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By Mikmik Corvera
UP Cebu Mass Comm

Boxing champion Manny Pacquiao was conned by a man who pretended to be a father of a five-year-old boy suffering from meningitis.

Pacquiao gave P3,000 to one Charlie Reboquio, but he later found out that only P1,000 was given to the boy’s family.

“Hindi naman natutulog ang Diyos kaya siya na ang bahala sa kanya, (Let’s just leave it to God. After all he never sleeps),” Pacquiao said in an interview with GMA 7 Balitang Bisdak.

Reboquio went last Thursday to Pacquaio’s practice to ask for financial assistance for his five-year-old son, Rommel Vosotros Jr. who is suffering from acute bacterial meningitis and must have a CT scan, which costs P3,800.

The boxer gave Reboquio the money because he presented documents.

“Galing din ako sa hirap at naranasan ko rin kung gaano kapait ang walang wala talaga (I was poor and I also experienced how it feels to have nothing),” Pacquiao said.

Reboquio showed him a photocopy of the child’s medical slip and a prescription for a CT scan.

When the boxer asked Reboquio why his son’s family name is different from his, Reboguio said he is not married to the child’s mother.

“Charlie said that he did not expect Manny to give them financial aid. He was overwhelmed that he claimed the child was his son,” Rommel Vosotros Sr. said in Cebuano.

source: Sun Star Daily Cebu

My initial comment: I have always ranted here that our poverty can be partly due to the sickening mentality and attitude of some Filipinos.

Remember that in Thailand it was a Filipino who ran away my money?

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