NorthPort stakes its unbeaten run against a Converge team that is set to look a lot more dangerous especially if this year’s No.1 overall pick Justine Baltazar finally makes his debut in the PBA Season 49 Commissioner’s Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Thursday, Dec. 12. NorthPort stakes its...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Inspired by her Paralympian father, Huxley Mangliwan hopes her recent feat at the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships is the start of something big in her young taekwondo career. Huxley Mangliwan displays her medal at the Batang Pinoy Championships. (Huxley Mangliwan) The...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Pi Durden Wangkay and Samantha Martinez crowned themselves as the fastest runners in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships after ruling the under-16 boys and girls 100 meters at the RVM Sports Complex here. Wangkay, a 15-year-old standout from the City of...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan – Records fell like dominoes in athletics and swimming after three days of action while tanker Arvin Taguinota collected his fifth gold medal in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships at the RVM Sports Complex here. Mico Villaran accounted for one of the 14 new meet records...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Meet records continued to fall in the swimming competitions at the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships even as weightlifter Reynadine Jimenez, niece of Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz, took the spotlight in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships on Monday, Nov. 25, at the...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz-Naranjo feels a sense of nostalgia as she watches young weightlifters, including her niece Reynadine Marie Jimenez, compete in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championship here. Hidilyn Diaz watches her niece, Reynadine Marie Jimenez of Rizal,...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Swimmers Anton Paulo Della of San Fernando, La Union and Albert Jose Amaro II of Naga City made waves by posting new meet records, while Masbate City’s Courtney Jewel Trangia clinched the first gold medal at stake in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships at the RVM...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan -- Action in 24 of the 30 sports including centerpiece athletics and swimming fires off on Sunday, Nov. 24, in the 2024 Batang Pinoy Championships in various venues here. Puerto Princesa City Mayor Lucilo Bayron, left, and Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman Richard...
More than 12,000 participants from 177 local government units (LGUs) are expected in the 2024 Batang Pinoy on Nov. 23 to 28 in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. The 25th edition of the multisport grassroots competition will have 30 sports that include boxing, gymnastics and weightlifting -- three sports...
Don't look now, but it looks like Carlos Yulo is out to conquer showbiz next. During a recent media huddle, the Olympian revealed he is very much open to trying acting. “Game na game po ako," he quipped. He would go on to name Coco Martin among actors he would like to work with. In fact, Carlos...
Allen Durham flirted with a triple-double as Meralco used a huge third-quarter storm to sink NorthPort, 109-99, and get a share of the Group A lead with TNT in the PBA Season 49 Governors’ Cup at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on Sunday, Sept. 1. The hulking import presided over the third quarter...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has pushed anew for his proposed ‘Batang Magaling Act’ or Senate Bill (SB) No. 2367 to boost the employability of senior high school (SHS) graduates. Gatchalian reiterated his push following statements made by President Marcos to make sure that SHS graduates are ready...