Godfather carries hopes of a nation

He may be Pacman to most of the world, but in his homeland, Pacquiao is the ‘Pambansang Ninong’ — national godfather

Godfather carries hopes of a nation

In its halcyon heyday, this corner of chaos carved out of the desert was home to a whole other kind of mob, one now confined to Hollywood’s halls of memory.

But yesterday, Las Vegas was again reverberating to the beat of the godfather.

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