Krista Ranillo Received US$2 Million from Pacquiao?

Jinkee Pacquiao and Manny Pacquiao

Noted showbiz columnist Ronnie Carrasco wrote: “Totoo nga bang US$2 million ang ibinigay-ibinalato ni Pacman kay Krista Ranillo bilang pampatayo ng restaurant? Bago ang naturang laban, nabalita nang binigyan ni Manny si Mat Ranillo III, ama ni Krista, ng limang milyong piso bilang campaign fund nito.” Mat Ranillo III is running for office in 2010.

Krista Ranillo also denies that she is pregnant. The reason is, there is a buzz going on that Krista Ranillo was impregnated by allegedly Manny Pacquiao, and Jinkee Pacquiao learned about it just as recently as before the Cotto fight. And that was the reason daw that Jinkee Pacquiao broke down in that mass.

Krista Ranillo denied this when GMA News Nelson Canlas asked her in an online chat. “No, I’m not pregnant,” Krista said. And when asked if her rumored relationship with Manny Pacquiao is ture, Krista Ranillo said she will react in time, “Yeah, heard about it already… we’re still discussing when and how to speak…”.

Eventhough she neither denied nor confirmed the rumors, Krista Ranillo said that she is still in a relationship with boyfriend director Dominic Zapata. Dominic Zapata in turn replied evasively in a text message if they are still together. GMA News said hindi nito sinabi kung sila pa nga ni Krista. Ang sinabi lang niya ay maraming kasinungalingang lumalabas tungkol sa isyung kinasasangkutan ni Krista. Her manager Arnold Vegafria, earlier said that Krista and Dominic have broken up. But when GMA News talked to him again yesterday, he sang a different tune saying: “When we (with Krista) spoke kanina, we talked about how we’re going to handle these allegations sa kanya. So, when I get back, I will hold a presscon to answer all those allegations sa kanya na mga negative.”

Manny Pacquiao in an earlier interview with Dyan Castillejo in ABS-CBN, Pacquiao neither denied nor confirmed the rumors only firmly saying that his personal life should not be the subject of public talk and that the public is better off fending for their own livelihood rather than poking into the lives of others, that is the reason daw why most Filipinos are in dire poverty.