GenSan to give Hero’s Welcome & Cash Incentive for Pacquiao
In this old photo taken during the taping of Manny Pacquiao’s ABS-CBN TV Special at the Lagao Gym on December 2006 (featured in an older post here), GenSan Mayor Jun Acharon gives the champion a Plaque of Recognition.
As with his past wins (and one defeat), Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio will once again be treated to a hero’s welcome by his townmates in General Santos City when he goes home to the Tuna Capital after Holy Week (most likely on Monday, March 24, according to an insider). He’s set to be in Manila by Maundy Thursday where he and his wife Jinky will be met by his sons, and his mother Dionisia who’s flying from Gensan to the big city with baby daughter, Divine Grace.
City Mayor Jun Acharon, in a radio interview yesterday announced that the local government of GenSan is now preparing for arrival honors befitting a World Champion for Manny after wresting the WBC World Superweight Title from Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez via split decision on Sunday, March 16, 2008‘s Unfinished Business Bout.
The Mayor will most probably meet Gensan’s most favored son from Barangay Labangal at the Gen. Santos City International Airport before joining him in a motorcade around the city’s major thoroughfares. He also added that if Manny’s brother Bobby (who lost in his March 13 fight versus Urbano Antilon) will be with him at the same flight, then both of them will be accorded honors.
The motorcade will end up at the oval covered court where a short program and press conference await the brothers. Here, Mayor Acharon will turn over to Manny the cash incentive of P30,000 given to homegrown world champs by the city government.
It is not known however, as of this blogging, if the local government will still give sponsor a Victory Dinner for him since other groups in the past volunteered to give the new Super Featherweight Champ that honor. During his last fight in 2007, the municipality of Malungon, Sarangani feted him at their municipal hall, 30 kms away from the Tuna Capital (where cockfight afficionado Manny maintains one of the biggest cock farms in the country with some of the biggest cocks ever raised).
WILL BE POSTING THE HERO’S WELCOME PIX IN GENSAN AT A FUTURE POST. PROMISE.
Related posts:
- About Bariles
- New WBC Superfeatherweight Champ Pacquiao arrives in Gensan to Hero’s Welcome
- Gen. Santos City: TUNA CAPITAL
- Congresswoman Custodio sponsors FREE LIVE “pay-per-view” Airing of Diaz-Pacquiao Fight in GenSan
- 7000++ fans watch Pacquiao-Diaz fight at Lagao Gym in GenSan
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Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
Susan Kishner Says:
Nice writing style. I will come back to read more posts from you.
Susan Kishner
Posted on March 18th, 2008 at 4:34 PM
. Says:
Im happy for manny p. BUt, just a thought! a cash incentive? for manny p? he must be richer than gensan now!, bigay na kaya sa walang bahay at lupa yan..
elo avs!
Go Gensan!
Posted on March 18th, 2008 at 6:46 PM
tiara Says:
i agree. there are people and sectors who needs the cash more. paquiao’s rich enough. he doesn’t need the extra moolah.
hi kuya avel!
Posted on March 20th, 2008 at 2:03 PM