Showtime on Preventive Suspension - Osang Axe as Judge

All time controversial actress Rosanna Roces was dissappointed over the decision of MTRCB 20 day preventive suspension of "Showtime" because of remarks she made againsts teachers. Before the decision of MTRCB was issued, ABS-CBN has already axed Rosanna Roces from being the judge of the said show.

However Roces further argued that she is not criticizing the teachers in general and further added that she has the liberty “to say whatever I want to say.”

"Nagpapasalamat ako sa ABS-CBN dahil binigyan nila ako ng pagkakataong humingi ng paumanhin sa aking naging pahayag sa ‘Showtime.’ Naramdaman kong nakahanap ako ng tunay na kapamilya sa ABS-CBN dahil hindi nila ako iniwan sa ere. Kung sa ibang network, gaya ng naranasan ko noon, ay iniwan ako at pinabayaang magpaliwanag ng mag-isa," she said.

Like Roces, the show’s hosts - Anne Curtis, Vhong Navarro and Kim Atienza - and judge Vice Ganda were disappointed by the MTRCB’s decision.

The Kapamilya network has already taken action to make sure that the popular show will come back on air soon.

According to lawyer Mona Manalo of ABS-CBN legal department, the network filed on Tuesday an appeal before the Court of Appeals.

In its petition, Manalo said the network has asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO) and a writ of preliminary injunction to restrain the MTRCB from enforcing its January 11 suspension order.

The network also asked the appellate court to issue a writ of certiorari to set aside the order and to make permanent preliminary injunction.

Here is TV Patrol's full report on Osangs' statements.

Mayweather's Camp has Officially Chicken Out

Top Rank promoter, Bob Arum, has announced that the mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather will no longer push through. This announcement came after long hours of mediation session from both camps.

Although neither side was allowed to provide specifics of their dispute, Mayweather apparently resisted at a hard-fought compromise in the testing issues first raised by the former welterweight champion.

"I knew this was going to happen," said a weary Bob Arum, Pacquiao's promoter. "You had to play it out."

The promoters went into the hourlong mediation Tuesday hoping to reach an agreement on the drug testing issue for the fight. Mayweather's camp demanded random blood testing in addition to unlimited urine testing, with Pacquiao resisting at the stringent requests.

"I've been saying this for years: He's a psychological coward who doesn't want to fight anybody who has a chance of beating him," Arum said. "He walked away from a rematch with Oscar (De La Hoya) that would have paid him a fortune because De La Hoya held him close in the first fight (in May 2007)."

Arum said there's "no chance ever of salvaging it for March, no chance for it ever to happen." He plans to propose a mid-March bout with 154-pound champion Yuri Foreman to Pacquiao, who could become a champion in his eighth weight class.