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“Champions do not rely on what they knew years ago. They have to keep learning, to constantly update themselves.”


Boxing champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao, addressing a jampacked Luce Auditorium


couldn’t help but mob and applaud Filipino boxing icon and Saranggani Rep. Emmanuel D. Pacquiao when he breezed into Dumaguete for several speaking engagements last Thursday. From the moment he stepped


“I will be there to help them.”


He came, he was seen, and he was loved. A crowd of adoring fans


Pacman wows Silliman crowd


off the plane from Manila, Pacquiao, who came to Silliman on the invitation of the SU College of Law, the College of Education, and the National Service Training Program, was stopped every step of the way for photos, autographs, and handshakes. From the airport, Pacquiao


Rep. Josy Limkaichong, vowing to stand by the municipality of Guihulngan, which was reverted back into a town from a city.


“There is no such thing as exemption.”


motored to the home of SU President Dr. Ben Malayang III for breakfast. But before he could enter the President’s home, a group of Masscom alumni who had just  nished a three-mile walk at the University’s East quadrangle, met the champ and had the  rst of a string of photo ops for the day. “This is my lucky day,”


gushed a fan. “Who would have thought we would have this chance to meet Manny Pacquiao?” Pacquiao, in a dapper barong


Tagalog, looked pretty much at home amid the company of sweaty fitness buffs in their exercise attire. T h e h i g h p o i n t o f


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Pacquiao’s visit was a speaking engagement at 10 a.m. at the Luce Auditorium, where he spoke on the University’s 109th Founder’s Day theme Raised on Eagle’s Wings. “There’s an eagle inside us


the eagle in him in the midst of poverty, but did not allow the adversities and difficulties in life from pursuing and reaching his dreams. He said he remained focused


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world champion, the  rst boxer in history to win nine world titles in seven different weight


grab it. Pacquiao, a seven-division


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World boxing champion Rep. Manny Pacquiao joins Silliman Masscom alumni and other  tness buffs who are students of Cathy Carballo (9th from left) for a photo-op on his way for breakfast at the President’s Home at the Silliman campus, as guest of the SU College of Law. (Photo by Hersley Ven Casero)


Guihulngan back to a town


waiting to be discovered, waiting to be developed,” Pacquiao said.


the Supreme Court finally decided to revert the City of Guihulngan back to the status of a municipality, along with 15 other cities, citing that the law which made it a city was unconstitutional. The Supreme Court made


the pronouncement in a 16-page decision penned by Associate Justice Antonio Carpio dated Aug. 24. Voting 7-6 with two justices


regardless of the obstacles and did not remove his focus from the target until he was able to


To be or not to be. After hemming and hawing,


and Maria Lourdes Sereno. The Justices also said


Congress exceeded and abused its law-making power. Justice Presbitero Velasco


Jr., who penned the 2009 ruling that reversed the 2008 decision, wrote a dissenting opinion, which was concurred by Chief Justice Renato Corona and Justices Teresita Leonardo- de Castro, Lucas Bersamin, Roberto Abad and Jose Perez. Those who abstained were


abstaining, the SC reversed itself for the second time and this time reinstated its Nov. 18, 2008 decision that declared these laws unconstitutional. As ide f rom Ca rpio,


those who voted in favor of reinstating the 2008 decision were Just i ces Conchi ta Carpio-Morales, Arturo Brion, Diosdado Peralta, Martin Villarama Jr., Jose Mendoza


Reyes was not immediately available for comment but Rep. Josy Limkaichong said while she respects the decision of the Supreme Court, she feels sad for Guihulngan and the  rst district. “The increase in the Internal


Revenue Allotment could have helped develop economic


act ivi ty in Guihulngan. Guihulngan used to get an IRA of 80 to 90 million a year but with cityhood, it became P340 million. This will undoubtedly have an effect on the entire District,” she said. On th e othe r h and,


Justices Antonio Nachura and Mariano del Castillo. Guihulngan Mayor Ernesto


Limkaichong said this should be an eye-opener for people who take shortcuts, which many people feel was how Guihulngan’s cityhood came about. The 16 af fected local


government units are asking the Supreme Court that they be allowed to present oral arguments, considering that the composition of the Justices has changed. “But there’s a reason for everything so if it will not be granted their request to present oral arguments, Guihulngan will have to prove what it is worth and resort to local TO PAGE 2


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