Pacquiao: Gays are worse than Animals

Boxer and senatorial candidate Manny Pacquiao said that same sex marriage is worst than an animal in an interview.

In the interview by local channel TV-5, Pacquiao, an evangelical Christian, said people in a same-sex marriage are "worse than an animal."

Here's the excerpt with English translation below:

“Common sense lang. Makakakita ka ba ng any animals na lalaki sa lalakI, babae sa babae? Mas mabuti pa yung hayop. Marunong kumilala kung lalaki, lalaki, o babae, babae,” Pacquiao said.

(It’s only common sense. Would you see any species of animals who engage in male to male, female to female [sexual] relations? Animals, then, are better than humans [in that sense]. They know how to distinguish males from females.)

“Kung lalaki sa lalaki, babae sa babae, eh mas masahol pa sa hayop ang tao,” he added.

(If people then engage in male to male, female to female relations, then they are worse than animals.)

Pacquiao Avenge his Defeat Decisions Bradley

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — Though it was not in a dominant fashion as what he did in the past, Manny Pacquiao defeated Timothy Bradley on Saturday night via unanimous decision to claim the WBO welterweight title he lost back in 2012.

Pacquiao hunted and peppered the unbeaten Bradley around the MGM Grand Garden ring using jabs and combination. He was very aggressive. Bradley tried to fought back using footwork and counterpunching. Pacquiao was too much for Bradley.

Pacquiao has proven that Bradley's split-decision victory in 2012 was a mistake.

Judges Craig Metcalfe and Michael Pernick score card was 116-112 for Pacquiao, Glenn Trowbridge had it at 118-110 for Pacquiao.

Bradley said after the fight he injured his right calf in the early rounds. Bradley told Pacman after the fight "You won the fight, you deserved the win".  "I have no excuses."

Pacquiao landed 35% of his 563 punches, while Bradley connected with just 22% of his 627 punches. While Pacquiao's jab landed 23% against Bradley's 11%, and in power punches Pacquiao landed 148 power punches to Bradley's 109.

Manny Pacquiao's Mother Mommy D Mad at BIR

Here's Manny Pacquiao's Mother Mommy D reacting to BIR's Garnishment of Manny Pacquiao's properties due to alleged Political Harrassment by the Philippine government. BIR said that Manny owe them P2.2 billion (US$50,303,000).

Manny Pacquiao's House Seized by Philippine Government

Manny Pacquiao's house in Forbes Park, Makati City was seized today by the Bureau of Internal Revenue because of a tax case. The Philippine government is trying to tax Manny Pacquiao for the amount that he already paid in the US. The seized house will be use by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) as a guarantee in Pacquiao's P2.2 billion (US$50,303,000) tax case.

This was first reported by a local radio news DZMM station. It was also confirmed by Internal Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares in an interview.

Pacquiao bought the house in North Forbes Park in 2011 for P388 million pesos.

Boxer Manny Pacquiao Bank Account Frozen, Politics?

Manila, Philippines - Manny Pacquiao easily beat Mexican-American Brandon Rios last Sunday in Macau, china but this time he has a more tougher opponent, the Philippines Tax Bureau or Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR). All his bank accounts have been frozen by BIR due to a P2.2Billion (US$50,303,000) tax battle.

The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) gave Pacquiao a power punch to the face by freezing all his bank deposits. Money that he earned blood, sweat, and tears and not stolen. BIR are going after P2.2 billion Pacquiao allegedly owes the government in back taxes.

The Philippine government kept the freeze order out of public knowledge which is common in the Philippines since the government seems to have control over the media just like in North Korea despite being a democractic country.

Reports said the freeze order came after Pacquiao’s lawyers protested the BIR’s warrant of garnishment (WG) attaching his personal assets, including bank deposits.

The BIR normally issues WG to prevent delinquent taxpayers facing court suits from disposing his or her assets during the trial.

The case was due to Pacquiao’s accountant alleged failure to include in his income tax returns the million dollars taxes collected by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from his prize winnings for the years 2008 to 2009.

BIR said that the tax debts have become “demandable,” “ executory” and “collectible” because the solon allegedly ignored to answer the final assessment notice (FAN) sent to him, which expired 30 days after receipt as provided in the Tax Code.

Revenue officials explained that as a Filipino citizen, Pacquiao is required to declare all his earnings, including from abroad, in his ITR.

Records showed the solon earned more than $28 million in prize money for successfully defending his various titles against Juan Manuel, David Rios, Oscar de la Hoja in 2008 and Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto in 2009.

Of the amount, the IRS collected $8.4 million, or roughly about P395 million.

Pacquiao declared that he did not include remittances to IRS in his returns due to the existing bilateral tax treaty agreement between Manila and Washington which stipulates that income tax paid by Filipinos in the US is creditable against his income tax liabilities here.

He added that what he remitted to the BIR was the value-added tax (VAT) amounting to P12 million to cover P114 million earnings from endorsing at least 14 products.

He argued that the BIR assessment has no legal force because it was based on “best obtainable sources”

Pacquiao said that BIR is ignoring the financial reports submitted by his promoter, Top Rank Promotions and other actual transaction documents, relying only on the so-called “best obtainable evidence rule.”