The national karate team preparing for the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Vietnam next year hopes to get an approval from the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) for ba ubble training in Baguio City. Karate Pilipinas Sports Federation, Inc. president Richard Lim said they have already submitted...
Asian Youth Games The 3 rd Asian Youth Games has been postponed to next year due to the ongoing pandemic crisis, the Olympic Council of Asia announced. The Games was originally scheduled on Nov. 20 to 28 in Shantou City in China’s southern Guangdong province. The Philippine Olympic Committee...
MB File Photo As the national fencing team prepares for its departure next week for another bubble training in Ormoc City, other national sports associations (NSAs) are also gearing up to do the same in preparation for the Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam next year. Philippine Sports...
Filipino-Japanese Junna Tsukii celebrates her gold medal win in the Karate 1 Premier League in Cairo, Egypt last Sunday. (Photo from Junna Tsukii Facebook) Southeast Asian (SEA) Games gold medal winner Junna Tsukii bagged her second gold medal in the Karate 1 Premier League after ruling the Cairo...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is wasting no time in preparing the Filipino athletes that will compete in the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games even as host country Vietnam could not give a definite timetable for the holding of the biennial event. PSC Commissioner Ramon Fernandez, who is...
A Philippine-based climate justice advocacy group on Friday urged the governments of the United States, China and Japan to immediately end public and private funding for overseas coal projects and other fossil fuels. Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) The US, Japan, and China...
Monico Puentevella at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) meeting in Doha, Qatar. (Photo courtesy of the Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas) Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) head Monico Puentevella expressed optimism on the inclusion of weightlifting in the 2024 Paris...
Spain national team member Rudy Fernandez draws the Philippines during a proceeding to determine the groupings for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers held Thursday, Aug. 31 at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. (FIBA photo) Gilas Pilipinas is set for another duel with old rival South Korea...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa was reelected for a new five-year term in office at the helm of the Manila-based multilateral institution. In a statement, ADB said Tuesday, Aug. 31, that Asakawa, 63, received unanimous support from the bank’s board of governors for a...
(Contributed by EYLLA LAURE GUTIERREZ, JOHN PAUL RIVERA and FERNANDO MARTIN ROXAS) The growth of Philippine tourism prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been primarily generated by domestic tourists. In 2019, Filipinos spent ₱3.1 trillion travelling within the country, contributing to...
The Philippines has tapped international agricultural think tank Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and its partners for the international benchmarking of the country's livestock, dairy, and poultry industries. 3 - Other than raising goats and...
Multiple studies have found that during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, women have been disproportionately affected by job loss, burnout, and were at greater risk of domestic violence. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The pandemic has proven to be a major challenge for gender equality across...
