MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Pia Cayetano questioned on Tuesday the P150-million initial funding needed for the boxing and combat sports commission being proposed by boxer-turned-politician Sen. Manny Pacquiao.
During her interpellation of a bill seeking to create the Philippine Boxing and Combat Sports Commission, Cayetano asked Pacquiao, who is sponsoring the measure, how much it would cost to put up the said body.
According to Pacquiao, around P100 million to P150 million will be needed to establish the commission’s offices across the country.
But Cayetano questioned the need to put out such an amount when the country was still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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