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==GenSan city gov’t offers free live telecast of Pacquiao-Marquez fight== | |||
*Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/11/12/gensan-city-gov%E2%80%99t-offers-free-live-telecast-of-pacquiao-marquez-fight/ | |||
* Saturday| November 12, 2011 | |||
:By Allen V. Estabillo | |||
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/11 November) – Thousands of boxing fans and avid followers here of boxing sensation and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao will be treated anew with a “ringside view” on Sunday when the ring icon faces off for the third time with his Mexican nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |||
City Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio said Friday the local government will open anew the 6,000-seat city gymnasium in Barangay Lagao for the free live telecast via pay-per-view of Pacquiao’s highly anticipated World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title defense against Marquez. | |||
She said they were finalizing a deal with Solar Sports Entertainment for the pay-per-view subscription of the Pacquiao-Marquez trilogy, which will be viewed through a giant screen that is being set up inside the city gymnasium. | |||
Custodio said the city government earlier negotiated for a discounted rate of the subscription, which has increased to P400,000 from the previous P300,000. | |||
“This is a historic fight and we’ll be rooting and praying again for Manny,” said the mayor, who had led local residents in cheering for the city’s favorite son in his previous fights. | |||
The city government had sponsored free live telecasts at the city gymnasium for previous major fights of Pacquiao, who grew up in Barangay Labangal here. | |||
Aside from Custodio, the free live viewing at the city gymnasium will be joined by South Cotabato (1st District) Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr. and other city officials. | |||
Avel Manansala, media affairs coordinator of the city mayor’s office, said the city government issued anew “control tickets” for the event. | |||
He said they tapped the city’s 26 barangay councils to facilitate the distribution of the allotted 7,000 tickets, which local residents may avail for free on a “first come, first served” basis. | |||
Manansala said the tickets will guarantee reserved seats inside the gymnasium, which will open at 8am Sunday for the live telecast, starting from the undercards to the main event. | |||
“The tickets were issued to avoid overcrowding inside the gym. But we will set up viewing screens outside the gym for those who could not be accommodated inside,” he said. | |||
Meantime, aside from the city government, the barangay councils of Bula, Apopong and Labangal here will also be offering free the live telecasts of the fight at their barangay gymnasiums. | |||
Pacquiao’s younger brother Rogelio and sister-in-law Lorelei are barangay chairs of Apopong and Labangal, respectively. | |||
The two officials, along with Pacquiao’s father Rosalio and another brother Bobby, left for the United States earlier this week to watch the fight at the ringside. | |||
In Sarangani, officials of the province’s congressional district office said a free live telecast of the Pacquiao-Marquez fight will also be beamed at the provincial capitol gymnasium in Alabel town. | |||
A source close to the Pacquiao camp said the pay-per-view subscriptions for Sarangani and the three barangays here were contracted by the boxing champion’s foundation. | |||
In this city and nearby Koronadal City in South Cotabato, a number of restaurants, cinemas and even small eateries are also offering live telecasts of the fight via pay-per-view and cable television. (Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews) | |||
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She asked reporters not to highlight the family problem they are facing for the sake of their three children. | She asked reporters not to highlight the family problem they are facing for the sake of their three children. | ||
She said her children have been suffering from trauma due to their marital problem and the untimely death of their father. | She said her children have been suffering from trauma due to their marital problem and the untimely death of their father. | ||
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