Grand Lotto Jackpot- May 16, 2011- Php221,558,353.20

Grand Lotto Jackpot- Winner will be very happy with current jackpot of Php221,558,353.20 as of May 16, 2011. Just in case there will be no winner for tonights draw the jackpot price may reached a whooping Php235 million peso.

Grand Lotto 6/55 is the most recent draw introduced in April 2010. Draw mechanics are the same as the previous three, but this time, the number lot is from 1 to 55. The Grand Lotto draw is held every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays and currently uses the larger of the two-chamber Power Lotto Mega Gem. While its minimum jackpot is pegged at ?30,000,000, it had the Power Lotto's ?108,000,000 final jackpot as its jackpot prize on its first draw. The odds are at their largest at 1 in 28,989,675. It also produced the largest jackpot won: ?741,176,323 (US$16,721,406) by a single bettor from Luzon on November 29, 2010.

Princess Diana's dying photo at 64th Cannes Film Festival

Graphic photos of Princess Diana's death will be shown at Cannes Festival this week in the 90 minute documentary film, Unlawful Killing. The 64th annual Cannes Film Festival is set to be held from May 11 to May 22, 2011. Mélanie Laurent will be the hostess of the opening and closing ceremonies.

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Schedule of Events. The following films are set to be screened as part of the official selection:

The opening film is scheduled to be "Midnight in Paris" directed by Woody Allen of the U.S. and the closing film is "The Beloved" directed by Christophe Honoré of France.

The following films are set to be screened as part of the official selection:

Honorary Palme d'Or

Bernardo Bertolucci

Films – Competition (Showing 11-22 May 2011)

Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen (opening film, out of competition)

La Piel Que Habito – Pedro Almodóvar

L'Apollonide: Sovenirs de la Maison Close – Bertrand Bonello

Pater – Alain Cavalier

Hearat Shulayim – Joseph Cedar

Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da – Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Le Gamin Au Vélo – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

Le Havre – Aki Kaurismäki

Hanezu No Tsuki – Naomi Kawase

Sleeping Beauty – Julia Leigh (1st film)

Polisse – Maïwenn Le Besco

The Tree Of Life – Terrance Malick

La Source Des Femmes – Radu Mihaileanu

Ichimel – Takashi Miike

Habemus Papam – Nanni Moretti

We Need To Talk About Kevin – Lynne Ramsay

Michael – Markus Schleinzer (1st film)

This Must Be The Place – Paolo Sorrentino

Melancholia – Lars Von Trier

Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn

Films – Un Certain Regard (Highlights, Showing 11-22 May 2011)

Restless – Gus Van Sant (opening film)

Hors Satan – Bruno Dumont

Martha Marcy May Marlene – Sean Durkin (1st film)

The Day He Arrives – Hong Sangoo (last year's winner)

Et Maintenant On Va Ou? – Nadine Labaki

L'Exercise De L'Etat – Pierre Schoeller

Films – out of competition

La Conquête – Xavier Durringer

The Beaver – Jodie Foster

The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – Rob Marshall

Midnight Screenings

Wu Xia – Chan Peter Ho-Sun

Dias De Gracia – Everardo Gout

Special Screenings

Labrador – Frederikke Aspöck

Le Maître Des Forges De L'Enfer – Rithy Panh

Michel Petrucciani – Michael Radford

Tous Au Larzac – Christian Rouaud

Read More about Princess Diana:

Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances;[N 1]née Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family and an international personality of the late 20th century as the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981. The wedding, which was held at St. Paul's Cathedral, was televised and watched by a global audience of over 750 million people. The marriage produced two sons: Princes William and Harry, currently second and third in line to the thrones of the 16 Commonwealth realms, respectively.

A public figure from the announcement of her engagement to Prince Charles, Diana was born into an old, aristocratic English family with royal ancestry, and remained the focus of worldwide media scrutiny before, during and after her marriage, which ended in divorce on 28 August 1996. This media attention continued following her death in a car crash in Parison 31 August 1997, and in the subsequent display of public mourning a week later. Diana also received recognition for her charity work and for her support of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. From 1989, she was the president of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

The sudden and unexpected death of a very popular royal figure brought statements from senior figures worldwide and many tributes by members of the public. People left public offerings of flowers, candles, cards and personal messages outside Kensington Palace for many months.

Diana's funeral took place in Westminster Abbey on 6 September 1997. The previous day Queen Elizabeth II had paid tribute to her in a live television broadcast.[53] Her sons, the Princes William and Harry, walked in the funeral procession behind her coffin, along with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, and with Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer.

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Glutathione Injections Health Alert- What is Glutathione?

Health Warning for those using Glutathione to achieve whiter skin. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned the public against using glutathione injections, which they said can cause skin rashes, severe abdominal pains, kidney failure, and other health complications.

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What is Glutathione?Glutathione (GSH) is a tripeptide that contains an unusual peptide linkage between the amine group of cysteine and the carboxyl group of the glutamate side-chain. It is anantioxidant, preventing damage to important cellular components caused by reactive oxygen species such as free radicals and peroxides.


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Thiol groups are reducing agents, existing at a concentration of approximately 5 mM in animal cells. Glutathione reduces disulfide bonds formed within cytoplasmic proteins tocysteines by serving as an electron donor. In the process, glutathione is converted to its oxidized form glutathione disulfide (GSSG), also called L(-)-Glutathione.

Glutathione is found almost exclusively in its reduced form, since the enzyme that reverts it from its oxidized form, glutathione reductase, is constitutively active and inducible uponoxidative stress. In fact, the ratio of reduced glutathione to oxidized glutathione within cells is often used as a measure of cellular toxicity.

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Sony to begin restoring PlayStation Network Sunday

TOKYO — Sony said it would begin a phased restoration of its PlayStation Network games service on Sunday on a country by country basis and expected the process to be complete by May 31.

The company said phased restoration of the Sony Online Entertainment PC-based online games service would also begin on Sunday.

The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant apologized to customers for the outages and said in a statement a range of new security measures had been introduced.

"I can't thank you enough for your patience and support during this time," Sony No. 2 Kazuo Hirai said in the news release, acknowledging that customers were "anxious" to use their products again.

"We are taking aggressive action at all levels to address the concerns that were raised by this incident, and are making consumer data protection a full-time, company wide commitment."

Sony discovered on April 19 its PlayStation Network, which enables PlayStation games console owners to download games and pit their skills against rivals, had been breached by hackers, who accessed personal details on 77 million accounts.

It shut down the network and its Qriocity online music and movie service, frustrating many users, but later found out that a separate online games service had also been accessed, forcing a further shutdown.

Users of the Sony Online Entertainment service will be offered free game time as compensation for the outage, the company said. — Reuters

Showtime Season 3 Grand Winner 'TRUE COLORS' From General Santos

True Colors - Dance Group from General Santos City is the Grand Winner of Showtime Season 3 held at the Ynares Center in Antipolo on May 14, 2011- Saturday.

The Finalists are:
1. Anonymous Edition - Spoof/Dance Group
2. Cool Guys - Spoof/Dance Group
3. Asian Pride - Spoof/Dance Group
4. Vision 20 - Spoof/Dance Group
5. Tribos Humanikas - Spoof/Dance Group
6. BTLA Kidz - Spoof/Dance Group
7. Artist Youth of the Philippines - Dance Group
8. True Colors - Dance Group- GRAND WINNER 
9. Yuri Crew - Dance Group
10. NDC - Synchronized Dance Group
11. Wildcard Week Winner 


Watch the Video Announcement of Grand Winner Here: Our reader's choice winner is also 'True Colors' with 28% of total fan votes. (click here to see our poll).

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2011 NBA Semi-Finals Team Standings as at May 14, 2011

2011NBA Playoffs Semi-Finals Team Standings- as at May 14, 2011. Chicago and Miami will battle at Semi-Finals best of seven series, while Dallas who beats LA Lakers in four straight games is awaiting winner from Memphis and Oklahoma.

Blogger Unavailable on May 12 and 13- caused panic on bloggers around the wolrd!

How to fix bX-rmz3p7, bX-d7hq04 and bx-u8tljp,  those are error codes when i enter url for blogger..its showing me error screen with my code. When are they going to resolve this problem? These are some of the questions being asked during the absence of blogger. No blogger update was made yesterday due to some problem-maintenance fixing of blogger engineers, as you noticed all blogs being run by blogspot was reset their post up until May 11, 2011 and posts beyond that were temporarily deleted according to blogger update status.

“Bloggers is currently unavailable. We apologize for any disruption of service. “

As of 4:30pm on Friday (Philippine time), a message dated May 12 said that "Blogger would be in read-only mode for "maintenance."

"Our sincere apologies. We're working hard to restore service, and your loyalty," Blogger tweeted repeatedly.

Status Update "To get Blogger back to normal all posts since 7:37am PT on Wed 5/11 have been temp removed. We expect everything to be back to normal soon," That is why all my post on May 12, 2011 was not visible up until now though you we can already post a new one.

Update Information from The Blogger:

We are very sorry that users are unable to publish to Blogger right now. We have rolled back the maintenance release from last night and as a result, posts and comments from all users made after 7:37 am PDT on May 11, 2011 have been removed. Again, we apologize that this happened and our engineers are working hard to return Blogger to normal and restore your posts and comments. We will post a report once this work is complete.

-The Blogger Team

Hopefully the problem Current Blogger not available quickly resolved.

UPDATE NEWS :

Blogger is back !

Top 10 Philippines' Richest Senators in 2010- Senator Manny Villar still on top

Senator Manny Villar is still the richest Senator in Philippine Senate having a net worth of more than Php700 million peso while Senator Antonio Trillanes IV also remained the poorest senator with almost P4 million, based on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) they submitted to the Senate.

If Congressman Manny Pacquiao therefore is a Senator he will top the list of the richest Senators in the land. In his recent fight alone according to the report he receives $USD 6 million as a Prize money and a whooping $USD20 million as share for PPV, it is more than Php 1billion already.

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Here is the Top 10-  2010 net worth of senators based on their SALNs:

(1) Manuel Villar - P725.2 million (P947.88 million in 2009)

(2) Ralph Recto - P418.5 million (only elected in 2010)

(3) Ferdinand Marcos Jr. - P311.5 million (only elected in 2010)

(4) Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. - P125.7 million (P123.73 million in 2009)

(5) Juan Ponce Enrile - P116 million (P118.8 million in 2009)

(6) Jinggoy Estrada - P93.5 million (P84.03 million in 2009)

(7) Sergio Osmeña III - P82.3 million (only elected in 2010)

(8) Pia Cayetano - P76.7 million (P75.85 million in 2009)

(9) Teofisto Guingona III - P73.9 million (only elected in 2010)

(10) Edgardo Angara - P70 million (P64.2 million in 2009)

source: GMANews

Scares of Big Earthquake in Rome on May 11, 2011as predicted by Raffaele Bendandi

It was reported in Telegraph that people of Rome are having big panics and trying to leave Rome today over fears that a giant earthquake is coming following a seismologist's 1915 prediction that "the big one" will strike on May 11, 2011.

The panic has been fanned by Facebook, Twitter and text messages around a prediction by Raffaele Bendani, a seismologist who forecast in 1915 that a "big one" would hit Rome on Wednesday.

Who by the way is Raffaele Bendandi?

Raffaele Bendandi, an important astronomer, seismologer and scientist he predicted that "on May 11, 2011 provide that Rome will be shaken by an earthquake so powerful that the entire city will be shaved off the face of the earth."

Bendandi, who died in 1979, was an autodidact. Born in 1893, he predicted the earthquake of 13 January 1915, the Avenzzano, who had 11 degrees on the Mercalli scale that resulted in the deaths of 30,000 Italians. Then, at the May 6, 1976 in Friuli, which killed 1,000 people and left another 45,000 homeless. Bendandi gave almost accurate data about where disasters will occur, and about their day.

Shuttle Endeavour's Final Flight, The Penultimate Shuttle Launch Live Stream

Watch the Shuttle Endeavour's Final Flight, The Penultimate Shuttle Launch Live Stream on May 16, 2011.

STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6) is the penultimate voyage of NASA's Space Shuttle program. The mission will also mark the final flight of Space Shuttle Endeavour. This flight will deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and an ExPRESS Logistics Carrier to the International Space Station. Mark E. Kelly will serve as the mission commander. STS-134 was expected to be the final space shuttle mission if STS-135 did not receive funding from Congress; however, in February 2011, NASA stated that STS-135 would fly "regardless" of the funding situation. The Launch On Need mission, a contingency mission to rescue a stranded STS-134 crew, would be the STS-335 flight, flown by Atlantis.

NASA managers have set the lift-off for 8:56 a.m. EDT on Monday. Launch attempts are available through May 26, except for May 21. The STS-134 mission to the International Space Station is the penultimate shuttle flight and the final one for Endeavour.

Watch Enbedded Live Stream:

Watch live streaming video from spaceflightnow at livestream.com

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MAGNITUDE 5.2 EARTHQUAKE HITS HONSHU, JAPAN

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits Honshu Japan near the East Coast, on May 10,2011 at 10:14:41 UTC
 according to USGS reports. However there is no reports of incidents or casualties.

Earthquake Location

Magnitude	5.2
Date-Time	Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 10:14:41 UTC Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 07:14:41 PM at epicenter

Source	U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

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Typhoon Bebeng PAGASA Weather Update- 5:00 A.M.- May 10, 2011

Update on Typhoon Bebeng issued at 5:00 am. At 4:00 a.m. today, Tropical Storm "BEBENG" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 120 km Southeast of Basco, Batanes (19.5 °N, 122.9°E) with maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is forecast to move North Northeast at 17 kph.

 
Forecast:
The provinces of Cagayan, Apayao, Batanes and the islands of Babuyan and Calayan will have occasional rains and gusty winds. The rest of Luzon and Western Visayas will experience monsoon rains. The rest of the country will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northwest and Southwest will prevail over the Western section of Luzon and its coastal waters will be moderate to rough. Light to moderate winds blowing from the Southeast to Southwest will prevail over the rest of the country with slight to moderate seas.

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Tyhoon Bebeng PAGASA Update- 5:00 p.m., 09 May 2011

PAGASA pdate as at 4:00 p.m. today, Tropical Storm "BEBENG" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 50 km East of Tuguegarao City (17.5 °N, 122.2°E) with maximum sustained winds of 75 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 90 kph. It is forecast to move North at 15 kph.

Forecast:

Northern Luzon will have occasional rains and occasional gusty winds becoming stormy over the Eastern section. The rest of Luzon and Western Visayas will experience cloudy with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

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Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southwest to South will prevail over the rest of Luzon and Western Visayas and coming from the South over the rest of Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the South with slight to moderate seas.

Image and text courtesy of PAGASA-DOST Page

Typhoon Bebeng PAGASA Weather Update- 4:00 A.M.- May 9, 2011

At 4:00 am today, Tropical Storm "BEBENG" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 60 kms Southeast of Casiguran, Aurora (15.9 °N, 122.6°E) with maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 100 kph. It is forecast to move North Northwest at 15 kph.

Forecast:
Aurora, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao, Mt. Province, Kalinga and Cagayan will experience stormy weather while Camarines Norte, Northern Quezon icluding Polilio Island, Nueva Ecija, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Ilocos Norte, Apayao, Babuyan, Calayan and Batanes will have rains with gusty winds. The rest of luzon will experience rains while Visayas and Mindanao will be cloudy with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms.

Paris Hilton Parties with Manny Pacquiao- Video

Celebrity Paris Hilton surprises Manny Pacquiao during his press conference after he defeated Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand.

Paris Hilton seems to be a big fan of Pambansang Kamao Manny Pacquiao in a series of posts on her Twitter.com page, Hilton writes, "Pacquiao is the champion! Pac Man is an incredible fighter! Hanging out with Manny Pacquiao and his beautiful wife Jinkee. They are such a sweet and down to earth couple! Love them!

"Wow! Such an honour to be brought on stage by Manny and his wife Jinkee after the fight."

Hilton even made plans to visit the world champion when she next visits his native country, adding: "Can't wait to visit them when I go to the Philippines!"

Typhoon Bebeng PAGASA Weather Update- Metro Manila Signal No.1

At 4:00 p.m. today, Tropical Storm "BEBENG" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 70 km North of Daet, Camarines Norte (14.8°N, 123.1°E) with maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 100 kph. It is forecast to move Northwest at 15 kph.

By Monday evening, Tropical Storm "BEBENG" is expected to reach its location at 60 km East of Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. PAGASA forecast further stated that Bagyong "BEBENG" will be at 60 km North of Basco, Batanes and at 380 km North of Northeast of Basco, Batanes by Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, respectively.

Albay and Burias Island are not now experiencing Storm Signal No. 1 at 30-60 kph winds. But Ifugao and Isabela are now on alert level 2. Metro Manila, and neighboring provinces are still on alert level 1.

Public Storm Warning Signals elsewhere are now lowered.



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Residents in low lying areas and near mountain slopes under signal #2 and #1 are advised to take all the necessary precautions against possible flashfloods and landslides. Likewise, those living in coastal areas are alerted against big waves or storm surges generated by this tropical cyclone, PAGASA advised.

The public and the disaster coordinating councils concerned are advised to take appropriate actions and watch for the next bulletin to be issued at 5 AM Monday.

Tornado hits Calumpit Bulacan

According to GMANews report,  tornado hit Calumpit, Bulacan on Saturday night and around 500 people were affected after.

Though there is no report of casualties, still the authorities said they are still investigating if the death of one Alberto Tolentino, who died of heart attack, was triggered by the tornado.

Provincial Disaster Risk Management Office chief Felicisima Mungcal said that based on their initial reports, the tornado whirled through barangays Balungao, Frances, San Miguel, Sapang Bayan, Poblacion, Meysulao, Corazon and Gatbuca at 6 p.m. The twister lasted for 30 minutes.

Pakistan Islamists to protest vs US bin Laden raid

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's most influential Islamist party urged its followers to hold mass rallies on Friday to demand their government withdraw its support of the U.S. war on militancy after U.S. commandos killed Osama bin Laden near Islamabad.

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), one of the country's biggest religious political parties, said the United States had violated the sovereignty of key ally Pakistan by sending its own forces into the garrison town of Abbottabad to kill the al Qaeda leader.

Pakistan's support is key to U.S. efforts to combat Islamist militants, and also to fighting against the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.

"Even if there was any sympathy for the Americans, that would dissipate after the way they crushed and violated our sovereignty and our independence," JI chief Syed Munawar Hasan told Reuters on Thursday.

"We have appealed to everyone to hold peaceful demonstrations on Friday on a very large scale," he said. "Our first demand is Pakistan.... should withdraw from the war on terror."

Anti-American sentiment runs high in Pakistan, despite billions of dollars in aid for the nuclear-armed country with a troubled economy. Pakistan's religious parties have not traditionally done well at the ballot box, but they wield considerable influence in a country where Islam is becoming more radicalized.

There have so far been few public protests in Pakistan against bin Laden's killing early on Monday at Abbottabad, 50 kms (31 miles) north of Islamabad. One of Pakistan's most violent militant groups, Lashkar-e-Taiba, held special prayers for the al Qaeda leader and called his death "martyrdom."

The United States war on militancy is unpopular in Pakistan, because of the often high civilian cost of drone attacks against suspected militants along the Afghan border. But many people are also critical of al Qaeda's radical interpretation of Islam and the suicide bombings its followers carry out.

The fact that bin Laden was killed in Pakistan, after having appeared to have lived there for several years, has also embarrassed many people in the government and the country's powerful spy agency. — Reuters via GMANews

PAGASA Weather Update: Bagyong Bebeng as of May 8 at 11am

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), at 11 a.m. today, issued a tropical cyclone warning on tropical storm “Bebeng” (Aere).

According to the agency, "Bebeng" has already made landfall over Northern Catanduanes and is now heading towards Quezon-Aurora area.

“Bebeng” is moving with a maximum sustained winds of 85 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 100 kph.


Public storm Signal Number 2:

Catanduanes
Camarines Norte
Camarines Sur
Northern Quezon
Polillo island
Aurora
Nueva Ecija
Nueva Viscaya
Isabela


Public storm Signal Number 1:

Sorosogon
Albay
Southern Quezon
Laguna
Rizal
Bulacan
Pampanga
Tarlac
Pangasinan
La Union
Mt Province
Kalinga
Ifugao
Southern Cagayan

PAGASA's three day forecast shows that ”Bebeng” will be 70 km North of Baler, Aurora or at 110 km North Northeast of Cabanatuan City by Monday morning. By Tuesday morning, tropical cyclone “Bebeng” will be 170 km Northeast of Aparri, Cagayan. On Wednesday morning, “Bebeng” is expected to move farther away at 440 km Northeast of Basco, Batanes.

Manny Pacquiao defeats Shane Mosley by unanimous decision to retain WBO welterweight title

Manny Pacquiao defeats Shane Mosley by unanimous decision to retain WBO welterweight title.They hug in the center of the ring to start the final round.The fans are chanting "Manny! Manny!"

Round 1: Each guy worked hard to set up blows with their jabs. Pacquiao landed twice to the body and once to the face, and Mosley sneaked in a hard right to face. Pacquiao wins the round, 10-9(scoring is unofficial).

Round 12: Pacquiao completes a dominant effort, striking Mosley with more lefts to the head and body. He hammers Mosley with left-right to head. But Mosley survives. Pacquiao walks back frustrated to his corner with third straight unanimous decision coming. Pacquiao wins the round, 10-9. Pacquiao should win, 119-107.

Final verdict: Manny Pacquiao wins by unanimous decision. Scoring: Trowbridge, 119-108; Moretti, 120-108; Ford 120-107.

What can you say about the fight? Here are some of boxing fan-tweets:

BrianLoftus8‎ After he got knocked down in Rnd 3, #Mosley spent the entire fight not fighting. Clearly just a paycheck 4 Shane. #Pacquiao can't be beat.


steph_machado‎ well technically, I never rooted for Mosley. I just wanted Pacquiaoto lose because he sings & beats every Latin boxer. NO GET OUT GO SING.


BlackOut_06‎ RT @CDJ_2: Told y'all...Pacquiao is a monster>> I'm never impressed by him. You knew he was gonna beat Mosley.