GENERAL SANTOS CITY (13 May 2015) – Gensan is now set to welcome Manny Pacquiao.
City Mayor Ronnel Rivera has confirmed the city government is now ready for the “hero’s welcome” for Pacquiao on Thursday (May 14), including the security plans and route his convoy would use.
Mayor Rivera said that although Pacquiao had lost to Floyd Mayweather, he still made his fellow countrymen proud.
“Manny is still our champion. He deserves a hero’s welcome,” Mayor Rivera said.
The military will do planeside honors for Paquiao, who is the congressman of Sarangani, at General Santos City International Airport.
Pacquiao and his party will then be welcomed by Mayor Rivera, Vice Mayor Shirlyn Nograles, and Sarangani Governor Steve Solon.
The municipal mayors of Sarangani, city councilors of General Santos, and other provincial and city personnel will also be present.
Manny Pacquiao will be joined by his wife Sarangani Vice Governor Jinkee Pacquiao, Mayor Rivera, Vice Mayor Nograles, Governor Solon, Dionisia Pacquiao, and Freddie Roach in the motorcade.
The motorcade will end in SM Gensan where a press conference will be held at the mall’s atrium.
The Philippine National Police, Gensan’s Joint Task Force, and City Security Unit will be deployed in the streets.
It is expected that the streets where the motorcade will pass will be filled with thousands of people.
Locals in the city already prepared streamers and tarpaulins to show their support and appreciation of Pacquiao who has risen from poverty to be one of the greatest and richest in the sport of boxing.
In the “Fight of the Century”, Pacquiao was defeated through a unanimous decision by Mayweather with the scores of 116-112, 116-112, 118-110. But here in Gensan, the residents are still delightful for the performance Pacquaio has shown during his showdown against Mayweather.
Jypril Quintana, a resident of Barangay Labangal, said that Pacquiao had really proven once again that he is a real fighter and not just a boxer. “Mayweather won the titles, Pacquiao won the hearts,” Quintana said. (Gensan CPIO/ Ian John Lagare)
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