Manny Pacquiao on the ropes in Philippines as a Marcos dances back towards power | World

Tright here was adoration within the air when the boxing famous person working for the presidency of the Philippines met his public on a marketing campaign walkabout at a Manila procuring centre final week.

Beneath large purple paper hearts and balloons nonetheless hanging from Valentine’s Day, excited consumers mobbed Manny Pacquiao, jostling for images throughout an unannounced espresso cease. However posing for selfies is just not translating into votes for the nation’s biggest sporting hero, a born-again Christian who has stated he’s working for the highest job on a mission from God.

Because the Could 9 poll approaches, the 12-time world champion, senator, entrepreneur and evangelical preacher is on the ropes in his battle for the presidency. An unscientific sampling of the buzzing crowd discovered not a single