Word: antonino
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Pacquiao is certainly thinking of the day after boxing. In 2007 he ran for a congressional seat in General Santos City but was beaten by the incumbent, Darlene Antonino-Custodio, who hails from a wealthy family long rooted in the politics of the region. But he is almost sure to run again in the 2010 national elections, though not in the same district. (Pacquiao has his own political organization - the People's Champ Movement - but has been aligning himself with President Gloria Arroyo, who needs his popularity.) Most people say they'd rather he stay a boxer and win more...
...failed 2007 bid to win a Philippines Congressional seat, he lost to incumbent Rep. Darlene Antonino-Custodio by nearly 37,000 votes. His decision to run had turned off many Filipinos, with analysts predicting politics could destroy his boxing career. His fans celebrated the loss, calling it a victory for boxing. Pacquiao says he will retire from boxing in 2009 and run in the Philippine general election of 2010 with his eye on a different congressional seat...
...sits a shopping center with Cartier, Zegna and Hugo Boss outlets. One night at the new Seibu department store, which opened last April, Italy's Missoni held a fashion show with Chinese models strutting to thumping reggae music. "Everybody who comes to Chengdu has a surprise," says an ebullient Antonino Laspina, the Italian trade commissioner in China, on the sidelines of the show. Living in Chengdu "is becoming like living in New York, Paris or Milan...
...units, a team of magistrates and a reported j2.5 million reward for information leading to his arrest. In early August, police nabbed Pasquale Tegano, 49, leading boss of the Calabrian mob clan 'ndrangheta, but Provenzano remains untouchable. Authorities are still upbeat, though. When top Mob lieutenant and Provenzano associate Antonino Giuffré was captured two years ago and turned state's witness, a window was cracked open that provided a rare glimpse of how the man known as the Tractor - for his skill in mowing people down - runs a sprawling criminal organization while eluding capture. With the new scraps...
...know whether to trust a man, they say, you must look into his eyes. While Italy last week got its first good glimpse of Mafia turncoat Antonino Giuffrè, his deep dark eyes and sunken facial features were kept hidden from view. During his live video testimony, broadcast on Tuesday in a Palermo courtroom, the 57-year-old former top lieutenant of Cosa Nostra - the Sicilian Mafia - offered sometimes electrifying allegations in the Mafia-association trial of Senator Marcello Dell'Utri, a close political ally and business partner of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But throughout the four hours of questioning...