{"id":46324,"date":"2015-04-07T06:31:40","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T22:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=46324"},"modified":"2015-04-07T06:31:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T22:31:40","slug":"local-govt-officials-urged-to-show-pacman-mayweather-fight-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/07\/local-govt-officials-urged-to-show-pacman-mayweather-fight-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Local gov&#8217;t officials urged to show Pacman-Mayweather fight for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44751\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pacquiao-mayweather-MIKEY-WILLIAMS-2-e1426445445381.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44751\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pacquiao-mayweather-MIKEY-WILLIAMS-2-e1426445445381-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"Facebook Photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pacquiao-mayweather-MIKEY-WILLIAMS-2-e1426445445381-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pacquiao-mayweather-MIKEY-WILLIAMS-2-e1426445445381-900x608.jpg 900w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/pacquiao-mayweather-MIKEY-WILLIAMS-2-e1426445445381.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Lawmakers are urging local officials to show the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. for free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a small price to pay for the (local governments) but a big thing for those who cannot afford it,\u201d Senator Vicente &#8220;Tito&#8221; Sotto III said in a text message to the Philippine Daily inquirer.<\/p>\n<p>The rising pay-per-view (PPV) cost of the fight should not be an hindrance for Filipinos to watch the much-awaited fight, according to\u00a0Para\u00f1aque Representative Gustavo Tambunting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Local governments) should show it for free in all public plazas because Pacquiao fights give Filipinos inspiration. Even the crime rate is at its lowest during a Pacquiao fight. This is even bigger than the Ali-Frazier Thrilla in Manila (in 1975),\u201d Tambunting said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0Buhay Representative Lito Atienza suggested that local officials can use civic centers and haggle for special discounts on viewing the match from Solar Entertainment Corp.<\/p>\n<p>Solar will be holding exclusive rights to air Pacquiao&#8217;s fights in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s how we did it before and I am sure it can be worked out,\u201d said Atienza, a former Manila mayor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Lawmakers are urging local officials to show the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. for free. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":44751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","mauthors-lei-fontamillas","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}