Pacquiao faces toughest challenge in new career 05/24/2010

Pacquiao faces toughest challenge in new career

05/24/2010 Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao may have won in the recent general elections in the country but the challenges he faces as a politician are more formidable than any ring opponent. The world champion made many campaign promises to the people of the impoverished southern province of Sarangani to get elected as their representative in the nation’s parliament. And they expect him to deliver. “He said whether he wins or loses, he will build a hospital for Sarangani,” said Michelle Bargo, 25, a housewife, recalling one of Pacquiao’s promises. That commitment is widely remembered in the province where the population of more than 400,000 do not have a single hospital to serve them. Pacquiao, 31, said repeatedly during the campaign his priorities as congressman would be “livelihood programs, education, healthcare and medical assistance,” although he did not give too many details. Schools and infrastructure, as well as medical facilities, are all in short supply in the 1,700-square mile province where over half the population live in poverty, according to government figures.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20100524nat3.html

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