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Acting Mayor Sebastian \u201cBaste\u201d Duterte and PNP Chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III. Photo credits: Screenshot from \u201cBasta Dabawenyo\u201d podcast (left) and MindaNews file photo<\/p>\nDAVAO CITY (MindaNews \/ 23 July) \u2014 After the drama that was Pacquiao vs Barrios over the weekend, it seems the country will have another boxing match to watch just a week later: acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian \u201cBaste\u201d Duterte vs. PNP Chief Nicolas Torre III.<\/p>\n
Acting Mayor Sebastian \u201cBaste\u201d Duterte and PNP Chief Gen. Nicolas Torre III. Photo credits: Screenshot from \u201cBasta Dabawenyo\u201d podcast (left) and MindaNews file photo<\/p>\n
The mayor first threw the challenge in the Basta Dabawenyo podcast, which was aired on Sunday and reposted on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\u201cKung gusto mong harassin ako, harassin mo lang ako. Kasi matapang ka lang kasi may posisyon ka. Pero kung gusto mo, suntukan na lang tayo\u201d (If you want to harass me, go ahead. You\u2019re brave only because of your position. But if you want, let\u2019s do a fistfight), Duterte said when asked.<\/p>\n
Torre, who led the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte and sent him to The Hague for his alleged crime against humanity because of his controversial war on drugs, accepted the challenge, and named the place and date: Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City, this coming Sunday. For 12 rounds of boxing, with the great Manny Pacquiao no less as referee.<\/p>\n
But he said it should be a \u201ccharity boxing match,\u201d the proceeds to help victims of the recent typhoon and the floods.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a good opportunity para makatulong sa ating mga kababayan. Kaya sigurado marami ang sponsors nito. All the proceeds that we raise will be donated to charity,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n
Torre said he wants 12 rounds to get as many sponsors and raise as much money as possible to help the typhoon and flood victims.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhether he is serious or not, for me let\u2019s put this to better use,\u201d the general said.<\/p>\n
\u201cPareho lang naman siguro [kaming] walang practice. O kung nag practice sya, ok lang din. Bukas I\u2019ll hit the gym a short while,\u201d he said, adding that it was \u201cnothing personal\u201d on his part as he just wanted to grab the \u201cvery good chance\u201d to raise money for charity.<\/p>\n
When asked what happens if Duterte backs out, Torre replied: \u201cNasa kanya yun. He was the one who issued the challenge. Sa atin naman tinatanggap ko lang.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the Basta Dabawenyo podcast, it was apparent that Duterte has no love for Torre.<\/p>\n
He said Torre was the reason he could not choose his own city police chief when the general was<\/p>\n
assigned as chief of the Police Regional Office XI.<\/p>\n
It was also Torre who led the arrest of controversial Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and five of his aides for charges of child abuse and qualified human trafficking. Quiboloy is a known ally of the Dutertes.<\/p>\n
Baste accused Torre of kidnapping his father.<\/p>\n
The acting mayor and the PNP chief are no strangers to word war.<\/p>\n
Back in June, Torre responded to a criticism from Baste, who questioned his appointment as PNP chief and accused him of being the administration\u2019s \u201cattack dog,\u201d by pointing out that Baste\u2019s father appointed a lower-ranked general as PNP chief without similar objections, referring to former PNP chief and now Senator Ronald \u201cBato\u201d Dela Rosa.<\/p>\n
Baste, who is fond of calling Torre as \u201cDiwata\u201d because of a look-alike vlogger bearing the moniker, also criticized the former PRO-XI chief for allegedly\u00a0manipulating crime rates in Davao City<\/a>\u00a0and overstaying<\/a>\u00a0in Quiboloy\u2019s properties during their operations to find the fugitive pastor. (Ian Carl Espinosa \/ MindaNews)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAVAO CITY (MindaNews \/ 23 July) \u2014 After the drama that was Pacquiao vs Barrios over the weekend,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-16071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}