Pacquiao gets revenge
BY NINFA R. LEONARDIA

LAS VEGAS, Nevada - This time, there was no doubt about it. Filipino boxing idol and Bacolod's adopted son Manny Pacquiao knocked down Erik Morales, the so-called 'El Terrible' of Mexico, in the 10th round of their super-featherweight rematch to the cheers and wild applause of flag-waving Filipinos, a good number of them from Bacolod and Negros Occidental.

And Pacquiao won, decking him not only once, but twice in the 10th round of a very thrilling exchange of blows thrown in a much different style that caught Morales unaware and unprepared.

Set up by a furious series of right hooks and jabs, Pacquiao's huge left hand to the head dealt Morales his first knockdown in his fabled career.

Thousands of Negrenses cheer as
Pacman knocks Morales out
BY CEDELF P. TUPAS & CHRISTIAN IRL TAN

From Las Vegas, boxer Manny Pacquiao's impressive knockout victory over Mexican Erik Morales in their rematch reverberated in Negros Occidental, where thousands of Negrenses gathered at public places to cheer on the Filipino ring idol, whose victory was described by leaders as a unifying force amid political divisiveness.

In Bacolod City, close to 1,500 residents flocked to the City Hall to watch the Pacquiao-Morales rematch live and without commercial breaks, while 1,500 more gathered at the Libertad, Burgos and Central markets to witness the clash.

Businessman found dead
BY DONALYN GUERRERO

The body of a businessman who allegedly committed suicide was found in a vacant lot about 10 meters away from his residence at Doña Juliana Heights in Brgy. Taculing, Bacolod City, at about 6:15 a.m. Saturday.

Nelson Villarias Kee, 44, married, and engaged in a chemical fertilizer business in Bacolod City was found with injuries in his head and right arm while holding a 9 mm pistol Glock with 10 bullets, police reports said.

Recovered from the scene were a spent shell of a 9mm about three meters away from Kee's right hand and a Sony Ericsson cellphone that was found on his chest, police reports said.