After Manny Pacquiao, now the considered as the Filipino boxing icon of all times, we are training our eyes to our very own Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista who is scheduled to fight today in Florida, USA.

Bautista, Tagbilaran's adopted son, will be fighting Brazilian Giovanni Andrade in one of the undercards of the Winky Wright-Ike Quartey fight at St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. The fight is being promoted by Oscar dela Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.

Dela Hoya himself introduced Bautista as the best Filipino prospect after the famed Pacquiao during the press conference for the fight this morning.

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It was reported by our good friend, Salven Lagumbay of PhilBoxing, that Bautista came to the presson with the Golden Boy on a stretch limousine and spoke English, much better than the Manny Pacquiao English, we suppose.

"I've trained hard for this fight and I am excited to be fighting in America," Bautista was quoted as saying.

Well, brace yourselves Boholano boxing fanatics. Let's cheer for the undefeated Bautista ala Wowowee's "Boom, Boom, Boom!"

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SP UPDATES. The 9th Sangguniang Panlungsod of Tagbilaran unanimously passed last Wednesday a resolution authorizing City Mayor Dan Neri Lim to file a Petition for Certiorari, under Rule 65 of the Revised Rules of Court against the planned implementation of Bohol Water Utilities Inc. of the increased water rates as approved by the National Water Resources Board (NWRB).

City Attorney Doni D. Piquero is expected to file the petition tomorrow in time for the planned implementation of the hiked water rate effective on Tuesday as announced by BWUI.

Last Wedsneday's regular session was presided over by Acting Vice-Mayor Jose Antonio S. Veloso with yours truly as the majority floorleader.

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ADVISORY. The Bohol Tri-Media Association (BTMA) led by our boss, Peter Dejaresco, will be holding its early Christmas party simultaneous with the awarding ceremonies of the first ever media excellence for the search in various categories in both print and broadcast media chaired by former BTMA Pres. Loy Palapos.

Much to our desire to attend the annual gathering of our colleagues in the profession but the re-scheduling of our foreign trip due to Typhoon "Reming" compelled us to skip this much-awaited yearly affair.

The beauteous Loren Legarda is slated to be the guest of honor and speaker tomorrow evening.

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INBOX. The web administrator of this paper's website has warned us in our e-mail address that the mailbox of this column in the website is almost full.

We immediately surfed the net to check the mailbox and found out that it is indeed in the brink of explosion at 95.30%.

May we advise the web administrator to clean up that mailbox as we are only receiving e-mails through our e-mail addresses indicated below.

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