Here in Cebu City, where the Sun.Star Network Online is based, the great sense of anticipation for the Pacquiao-Morales fight has been evident weeks before today. Buzz about the Sunday match can be heard almost everywhere — in the office, on the commute, in sari-sari stores, everywhere. (more…)

GENERAL Santos City — Filipino boxing icon Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is scheduled to grace the opening ceremony of the 2006 Kalilangan Festival Invitational Amateur Boxing Championships on Thursday at the Oval Plaza covered court here.

Mr. Adriano “Rey” Golingan, Jr., president of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP) General Santos City Chapter that spearheaded the 13-team tournament, said that he already invited Pacquiao to attend the opening rites at 2 p.m. Thursday.

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