The latest news about the controversial extra-marital affair of Manny Pacquiao is distracting his preparations for the July 2, 2006 showdown with Mexican Oscar Larios.

Manny’s mother has entered the picture and the meat of the matter is this: Mama Pacquiao is challenging the other party to a boxing match. Whether that is all out of levity or outright serious challenge, one thing is clear–Manny is not happy with the way things are shaping regarding his family.

Manny’s legal team should make careful moves to bring the controversy to a close. And perhaps it would help so much if only the legal team should give pronouncements.

What can you say, pals? Click here for more news.

Spammers at PACLAND have been banned and for good reason. The site has been receiving not-so-good threads lately that some have gone to being pornographic and hatred-inclined.

The site has reason to do so because many of the spammers are actually anti-Pacquiao. Affected in the process though are a number of Pacquiao fans who were also banned.

I have written an article related to this clean-up. Click here.

All in all, however, the clean-up is welcome to filter out useless opinions coming from people whose happiness is to get others pissed off.

Recently, the PACLAND received a citation from the Elorde Banquet of Champions in recognition of the Internet site’s contribution to the promotion of Filipino boxing and boxers in particular and the sweet science in general.

Congratulations to PACLAND.

The Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition is I believe more Filipino than the first edition. The Big Winner Keanna Reeves is my explanation.

ABS-CBN, one of the biggest heralds of Filipino uniqueness, has to be credited for coming up with the celeb edition of the Big Brother hit.

Keanna’s victory exhibits the great and priceless value that Filipinos attach to their identity–family-oriented. In fact, the big four could not have been more complete in terms of familial nature. There was a mother (Keanna), a big brother (Zanjoe), a big sister (Bianca), and a little brother (John). To look at it another way, there was a mother, a little brother, and a brother or a sister with a lover.

You may ask me why I see it complete when there was no father-figure. Well, this is not to belittle the role of the father in a Filipino family but it’s common knowledge that Filipino fathers do not frequent the house. I place the focus on the Big Brother House.

Among the four, the mother, of course, plays the biggest role and Keanna showed that motherly presence and touch all through the 56-day challenge. She may not be the ideal mother in there but she did the mothering the best way she could and she was rewarded for it.

She had struggles as all of them had. She showed her heart out and didn’t care so much of what others would say. She spoke the words as candidly as she could with little regard to criticisms and when her presence and opinions were needed, she willingly gave them.

The love birds (Zanjoe and Bianca) won in the name of romance, John won in the name of dreamful and idealistic youth, and Keanna won in the name of womanhood and family; and the greatest of these is Keanna’s victory–uniquely Pinoy.