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EDGEDAVAO
VOL. 6 ISSUE 125 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6-7, 2013
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SARANGANI-GENSAN CONNECTION. Rep. Manny Pacquiao is in serious conversation with General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera while watching the championship match of the 2013 Tuna Festival 1st Pacman Cup basketball tournament between Davao City’s The Royal Mandaya Hotel-Duterte Agilas and Cebu’s Omega Pain Killer Pro at the Gen. Santos City Gym on Wednesday night. Lean Daval Jr.
Pacquiao: I don’t need ‘pork’ By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO njb@edgedavao.net
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HE Pacman needs no pork. Sarangani congressman Manny Pacquiao openly said he is fine with or without the controversial Priority Assitance Development Fund (PDAF). In an exclusive interview with Edge Davao at his Gen. Santos City residence on Wednesday night, Pacquiao said he is one who can live without the pork barrel fund and will leave it up to the President to decide the fate of the controversial government allocation given to lawmakers. “Sa akin meron man o wala, wala namang problema,” Pacquiao, now on his second term as lawmaker, said. He said he considers himself less affected if ever the President will permanently abolish the PDAF and replace it with another system for lawmakers to implement projects in their respective districts. “Kung walang project sa gobyerno, pera ko naman ang ginagamit ko,” he said. A celebrated former world pound-for-pound boxing champion and still the sport’s most bankable star, Pacquiao has been known to dig from his own pocket for projects in his district and to extend assistance to the needy constituents of Sarangani. Pacquiao’s pronouncements in a way dispelled rumors that he is going bankrupt. He tendered a banquet for guests who were in town for the annual Tuna Festival. Earlier, he bankrolled a basketball tournament which dangled cash prizes amounting to around P650,000. Pacquiao also said he will leave the fate of the
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Pulong: It was a request, not imposition V
ICE Mayor Paolo Duterte yesterday clarified that his letter to Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to suspend the operation of the Bachelor Bus company was a
PHILCONSTRUCT MINDANAO. City councilor Jimmy Dureza (5th from left), representing Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, cuts the ceremonial ribbon opening the 2013 Philconstruct Mindanao at the SMX Convention Center yesterday. Also in photo are (front, l-r) Philconstruct chair Morris Agoncillo, PCA president
mere request and not an imposition. The letter-request came at the aftermath of an accident involving the bus company which killed four people in Bunawan last Sunday. FPULONG,10
Lito Manalo, Mindanao Business Council chair Vicente Lao, Malaysian Consul General Abdullah Rawawi Tahir, and DOT XI director Art Boncato. Ramon Allado, Philconstruct Mindanao chair (second from right) said this year’s event could net an estimate of P50 million in sales. Lean Daval Jr.
INSIDE: Philconstruct Mindanao could net P50M in sales ‘Biological warfare’ not confirmed TRMH Duterte Agilas bow to Omega in 2 OT
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