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From boxing to politics: Pacquiao a fighter to the end

This same heart of a fighter, which turned Pacquiao into a beloved Filipino sports icon, kept him in the presidential race to the very end, even when most thought he should never have forayed into politics, much less seek the highest position in the land.

From boxing to politics: Pacquiao a fighter to the end

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Mga kailangan mong malaman tungkol sa mga kandidatong presidente at bise presidente

Sa apat na bahaging seryeng ito, ang VERA Files Fact Check ay nagkalap ng importanteng impormasyon tungkol sa anim na mga nangungunang kandidato na nais maupo sa Malacañang, at ang kani-kanilang mga katuwang na bise presidente, upang matulungan ang mga botante na gumawa ng napakahalagang desisyon. Kasama sa part 2 ng seryeng ito ang tatlong presidential bets, sina dating senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, at Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo.

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Mga kailangan mong malaman tungkol sa mga kandidatong presidente at bise presidente

Pacquiao’s money politics

At the proclamation rally last month of boxing champ-turned-presidential aspirant Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao, his mother, Dionisia, said in jest that she was worried her son would run out of money after the campaign because he has been giving it away.

Pacquiao’s money politics