Pacquiao pays homage to Filipino athletes

Boxing great Manny Pacquiao paid tribute to the Fili-pino athletes, who, besides bringing honor to the country in international competitions, sacrificed their lives, too, in the field of combat in defense of freedom.

Speaking on the eve of the country’s celebration of 29th National Heroes Day, boxing’s only eight-division champion and now senator, offered good, inspiring words on his 52 fallen comrades, who, on separate occasions, perished during World War II even as he called on the present-day athletes to emulate heir feats.