Manny celebrates Freddie’s 50th Birthday (03/05/10)
(Photo Credit: Pete Susens)
Hero’s Homecoming @ Manila, Philippines (11/20/2009)
Pacquiao received the ‘Order of Sikatuna’ with the rank of ‘Datu’. The Order of Sikatuna is the national order of diplomatic merit of the Republic of the Philippines. It is conferred upon individuals who have rendered exceptional and meritorious services to the Republic of the Philippines.
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Pacquiao’s Homecoming @ Manila, Philippines (11/20/2009)
(Photo Credit: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images, Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images)
Pacquiao’s After-Fight Party @ The Highlands, Hollywood (11/17/2009)
(Photo Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
Pacquiao-Cotto ‘Celebration’
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Week in pictures: 9-15 May - BBC
Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao waved at fans during a parade in the Tondo district of Manila. Tens of thousands of people lined the streets to welcome him home after he won the IBO light-welterweight title.
Buboy Fernandez, Manny Pacquiao’s long time friend and Assistant Trainer, goes crazy after the knockout.
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Philippines celebrates triumph by Jim Gomez - AP
MANILA, Philippines (AP)—Huge crowds cheered Filipino boxing star Manny Pacquiao as a convoy paraded him from Manila’s squalid slums to the presidential palace in a government-declared national celebration Monday for his latest win. (Continued)
In pictures: Hero’s welcome for boxer Pacquiao - BBC
Boxer Manny Pacquiao is a hero in the Philippines after knocking out the UK’s Ricky Hatton to claim the IBO light-welterweight title in Las Vegas on 2 May. On Monday, tens of thousands of Filipinos lined the streets of Manila to welcome him home. (Continued)
Maraming salamat sa inyo, taas noo tayong mga Pilipino kahit saan sulok ng mundo.
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In pictures: Philippines celebrates boxing win - BBC
Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao has won the IBO light-welterweight world title after knocking out Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas. The fight was much anticipated in his home country, where he is regarded as a hero. (Continued)
