US assistance moves fast to 'Yolanda' devastated areas

US assistance moves fast to 
'Yolanda' devastated areas   

"Desperate times call for desperate measure."
quote from LIFE LONG

By Alex P. Vidal

Relief assistance from different corners of the globe has been pouring in with alacrity and dispatch these past days amid reports that the Philippine government appeared to be slow in delivering relief goods to areas affected most by super typhoon "Yolanda" that devastated Central Visayas last November 8.
Foreign journalists from Canada, US, Europe, Japan, Israel, to name only a few, have also arrived to give the globe a glimpse and ringside account of the extent of damage wrought by history's strongest typhoon. 
Jim Garamone of Albany Tribune reported that countries around the world are responding to the Typhoon Haiyan-caused devastation in the Philippines, and aid is rushing to the island nation with the U.S. Navy leading the way.
Meanwhile, although the death toll from the typhoon disaster in the Philippines is still uncertain, Anthony Kuhn and Audie Kurnish, reporting for npr, stressed that it is known that hundreds of thousands of people are homeless, lacking food, water and even basic shelter. "Just over a week after Typhoon Haiyan struck, the U.S. aid effort has now kicked into higher gear with the arrival off of the carrier USS George Washington and its support ships off the coast of the worst hit area, the island of Leyte," they observed.

HUMANITARIAN

Garamone reported that "Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Navy’s chief of information, discussed the U.S. military’s humanitarian aid and disaster relief effort, dubbed Operation Damayan, during a discussion at the Defense One Summit here November 15."
Here's the complete report: "Kirby told Al Jazeera’s Jamie Tarabay that the military is working in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which is leading the U.S. portion of the effort.
"The aircraft carrier USS George Washington and three other U.S. vessels arrived in the Philippines yesterday, and sailors and Marines began delivering food, water and shelter to those affected by the storm. Philippine officials said that more than 4,000 people were killed by the storm, thousands more need medical attention, and millions are without the basics of life.
"The Philippines is a U.S. treaty ally, Kirby said, noting that exercises and operations that U.S. and Philippine service members have conducted together in the past have aided the relief effort.

REBALANCE

"'(The Defense Department’s) rebalance to the Pacific is all about partnerships and trying to find ways to better understand one another and operate together,' Kirby said. 'We’ve had a terrific relationship with the government of the Philippines for a very long time, … but when you have an emergency like this, this is not the time to try to build a relationship. At a time like this, you want to leverage the relationship we’ve had for so long, and that’s what we’re seeing here.'
"About 300 U.S. Marines are currently on the ground aiding relief efforts in the Philippines today. Another 900 Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit based on the Japanese island of Okinawa are deploying aboard the USS Germantown and USS Ashland, and are expected to arrive in the Philippines next week.
"Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft have been flying missions in the Philippines, and more of those aircraft are on the way." 

Bugoy Molejona: 'I want to rest in the cheapest coffin'

"It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."  BUDDHA

By Alex P. Vidal

The brain surgery kept under wraps from some relatives and friends at St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City last October 30, made Vicente "Bugoy" Molejona realize that he needed to adopt a positive attitude to reverse the effects of small cell lung carcinoma with solitary brain metastasis, first discovered in July 2012 and confirmed on September 18, 2012 after a series of biopsy.
"I have the worst kind of cancer," sobbed Molejona, who did not know he had carcinoma, a cancer or malignancy that begins in the epithelial tissues, when he was first scheduled for operation at the Iloilo Doctors' Hospital in July 2012 to remove a mast cell in the left asphyxia.
He sought for a second opinion at St. Luke's and called off the Iloilo Doctors' Hospital operation two days before schedule. After being diagnosed with small cell lung carcinoma, Molejona went home to his hometown in Miag-ao, 43 kilometers away from Iloilo City. He was back in Manila September 23 and underwent the first of a series of chemotherapy sessions that went on every month thereafter.

In February this year, the former provincial board member and one-time OIC governor of Iloilo, had his sixth chemotherapy which included daily radiation for 25 days.

CELLS

Doctors said epithelial cells are the cells that line the entire surface of the body as well as the internal structures and cavities. Carcinomas may affect the breast, lung, prostate, and colon and are among the most common types of cancer in adults. 
"Mind over matter," enthused Molejona, 63, a retired regional director of the Population Commission (Popcom) in Western Visayas. "I realized that cancer is not an affliction, but a sweet blessing. I would prefer to die of cancer than allow a maniac driver to bump me and split my body." 
Molejona said he should not be afraid of his ailment now saying he is ready to face his fate. "I'm lucky I can prepare for months; I can ask forgiveness to the Lord, that's why I isolate myself. Those who die in vehicular accidents have no more time to prepare," he waxed poetic.
In July this year, Molejona started to feel a pain on his left eye while at the Miag-ao town hall where he was the municipal administrator under Mayor Macario Napulan. He noticed his right eye could not see. He would bump the glass door several times. Molejona also passed out while attending some municipal events.

SURGEON

Dr. Manuel Mariano, a neuro surgeon who performed the surgery together with cardiologist Dr. Carlos Dy, confirmed Molejona underwent Stereotactic Radiosurgery, a special radiation procedure using the Linear Accelerator, an "operation of its kind and there is no OR record generated in this procedure."
Mariano explained that "instead of the usual fractionated (daily) radiation treatments, this procedure requires that full radiation dose be delivered in one fraction."
The brain surgery started at 12 noon until 4 pm.
Ma. Dulce, his wife, said doctors wanted Molejona to spend his isolation period in Manila but Molejona requested that he spend his isolation period in his residence in Miag-ao while undergoing treatment. "I love this room where I stayed for 12 years until I separated from my mother (the late Socorro Naldoza-Molejona) to study Classical Latin at Seminario De San Vicente Ferrer (now St. Saint Vincent Seminary in Jaro, Iloilo City) for eight years," Molejona recalled, pointing to the "original" bed he bought from his first salary as pharmaceutical salesman before he earned a scholarship at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada in the early 80s.

MEDICINES

He wears medical mask and maintains the following medicines daily: Dexilone forte 4mg, Ciprobay 500mg, Kepra 500/tab, Emend 80mg, Omeprazole 40 mg, Vascor 5mg, Aspirin 80mg, Crestor 20mg. He is expected to undergo another chemotherapy soon.
In the event he can't nip the cancer in the bud, Molejona, who lost his voice and now speaks like Jesica Stratton's cartoon characters, said he only have two wishes: 
1. "Church authorities in Miag-ao should observe the first-come-first-serve basis on mass services for the dead. The poor should not be made to wait if he comes first even if a rich dead comes late. This had happened before and should not happen during my funeral.";
2. "I want to rest in the cheapest coffin so that my journey to heaven will be expedited. With a simple coffin, it is easy to pave the way for my trip to join my Creator. We will all die, anyway. I would be buried near my parents but under the ground, not in a tomb. No praises during the funeral. No epitaph and gravestone but only one word: 'Bugoy'; no sentences or decorations."
Tears rolling down his eyes, Molejona appealed that "even if I am already gone, they should remember my family; that I have a wife (Ma. Dulce) and three children (Miag-ao Councilor Jose Angelo, 23; Vincent Paul, 21; and Carla Isabel, 18)."
Molejona, who served as administrator of the Iloilo Sports Complex and chief bidder for Iloilo in the 1991 Palarong Pambansa as chair of the provincial board committee on infrastructure during the administration of Gov. Simplicio Grino, is the youngest in seven children. His other brothers and sisters are Ramon (deceased), Flora M. Naldoza, Josefina M. Simon, Gloria M. Musones, Salvador (deceased), and Rosario Molejona.

It's impossible not to be moved to tears

It's impossible not to be moved to tears

"We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression."  CONFUCIUS 

By Alex P. Vidal

Even if your heart is made of rock, it is impossible not to be moved emotionally once you see a distraught mother hysterically looking for a missing child, or a father crying unabashedly while desperately searching for his missing wife and children--all believed to have been swept away by flash floods or buried in mud when super typhoon "Yolanda" tortured Central Visayas last Nov. 8.  
It is impossible not to end up teary-eyed after watching hungry and horrified residents walking with shaggy cloths like zombies foraging for food and water and begging for immediate help; families in evacuation centers visibly shocked and tormented by nature's murderous wrath after losing their houses and livelihood.
It's impossible not to be overwhelmed by a feeling of empathy and sympathy after seeing piles of dead bodies, many of them children and elderly, scatter in the streets covered by dirt and debris; unidentified and bloated cadavers washed away by cascading waters from rivers and denuded forests.

MEDIA

It is only after media described the extent of death and destruction in graphic details that people around the world were able to absorb the terrifying scenarios in Leyte (particularly in Tacloban City), Ormoc, Cebu, Iloilo, Aklan, Capiz, Antique. So saddened they wasted no time to chip in and rushed donations in cash and kind.
We haven't seen such gigantic havoc wrought by a single natural catastrophe in recent memory. Yolanda will go down in history as the most frightful and morbid; its cataclysmic damage will be long remembered by generations to come. When historians chronicle what happened on November 8, 2013, they will describe the event in one eerie word: hell! 
Those who lost their homes and loved ones in the blink of an eye during the tragedy will think that God has forsaken them and left them to suffer in hell on earth. The faith of many of them will be put to test. They will start to question why God allowed them to suffer and why of all people on earth, such misfortune befell on them. "Why us, Lord?"

RELIGIOUS

We are aware of the immediate religious repercussions the Yolanda tragedy registered in religious as well as anti-religious circles. Let me share the lines from Voltaire's  “Poeme sur le desastre de Lisbonne,” written in response to the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 where thousands of people were killed:
What crime, what sin, had those young hearts conceived
That lie, bleeding and torn, on mother’s breast?
Did fallen Lisbon deeper drink of vice
Than London, Paris, or sunlit Madrid?
In these men dance; at Lisbon yawns the abyss.
Tranquil spectators of your brothers’ wreck,
Unmoved by this repellent dance of death,
Who calmly seek the reason of such storms,
Let them but lash your own security;
Your tears will mingle freely with the flood.

We saw Yolanda's destruction, Donaire's TKO win coming

We saw Yolanda's destruction, 
Donaire's TKO win coming 

"When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped."
SAMUEL JOHNSON 

By Alex P. Vidal

We had been forewarned about the destruction super typhoon "Yolanda" would bring once it landed in Central Visayas at least four days earlier. We shouldn't have been caught by surprise. But we were. The horrowing death toll and unimaginable damage on property--commercial and agricultural--were horrific, to say the least. Indeed, it was the worst natural calamity ever recorded in world history.
Ilonggos were alerted and prepared as early as November 4 when weather forecast billed the howler as "the strongest ever" and shouldn't be underestimated. But death for hundreds of unprepared Visayans in Tacloban, Ormoc, Cebu, and Iloilo came like a thief in the night. We join those who lost their family members and houses as well as livelihood in their moments of grief and sorrow.
We doff our hats off to our government leaders-- governors, mayors, barangay officials, the PNP and army--who quickly responded to the calamity by marshaling the state equipment and resources. We can't bring back the lives of those who perished while trying to flee from strong winds and flashfloods when "Yolanda" unleashed its deadly force last November 8, but because of our alert and diligent government officials and disaster management councils, many lives have been saved.

DESTRUCTION

Like "Yolanda's" destruction, we also anticipated the ugly ending of the verbally abusive Armenian-Australian pugilist Vic "The Bull" Darchinyan (39-6, 28 KOs) who was toppled in the 9th round by a solid left hook uncorked by Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire Jr. in Corpus Christi, Texas last November 10.
While smarting from the onslaught of "Yolanda", many Filipinos did not miss the fight which was considered to be more exciting compared to the forthcoming duel between Manny Pacquiao and Brandon "Bam Bam" Rios in Macau on Nov. 24. 
It was a very important fight not only for Donaire (32-2, 21 KOs) who was trying to recover from the methodical beating he experienced from Guillermo Rigondeaux last April 13 in a foiled bid to pocket the WBO super bantamweight title, but for the entire nation searching for hero in sports amid back-to-back calamities (from 7.2 earthquake to the super typhoon "Yolanda").

SPIRITS

Donaire's scintillating TKO win lifted the spirits of all Filipinos who felt insulted by Darchinyan's arrogance and foul language. Donaire's stoppage victory will probably silence him and bring him to his senses that Filipino fighters are world class and brave in heart and spirit and should not be underestimated.
After his TKO win over Darchinyan, Donaire, who is still crownless despite the big victory, issued the following message on his Facebook page: "It wasnt MY win tonight, it was the PHILIPPINES win. We are strong and we have faith. Thank you Lord for keeping me safe, giving me a sound mind, helping me see what needed to be done. Thank you to the Archangels and especially all the fans and Filipinos who watched despite the typhoon. I have alot of work still to do but first I need to get the cheek xrayed for fracture and rest. God Bless!"
During his post fight interview, Donaire stated “When he hit me in my cheek, it felt like he broke my cheek, so part of my mind was ‘Is this it for me? Should I keep going?’ but I put my mind and heart into it and said ‘You know what? I will never, ever quit.’”
Donaire said he is looking for a rematch with Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KOs) who will face Joseph Agbeko on December 7 for WBA super bantamweight title. Agbeko had once repulsed the talkative Darchinyan on points.

Drilon loves Rene Villa like David's love for Jonathan

"A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same."  Elbert Hubbard 

By Alex P. Vidal

THOSE who wish that Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) chairman Rene Villa jumps off the cliff "to save from embarrassment President Noynoy Aquino and Senate President Frank Drilon" are wishing for the Halley's comet this Yuletide season.
What embarrassment they were talking about, in the first place? 
For some thick-faced government officials nowadays, the word embarrassment is a misnomer. 
If they are not embarrassed to gobble up millions of "pork barrel" funds, there is no reason to feel embarrassed only because an ilk has been linked to bogus NGO organizer and "pork barrel" mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles.
The top notch Ilonggo lawyer serves at the pleasure of both President Noynoy Aquino and his political padrino Drilon. 
If Villa loses Drilon's trust and confidence, there is no need for President Noynoy Aquino to give him the boot.

BLESSINGS

As long as Villa enjoys Drilon's blessings, intrigues and whispers alone can't topple Villa from his present office.
As long as Drilon is at the helm, Villa stays. If embattled Drilon survives, all his political minions also survive. They swim together and sink or float together. Without Robin, Batman is useless. Without Starsky, Hutch is inutile. Without Jonathan, David is a ninny lobcock.
Villa's talent for public service would always be noticed by the sitting President of the Republic because of Drilon's charisma to the powers that be. 
Then President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo did not know Villa from Adam, but designated him as secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform because of Drilon's strong intercession.
Villa joined the "Hyatt 10" plotters to oust Mrs. Arroyo from presidency not because he disliked her, but because of his love for Drilon, one of the brains behind the aborted mutiny. 
Drilon could always count on Villa through thick and thin, with or without a government portfolio.  

SURVIVED

When Mrs. Aquino survived the "Hyatte 10" coup, Drilon, whose ambition to become instant vice president was dashed to pieces, perished to political oblivion. 
Without hard feelings, Villa marched with Drilon to the dugout. Wherever Drilon goes, Villa follows. He is not only a subordinate who serves his master with canine loyalty, Villa is also Drilon's most trusted subaltern. 
Drilon's love for Villa shouldn't be underestimated. 
It can be compared to David's love for Jonathan. 
We point to Jonathan and David as an example of idealized male bonding--a type of “brotherly love” not “stained” by the romantic entanglements of male-female relationships. 
Because of their professional and political bonding, it's hard to spray vitriol on Drilon and Villa. At Jonathan’s funeral, David declares that he loved Jonathan more than any woman.  
David's closeness to Jonathan is just one of several Bible passages that describe and celebrate an intense love between these two men that went well beyond friendship. So if we still think that Drilon will abandon Villa in this crucial hour, we will only defy logic.  

Money transactions ignite feud in Vancouver's Filipino community

Money transactions ignite feud in 
Vancouver's Filipino community

"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict."
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. 

Nellie Vandt claims a family has been targeting Filipino families in the Lower Mainland for years and she now is part of a group banding together to get the word out, in the hopes of preventing further victims. September 13, 2013.

Photograph by: Jenelle Schneider, PROVINCE

By Alex P. Vidal

A conflict between a family and several complainants involving money transactions in the Filipino community in British Columbia, was recently featured in Canada's leading daily.
The Province, one of Canada's biggest and widely circulated newspapers, featured on its October 29, 2013 issue the spat between the Juatco family and some fellow Filipino immigrants.
"We read the story in the internet and it bothered us a lot because we also belong in a Filipino community here in Australia," commented Sydney-based Felicidad Amurillo, 61. "We never heard this kind of embarrassing story before involving Filipinos abroad."
"This story is alarming," enthused Aurelio Pantaleon of San Cataldo, Sicily in Italy. "We are supposed to unite if we live in a foreign land. People around the globe should hear only stories about our good qualities and how beautiful is the Philippines, not how and why we are tearing each other apart. It's nauseating to learn about this, you know!"

ARTICLE
   
In an article written by Dan Fumano entitled "Dispute divides B.C.’s Filipino community", the feud was described as "escalating" and "is drawing battle lines between two sides."
Here's what happened according to Fumano's story: "On one side, a prominent media family say they are the victims of an unfair campaign and 'personal vendettas' against them.
"On the other, a group of community members have started a website to spread the word about their unfortunate experiences and business dealings with the family.
"Roque and Erlinda Juatco have been prominent in B.C.’s Filipino community for decades. They have been in the newspaper publishing business since at least 1991, and currently own and operate the Philippine Asian Chronicle. The younger generation of the family produces a talk show called Pinoy Buzz on Shaw’s Multicultural Channel. They are also involved with Pinoy Fiesta Vancouver, billed as the 'Biggest Filipino Cultural Event in Canada.'
"Recently, Nellie Vandt, an event producer from Delta, started a website to share her story about doing business with the Juatcos. During the past two months, other people contacted her and added their own stories about the family to the website.

INTERVIEW

"The Province has interviewed 10 people who have gone on the record to say they lost money through their business and personal dealings with the Juatco family during the past 20 years, and they allege they know of dozens of others with similar stories. Their stories vary, but most say they lost money through 'handshake deals' that fell through, or loans and debts that went unpaid. They have shared with The Province copies of bounced cheques, court documents and email conversations with the Juatcos.
"The Juatcos said they have done nothing wrong.
"'This is a campaign to take us out ... I can’t understand it,' said Erlinda Juatco. 'I know that I have tried so hard and I have done so much for my community.'
"Members of the group who spoke with The Province include Maevn Hauser, a more recent immigrant from the Philippines who said he is haunted by 'nightmares' from his dealings with the family; Concepcion “Ching” Colobong, a community leader and vice president of the Multicultural Helping House Society; Ellen Sarmiento, a concert promoter now based in Alberta who shared copies of contracts with the Juatcos; and Vandt herself, who started the blog in the first place.
"Some members of the group said they lost tens of thousands of dollars to the family, and their stories range from the 1990s to as recently as this year.

COMMON

"A common theme among their allegations is they say the Juatcos used their position of prominence and influence in the community to exert control over others and gain their trust. The Filipino community is tight-knit, generous, and often religious, the alleged victims said. They felt the Juatcos used all of these to their advantage.
"The conflict has already garnered attention in B.C.‘s ethnic media, with stories about Vandt’s blog and allegations appearing in at least two local Filipino newspapers.
"Now, in response to the growing attention and increased chatter within the community, the Juatcos have said they are planning to take legal action against the woman they say is behind a campaign to try and discredit them.
"Erlinda Juatco told The Province she contacted a lawyer last week to discuss filing a suit for libel and slander. Other members of the family also said that if they need to, they will take legal action against those making allegations on the blog.
"Several of the group behind the website said they went to police with complaints against the Juatcos, but were told that their cases would be better served as civil cases as opposed to criminal fraud charges. Some people told The Province they felt discouraged from ever pursuing legal action to get their money back, and held little hope of success in those channels.

MOTIVATED

"Juatco said the people speaking out against them are motivated by personal reasons, and the family does not owe money to the group.
"'Now they are victims? I’m so surprised,' Erlinda said. 'I’m not victimizing anybody.'
"There are no pending criminal charges against any of the Juatco family.
"Court records show more than 20 civil cases involving father Roque Juatco Sr., mother Erlinda Juatco and son Roque Juatco Jr., ranging from 1991 to last year.
"Among the civil cases are those filed by Connie Mananquil, a Burnaby accountant. In 1998, Mananquil bought about one quarter of the shares of the Juatcos’ newspaper, then called The Philippine Chronicle. Shortly after, Mananquil accused the Juatcos of unfair business practices, took them to court, and won. According to a 2001 court decision, the Juatcos 'diverted funds from the company in a manner which was clearly improper.'

MANNER

"'The manner in which the respondents Juatco intermingled and diverted funds of the Company was oppressive and prejudicial to the rights of Ms. Mananquil and ... she is entitled to a remedy,' wrote Justice Bryan Ralph in his decision, ordering the Juatcos to pay $15,000 to Mananquil.
"That $15,000 was never paid, Mananquil said when contacted by The Province this week. The year after that court decision, Mananquil filed further court documents applying to seize control of the Juatcos’ assets, namely, the newspaper.
"According to court records, the Juatcos owed more than $25,000 to Mananquil, but 'The defendants decided to ignore it.'
"'I would like to get paid, I have no other choice but to hire a bailiff to seize the assets of the defendants. The only assets the bailiff can seize is the shares of stock of the Philippine Chronicle Newspaper,' Mananquil wrote in the court documents.

AWARDED

"Mananquil was awarded control of the The Philippine Chronicle by court order in 2002. In response, the Juatcos started another newspaper, with a slightly different name: The Philippine Asian Chronicle. This is the paper the Juatcos still run today.
"Erlinda Juatco said last week she thought the matter with Mananquil was settled.
"Mananquil said that while she is still owed money, she doesn’t expect to ever see it, and has accepted that.
"'We had to cut our losses,' Mananquil said. 'If I chase them, the more I lose money.'
"Meanwhile, new stories come into Vandt’s blog as more people speak up, and the Juatcos maintain that they are the ones who are, in fact, the victims.
"Ellen Sarmiento said she lost more than $10,000 in her dealings with the Juatcos. Sarmiento showed The Province a copy of a bounced cheque from the Juatcos’ family business dated 2010.
"The Juatcos dispute Sarmiento’s version of events, and said that Sarmiento in fact owes them money.
"'I don’t really care what they say. My money is not coming back to me,' said Sarmiento. 'It’s about time this comes out to the community.'

Donaire learning from Pacquiao: talk less; let fists do the noise

Donaire learning from Pacquiao: 
talk less; let fists do the noise

"Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful." JOHN WOODEN 

By Alex P. Vidal

The reason why Manny Pacquiao is so popular and adored even by fans of his opponents until today is because he talks less and allows his fists do the noise in the ring; or when Pacquiao opens his mouth, he makes sure he doesn't sound like a moron.
We have personally interviewed almost all of Pacquiao's foes in the United States and none of them has issued slanderous remarks against his person (except Floyd Mayweather Jr. who accused him of steroids abuse). 
In fact, most of them have nothing but respect and adulation for the 34-year-old congressman-cum-boxer even after they have been vanquished. Pacquiao ended up as hero for them (for allowing them to earn much and breach the $1 million purse bracket), not as conqueror. 
Instead of hating Pacquiao for the humiliation they got in the ring, most of them became his friends and even attended his birthday bash. Pacquiao has proven that he could be his rivals' worst torturer in sports and best "business partner" in and outside the square jungle. 

FORGIVE

Unlike Sugar Ray Leonard who could not forgive Roberto Duran for calling his wife "puta" (whore); unlike Evander Holyfield who could not shake hands with Mike Tyson for threatening to "eat his children" and for chewing off a piece of his ear.
Pacquiao has lived a dignified life as a professional athlete that even sports scribes in the United States wouldn't equate his savagery inside the ring to the violent culture institutionalized by Abu Sayyaf in his birthplace in Mindanao.
Coming from the same roots in General Santos City, Mindanao, Filipino-American Nonito "The Flash" Donaire Jr. (31-2, 20 KOs) could steamroll an elephant with a monster punch, but doesn't have Pacquiao's charisma. And so he is trying to inch a little closer to Pacquiao's magnetism by saying less than necessary.

ENGAGE
  
Donaire, who will turn 30 on Nov. 16, has refused to engage his opponents in unnecessary word war. In his remarch with Vic “The Raging Bull” Darchinyan (39-5-1, 28 KOs) of Armenia on Nov. 9 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Donaire didn't allow Darchinyan to provoke him psychologically. 
Darchinyan, 37, almost exclusively promoted his rematch with Donaire with his umbrage for the man who ruined his profitable fistic career six years ago.
“I didn’t know who he was six years ago,” growled Darchinyan. “I made him. No one ever heard of him. He was the number eight or nine contender. Everyone knows if he didn’t get me with the left hook, I would knock him out. I was coming out for a big punch. Everyone thinks he is a big deal.”
Darchinyan billowed further: “I am still looking for the knockout. This time I won’t be silly with one punch. This time I will use my skill. I know he is scared and chicken. I am coming to prove it. I have been in with him, I know how scared he is of my punches. I will come and demolish him. I am coming to destroy him. I made him. I am coming to break him.” 

READY

“Mentally I am ready for this fight. I am coming to send him to retirement. It is going to be a great fight. I will be ready. I am coming to destroy him. I am coming to beat the 2012 Fighter of the Year. I want to prove to everyone he is no one,” Darchinyan concluded.
Donaire's reply: "There's already a lot of tension as you know. 'I make him and break him.' That's from Darchinyan. I expected as much from Darchinyan. You know, I thought that age would subside a little bit of the hatred, but apparently not. Which is why I say that this fight is going to be an incredible fight, because of the fact that for them six years, I have taken everything away from him, everything that he has worked for all his life."