreditation and Equivalency Test where the world saw him plucked from Grade 6 to college without giving him a benefit of what was to be in Sharon Cuneta's "High School Life".
The problem was Drilon was a BAR top ten passer of an Ivy League's University of the Philippines while Pacquiao was a product of the University of Hard Knocks complemented by the Department of Education's Acceleration or Accreditation and Equivalency Test where the world saw him plucked from Grade 6 to college without giving him a benefit of what was to be in Sharon Cuneta's "High School Life".
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| A knocked out boxing icon Manny Pacquiao |
Pacquiao in his proposed bill wanted to create a separate boxing
commission that is independent from the supervision of the Games &
Amusement Board (GAB).
Here’s an excerpt of the exchanges of power and dud punches as written by a reporter of Rappler
on the First Round of the verbal tussle:
“Why are
we creating a new agency when the GAB can perform these functions?" asked
Drilon.
Pacquiao
replied that his bill seeks to update reviews and standards of the industry, as
well as to collect fees and create linkages to foreign boxing agencies. He said
the new agency would implement stricter requirements for boxers.
Drilon was
not satisfied with Pacquiao's answer and repeated his question: "I guess
the question is, are those functions today being performed by GAB?"
"Yes,
Mr President," Pacquiao answered.
