During the Great Depression, there was a man who walked into a bar one day. He went up to the bartender and said, "Bartender, I'd like to buy the house a round of drinks."
The bartender said, "That's fine, but we're in the middle of the Depression, so I'll need to see some money first."
The guy pulled out a huge wad of bills and set them on the bar. The bartender can't believe what he's seeing. "Where did you get all that money?" asked the bartender.
MANILA, Philippines - Pound-for-pound king and fighting Congressman Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao has confirmed that he will battle Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez on November 12.
It will be the third meeting between the two fighters.
Their two previous bouts were controversial.
In 2004, Pacquiao settled for a draw in their first fight despite knocking Marquez down in the first round.
Four years later, their second meeting ended in a split decision in favor of Pacquiao.
LAS VEGAS (AP)—Manny Pacquiao won a lopsided 12-round decision over Sugar Shane Mosley on Saturday night, retaining his WBO welterweight title with his 14th consecutive victory.
Pacquiao (54-3-2) didn’t get the knockout he wanted, but the Filipino Congressman retained his position the most dominant and exciting fighter in the sport, methodically beating Mosley (46-7-1) at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao knocked Mosley down with a left hook in the third round, a punch that seem...
Philippine censors on Tuesday slapped a month-long ban on a wildly popular television show amid public uproar over a programme in which a six-year-old was cajoled into simulating a striptease.
The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board concluded the March 12 episode of "Willing Willie" violated a law against immoral and indecent broadcasts that run counter to Filipino values.
"Celebrities and TV personalities should exercise the highest degree of care and diligence as t...
The country was shaken upon knowing that the young famous actor AJ Perez or Antonelle Joseph Sarte Perez died in a vehicular accident. He was pronounced dead at 12:20am April 17, 2011.He was on his way home from Dagupan to Manila when a truck and a passenger bus had hit their car causing him to sustain multiple head injury. He was dead on the spot.
AJ Perez had just finished his show in Dagupan to celebrate the annual Bangus Festival. On their way home he was with his father and 4 others incl...
Like any other nationalities, Filipinos also have their own superstitious beliefs. We believe in mystical beings and magical entities that all came from the tales of our ancestors.
The story of Juan tamad, being the famous of all stories, is being told even in this modern world. He is quoted to be the laziest man on earth. A very popoular thing that he did was instead of going up to the tree to get the fruit he wanted; he laid on the ground and waited for the fruit to fall. Furthermore...
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