The Philippine delegation before the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony Already assured of its best showing in the ongoing Tokyo Games, Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President and Tagaytay Representative Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino is confident the country will also perform well in next...
Jeremy Pacatiw knows that he has still a long road to travel before reaching the top of ONE Championship's bantamweight division. Jeremy Pacatiw of Team Lakay (ONE Championship) But if he has the choice to pick his next opponent, the Team Lakay stalwart would like to test his gears against No. 1...
000_9H346T Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz will surely go down as one of the sports icons in Philippine history following her historic first gold medal for the Philippines in the Tokyo Olympics. The 30-year-old Diaz ruled the 55-kilogram women’s category in record setting fashion to win the...
Photo from AFP Bianca Pagdanganan shot a two-under par 69 while Yuka Saso carded a three-over par 74 as the two Filipina golfers opened their campaigns in the women’s division in the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday, August 4 at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Saitama, Japan. The 23-year-old Pagdanganan...
Photo from AFP As boxer Carlo Paalam claimed a spot in the semis of the flyweight category Tuesday, his sure podium finish gave the Philippine Team its fourth medal in the Tokyo Olympics. That assured the country its best showing since joining the greatest sporting event 89 years ago. It was during...
Chinese coach Kaiwen Gao helps Hidilyn Diaz during training in Malaysia prior to the Tokyo Olympics. (From Hidilyn Diaz Instagram) It’s time to move on for Chinese mentor Gao Kaiwen and Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz. After all, it’s mission accomplished for the two in the Tokyo Olympics....
Photo from AFP Filipina boxer Nesthy Petecio may have been denied of winning the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics, but that wouldn't stop her from aiming for another shot at the 2024 Paris Games. Petecio, 29, settled with a silver medal following a unanimous decision loss to Sena Irie of Japan in...
USA's Kevin Wayne Durant (left) shoots the ball in the men's quarterfiinal basketball match between Spain and USA during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on August 3, 2021. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) The United States kept their basketball gold medal dreams alive...
Unemployment rate was steady in June this year, but President Duterte’s economic managers expect the number of jobless Filipinos may “temporarily” take a blow this month following the imposition of the strictest form of lockdown. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday,...
Before Jeremy “The Juggernaut” Pacatiw debuted in ONE Championship , the young Team Lakay star admitted to feeling some nerves entering his long-awaited arrival in The Home Of Martial Arts. That all changed the moment the opening bell rang as he looked like a...
Jeremy Pacatiw of Team Lakay made a good first impression in his ONE Championship debut after scoring a unanimous decision win over Chinese foe Chen Rui in their bantamweight bout in ONE: Battleground at the Singapore Indoor Stadium Friday night, July 30. Jeremy Pacatiw of Team Lakay celebrates...
Operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Marine Battalion Landing Team-4 and the Naval Forces West (Navforwest) have swooped down on a coastal town in Palawan and raided several retail establishments for selling illicit cigarettes. The retail outlets, mostly sari-sari stores, were...
