epaselect epa05295725 Filipino boxing champion and senate candidate Emmanuel Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao throws his receipt after casting his vote inside a public school turned into a polling precinct in the town of Kiamba, Sarangani province, Philippines, 09 May 2016. Over 54 million eligible Filipinos vote for a new President, Vice President, 12 senators and more than 18,000 regional and local positions. EPA/KIM TIBLANI
MANILA: Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao is set to win a seat in the upper house Senate, according to election results Tuesday which take him a step closer to his dream of the Philippines presidency.
Pacquiao, 37, whose rise from desperate street kid to boxing superstar has made him one of the nation’s biggest heroes, retired from boxing last month to become a full-time politician.
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