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Arum: No way Pacquiao-Horn rematch happens in PH by AbAc
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PROmOTER Bob Arum on Wednesday said the rematch between manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn being staged in the Philippines in December is not going to happen. “It’s impossible,” Arum told The Star a day after Philippine Tourism Secretary Wanda Teo bared plans to bring the rematch between Pacquiao and Horn to the Philippines. “It’s impossible because we have
a contract that if there’s a rematch it has to be in Australia,” said Arum of the deal signed by both camps, including Pacquiao and Horn and their respective promoters and the Queensland government. If Pacquiao insists on doing a fight in the Philippines in December, then the 38-year-old fighting senator should start looking for an opponent because it’s not going to be the rematch with the 29-yearold Australian. “manny can say, ‘Okay, I’m not
doing the rematch.’ Then Horn will fight somebody else in Australia and tell manny, ‘See you next year.’ But if he (Pacquiao) wants to do the rematch and do it this year it has to be in Brisbane,” Arum stressed. The first fight took place last July 2 at the Brisbane Stadium, before a live audience of over 51,000. The rematch is expected to be bigger than the first one, and Brisbane Lord mayor Graham Quirk announced the other day that a deal is in place for a November 12 fight. Arum said the only way for the rematch to be held outside of Australia, including the massive Philippine Arena just north of manila, is if Horn, now the WBO welterweight champion, agrees to it. “Unless Horn agrees otherwise, and Horn is not going to agree. Nobody has even talked to Horn about doing the fight in the Philippines,” said Arum, who was startled to read the news from the Philippines Tuesday that there are talks on bringing the rematch across. “So, I mean, I don’t know who started this and what it’s about. This is like ridiculous,” said Arum. The Philippine tourism official said she’s been in talks with Party List Representative Eric Pineda, who is also the business manager of Pacquiao, regarding the hosting of the rematch in December. Arum said he’s surprised why some people are even talking about staging the rematch when they have nothing to do with the fight itself. “This is all nonsense. The contract with Horn and Duco (Events of Australia) is with Top Rank. And it has specific language,” said Arum. “It just can’t happen. Period. It can’t happen,” said the 85-yearold American promoter. It’s very unlikely for Horn to even think of coming over to the Philippines to defend his title against Pacquiao, unless the Philippine government offers him the moon and the stars. Arum said the last time he heard of plans to bring a Pacquiao fight in the Philippines, President Duterte was not too excited. “All we know is that when the President was asked whether the government would support a fight or put up the money for the fight, he said, “No. We’d rather spend the money on feeding poor people.’ And he’s right,” Arum said. n
ICE HOCKEY CHAMPS. Members of the Philippine men’s ice hockey team celebrate after beating Thailand, 5-4, to win the gold medal in the 29th Southeast Asian Games on Thursday, Aug. 24 at the Empire City Arena in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Filipinos swept all their assignments in the five-nation single-round tournament. Photo courtesy of Philippine Sports Commission
‘Sartorial elegance,’ refined PR win confirmation for PH envoy to US by JocelyN
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Philippine Ambassador to the UNITED States Jose manuel Romualdez Wednesday, Aug. 23 got the nod of the Commission on Appointments after being grilled for an hour on urgent issues, including extrajudicial killings, U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policy and the country’s relations with the United States. Sen. Panfilo Lacson, chair of the commission’s committee on foreign affairs, endorsed Romualdez’s nomination to the plenary following a brief executive session. The plenary immediately gave its consent to his appointment
since no member posed any objection. As Philippine ambassador to the United States, Romualdez also serves in concurrent capacity as the country’s representative to Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and Grenadines and Saint Lucia. “You and I would agree that his sartorial elegance and refined public relations make for an effective bilateral relations with the U.S. This serves the country in good stead,” said Lacson in moving for the plenary’s approval of Romualdez’s appointment.
PH Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez Inquirer.net photo
Romualdez, a newspaper columnist, will officially occupy a post that was vacant for more than a year after the retirement of former Central Bank Governor Jose Cuisia Jr. in June last year. n
Perlas brings in Fil-Am Euroleague vet in next SEAG by NelsoN
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ONCE again coming up short in their title bid here, Perlas Pilipinas patron Dioceldo Sy is now looking forward to end the women’s basketball SEA Games jinx in 2019 in manila with the possible addition of Philippineborn American player Kelly Hardeman. Sy is hoping the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas works on her naturalization process right away so she can play with Perlas as early as in the Asian Games next year. The Ever Bilena owner said he may give up support to the team if the national cage federation isn’t able to get Hardeman’s naturalization papers. “That’s what I want to discuss with the SBP. If the SBP can naturalize her, we’ll be all out in our support. If not, it’s a waste of time,” said Sy. Hardeman, a six-foot EuroLeague veteran at 22, was behind the Perlas bench as the Filipinas mauled Vietnam, 118-44, to end on a winning note their campaign in the 29th SEA Games at the mABA Gymnasium here Friday. They closed out with a 4-2 winloss card but could only hope to salvage the bronze medal at the
end of hostilities Saturday. “We missed our target, but nobody’s to blame. It’s a lesson that we should work harder and prepared better,” said Sy. “The preparation here was not good enough, but the girls played hard the way we saw it.” Sy felt they could’ve achieved the goal, but time was not on their side concerning their proposed naturalization of Hardeman. “We’re waiting for the SBP. They’re still looking for their prospect for the men’s team, and I think the plan is to process their papers at the same time,” said Sy. “Kerry is very much willing to play for the country. She’s played in the EuroLeague and is set to play for Australia early next year. During her break, she’s ready to come over and play for the country anytime,” Sy also said. Hardeman was born of American missionary parents at St. Luke’s Hospital-Quezon City in 1994. And she studied elementary to high school at Faith Academy in Antipolo which she’s helping with their sports program now. “I hope it works out,” said Hardeman of her chance to don the Perlas jersey. “I already felt I was part of the team. I was so upset (during
Kelly Hardeman
the Philippine-malaysian game) something that wasn’t right happened. I was thinking what if I was there, how would I fit in and hopefully be able to make that a win next time,” said Hardeman. “I think I’m hardworking. And just being able to move as a big man and play multi-position, inside and outside, that’s make me hard to guard,” she said on what she can bring to Team Philippines. Hardeman averaged 14.4 points and 10.5 rebounds with the Amager-Denmark team in the EuroLeague. “The FIBA honors jus soli (birthright citizenship). So if Kelly is accorded a Philippine passport, she can play as a local and we can get an extra naturalized player,” said Sy. n
NASA astronaut: Filipinos can go to... PAGE A5 t selected to become an astronaut. On his first flight in November 2009 to the International Space Station, Wilmore cannot put together the words to describe what it feels to be in space. But I can tell you it’s way, way cool. Weightlessness, launching and leaving the planet, all the physical sensations when the rocket staging and separates, engines cutting off, another engine cutting on. It’s just thrilling. The whole thing, being at space, looking back at the Earth, it’s just amazing.”
He considers his contribution to humanity as an astronaut is his hard work to explore new things. “We are exploring all the parts of the world, we’re exploring the depth of the ocean, we’re exploring in laboratories, the micro and the macro. We don’t know where the future holds, we don’t know where we might go, the capabilities we might, we have to come and understand and develop to do things further beyond our planet so we’re doing steps and that’s I am a part of, we’re exploring the heavens and I’m grateful for
the opportunities.” Wilmore believes technology and hard work will bring us to different locations in the future. “There’s a lot of capabilities as we get smarter and smarter that will help us explore the heaven and go and do things and benefit mankind in ways we can’t imagine right now.” In 2013, it has been reported that a Filipino, Chino Roque, has been chosen by the Axe Apollo Space Academy Competition to be among the 23 recruits from all over the world that will fly into space. n
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