Pacquiao returns to Twitter, taps staff to tweet for him

Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has returned to Twitter, using the account “@MannyPacquiao”.

According to Twitter, @MannyPacquiao is a verified account and currently has more than 26,000 followers.

Pacquiao’s latest tweets are mostly updates about his upcoming fight with American boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley.

Unlike his previous Twitter account, however, Pacquiao said he has designated his staff to “manage” the account instead of posting the tweets himself.

The Filipino boxing champion Pacquiao returned to using the microblogging site after quitting last month expressing disappointment over the criticisms from some of his Twitter followers.

Hurt by critics hitting his use of English, Pacquiao closed his Twitter account “@congMP.”

The boxing champion apparently took the jabs at his grammar personally, answering back at critics by saying that at least he was doing his own tweets instead of paying for someone else to tweet for him.

With his new Twitter account, the boxer invited his fans to follow him as he trains with Freddie Roach for the Mosley fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 7.

By Joel Pinaroc