Among the news features that saw print in this paper this year, this one by UP Mass Comm intern Rachel Mae Sarmiento has got the best hook in its lead paragraph:
“MANNY Pacquiao is tough, compact and sweet. Manny Pacquiao has 6.8 percent cholesterol, 7.6 percent protein, 6.4 percent carbohydrates and 3.7 percent calcium, plus iron, niacin and vitamin E. Truly, Manny Pacquiao is good for your health.”
Category: take that! | 
Tags: boxing, hatton, hitman, Manny Pacquiao, pacman, Philippines, ricky hatton If you are really proud of your roots, Pacman, do something concrete for the town, or at least for the barangay where your father was born. A small school building or a community training center won’t definitely hurt your pocket.
PAMUHUAN Festival in Pinamungajan is one celebration that will be a subject of future debates, at least among the town’s residents and history buffs, as to whether it authentically represents the town’s origins.
If tradition is to be followed, ‘bunga’ is the root word of Pinamungajan, not “pamuo,” as the festival suggests. It’s “bunga” to the town’s old folks and thugs, fish vendors, the naughty barber across the church plaza, even the parish priest who has spent more than half of his life hearing the confessions of the town’s sinners.
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