CONGRATULATIONS PACMAN!

Congratulations!!!

Manny Pacquiao on your victory. You are the pride of
the Filipino People! on behalf of the Board of Directors, Officers,
Faculty, Staff, Students, Parents and Partners of Diliman Preparatory School
Commonwealth Ave. and Novaliches Campus Quezon City.

Your Victory
inspires all of us to strive for excellence and be the best in whatever
endeavor we choose to take. We welcome you with loving hearts as the Ultimate
Icon and Role Model in the quest for Glory and Honor for our country.
More power and more victory ahead. In solidarity.. Nikki M.L. Coseteng.)

Jinkee Pacquiao: Not Just Pacman’s Wife

Jinkee Pacquiao: Not Just Pacman’s Wife
by Robbie Pangilinan
Los Angeles, California


She is well-known as the beauteous wife of People’s Champ Manny Pacquiao, even the daughter-in-law of the rising star Nanay Dionisia Pacquiao. Jinkee’s presence in the life of the superstar boxer has always been noticed but never got that much attention. Save for the period when Manny was involved in controversies that threatened their marriage, Jinkee has always maintained a low profile, remaining humble and behind the limelight.

Emerging today as a famous fashionista, jetsetter, cover girl, and product endorser, she is proving to be more than just the spouse of the pound-for-pound king, more than the mother of Manny’s four children. Jinkee Jamora Pacquiao is carving her own niche, rising as a woman of her own.
Jinkee has started several businesses, opening a franchise of Davao’s BluGre Coffee in the family’s JMP Building in General Santos City. She is putting up another branch soon. One more exciting venture she has entered into is the establishment of her very own fashion store, Jinkee’s Fashion World. The store carries imported items like clothes, bags and perfumes that Jinkee personally handpicked in her shopping sprees in the US. Of course, the store will also sell Manny Pacquiao shirts and souvenirs. Jinkee also stands as the manager of 10 amateur boxers aspiring to be like Pacman.
Even as she is making a name for herself, Jinkee never forgets that she is able to do all these because of the country's boxing icon. Manny allegedly earns more than 8 million dollars per fight (almost 350 million pesos), whether he wins or loses. This figure does not include pay-per-view cuts. Plus his local TV rights, businesses, endorsements, etcetera, etcetera. Jinkee has been helping Manny manage his money wisely. The pound-for-pound king is notorious for venturing into businesses and areas that he is ignorant of, and Jinkee serves as his adviser. It was Jinkee who told Manny to stop producing movies after the disappointing turnout of the Pacman-produced movie “Anak ng Kumander” in the 2007 Metro Manila Film Festival. She also told Manny not to star in a film and just accept TV guestings.
Jinkee also puts a premium on education—for Manny and their children. She is encouraging him to finish his Business Management degree and discouraging her kids to go into boxing because the mother of four cannot bear to see her children hurt.
Despite the fame and money brought about by having a superstar husband, Jinkee still longs for a simple and quiet life. She does not believe that money can buy happiness. She is quoted as saying, “Mas madaming pera, mas maraming problema. Mas gusto ko pa 'yong simpleng buhay.”

Jinkee and Manny’s marriage has been rocked time and again by rumors of Manny’s womanizing. She revealed that Manny, when drunk, often forgets that he is married, even when Jinkee is with him. Pacquiao: The Movie made this public as one scene showed a woman leaving Manny in a hotel room through the fire exit when Jinkee suddenly arrived. In real life, Jinkee never saw that woman. Jinkee, though always hurt by these issues, always forgives the the Pambansang Kamao. She fights as hard as Manny, not in the ring, but in her family life. She says, “I will fight for my family. Mahirap bumuo ng pamilya, ayaw ko 'yung basta-basta nawawasak sa walang kuwentang bagay.”

Named as one of People Asia magazine’s “women of style and substance”, along with ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. managing director Gina Lopez and Sen. Loren Legarda, Jinkee Pacquiao has indeed come a long way from being the champ’s housewife to the woman she is. People Asia editor-in-chief Joanne Rae Ramirez said, “Kapag hinirang mo ang champ, dapat hirangin mo din ang babaeng nagbibigay ng lakas sa kanya. Iyon ang substance ni Jinkee. Siya ang babae sa likod ng kampeon."

For nine years, Jinkee Pacquiao has always been at Manny’s side. As Manny faces his toughest opponent ever, Miguel Cotto, on November 14, Jinkee will once again be there, in the front row, feeling every punch, praying every second, for the victory of the husband she has stayed with, supported, and loved.RMP

Pac-mom and Pac-dad reunited?

Pac-mom and Pac-dad reunited?
By Robbie Pangilinan
Los Angeles, California


Pac-mom and Pac-dad reunited? Yes and no.

Dionisia and Rosalio, Manny’s parents, separated when Manny was just in sixth grade. The former couple were married for almost 20 years when Rosalio started to work in another town. After a while, Dionisia discovered that her husband was living with another woman. Despite the betrayal, Dionisia kept the pain to herself and taught her children to continue respecting their father. The children, especially Manny, grew up wishing that their father would return. Nanay Dionisia and the children never stopped loving Tatay Rosalio.

Manny also clarified earlier news that his pet dog was killed and eaten by his father. The dog died in the hands of Tatay Rosalio’s friend, and although it was true that Pacquiao’s father ate the dog, it was not done deliberately, but rather a misfortune.

Years after, and a superstar son between them, Rosalio and Dionisia were back in each other’s arms. But only for a while and only for Manny.

Dionisia and Rosalio will fly together to the US on November 11 to watch the pound-for-pound king’s fight with Miguel Cotto, the toughest contender Manny Pacquiao might face in his boxing career. This is Pac-dad’s first time to watch Pac-man fight live in the world arena. It is Nanay Dionisia’s second time. The equally famous Pac-mom never watched Manny fight. She would lock herself up in a room, get on her knees in fervent prayer, until word about the fight’s outcome is whispered to her. The first time she watched was when his super boxer son faced Ricky Hatton in May of this year. Manny busted the Englishman’s boxing career, grabbing his junior-welterweight title by a knockout only on the second round.


On November 14 (November 15 in the Philippines), as Manny tries to steal Cotto’s World Boxing Organization’s welterweight crown, Tatay Rosalio will be there, most likely beside Nanay Dionisia. The former couple might even hold hands in prayer that their son become the first in history to win a seventh world championship in various divisions.

The Filipino boxing icon could not wait in excitement. He proudly announced his father’s coming as reporters watched him train in the Wild Card gym.

This is not first time that Manny will see his father after his parents separated. Nanay Dionisia has likewise seen him again during Manny’s preparations before his fight with Mexican Erik “El Terible” Morales, also in Las Vegas.

The boxing hero’s parents met by chance at the dxBB RGMA Super Radyo station after more than 15 long years. Nanay Dionisia asked her former husband to continue loving and praying for their children. Manny, however, was not around to witness the scene, the fulfilment of his long-held wish. That evening, at Manny’s home, the former couple once again hugged each other on national television over GMA’s news program 24 Oras.

Right after his victory against the Mexican icon, Manny was reunited with his estranged father after 15 years. They met at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Nanay Dionisia and Manny’s two sons were also there to see the father and son reunion.

Manny was reported to have been very happy to see his parents together. He said, “Talagang masayang-masaya ako ngayon kasi first time ko silang nakita at sabik na sabik talaga akong makita ko sila.”

Before Manny’s bout with Morales, he called his father. That was the night when Tatay Rosalio and Nanay Dionisia were together in Manny’s residence for the GMA news coverage. Tatay Rosalio told Manny on the phone that they (he and Dionisia) have already reconciled and that they may have long separated but there is no love lost. Nanay Dionisia has always been open to reunite with her separated husband but was reported to have said that if he (Rosalio) wants to come back, he will have to leave his new wife and children behind. Manny’s father already has a new family. Nanay Dionisia, who is now also a celebrity, said she’s resigned to the fact that she has no luck in love.

And even as the national icon of unity has been the only one who can bring together all Filipinos, rich and poor, young and old, male and female, administration and opposition, Christian and Muslim, there is a very little chance that the Pac-parents can be a couple again. For now, they are just happy to support their son as he faces his strongest opponent ever. RMP