The Games and Amusements Board will continue to implement guidelines that only allows the staging of bubble competitions and training in areas under Alert Level 3. GAB made this announcement after Metro Manila and nearby provinces were placed under stricter measures following a significant rise in...
With the rollout of vaccines against COVID-19 in Metro Manila and in nearby provinces, Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra expressed optimism on the resumption of more sports events in the country by next year. Mitra said that the continued vaccination of Filipinos serves as a...
The latest endeavor of the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) and the newest basketball league to be launched in the country are up for discussion in the online session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday (Sept. 28). GAB Chairman Abraham ‘Baham’ Mitra is going to...
Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez, left, and Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / PNA Photo) The national government has granted the request for national team athletes to get their vaccines for COVID-19 as the Inter-Agency Task Force elevated the...
Expect more professional boxing tournaments to happen not only in the provinces but also in Metro Manila in the coming months after the Joint Administrative Order updated the supplemental guideline for sporting events. Games and Amusements (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra said that he and his counterpart...
The PLDT Home Fibr Hitters hope their 14-day bubble camp at Splendido Hotel in Alfonso, Tagaytay would make up for lost training sessions due to health restrictions brought by the pandemic. The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) recently cleared the team to hold a camp under a bubble-type setting,...
Barangay Ginebra guard Stanley Pringle drives to the basket against two TNT defenders during the PBA Philippine Cup last year in Pampanga. (Photo from PBA) PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial said Friday, May 14, that teams are expected to start their training sessions beginning next week in Batangas...
The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup was given the go-signal by the Games and Amusements Board to hold its Mindanao Leg on May 30, weeks after the second phase of the upstart league due to a game-fixing controversy that marred the recent Visayas Leg. GAB chairman Baham Mitra said the government body for...
Chooks to Go president Ronald Mascarinas (Photo from Chooks to Go) The title sponsor of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup questioned the decision of the Games and Amusements Board to suspend next month’s Mindanao leg following game-fixing allegations that marred last week’s game between Siquijor...
GAB Chairman Baham Mitra The Games and Amusements Board suspended next month’s Mindanao leg of the embattled Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup in relation to game-fixing allegations that marred the controversial game between ARQ Builders-Lapu-Lapu City and the Siquijor Mystics. GAB chairman Baham Mitra...
VisMin Cup officials talk with coaches from Lapu-Lapu City and Siquijor after their game was postponed during halftime. (Photo from Chooks to Go Pilipinas) The Games and Amusements Board is set to investigate the controversial VisMin Super Cup match between ARQ Builders-Lapu-Lapu City and Siquijor...
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Chairman Baham Mitra made an appeal to professional athletes and their leagues to continue to set an example in practicing the minimum health protocols as the country continues to fight the spread of COVID-19. Mitra’s call came after he himself recovered from the...
