Tokyo Olympics silver medalists Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam banner the Philippine boxing squad that will see action in the Asian Elite Men and Women Championships in Amman, Jordan next month. Nesthy Petecio (MB File Photo) The tournament, which fires off from Oct. 30 and Nov. 13, is expected to...
Olympians Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam will use the 2022 Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament as a springboard to a heavier task in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Olympic boxing medalists Carlo Paalam, Eumir Marcial, and Nesthy Petecio (Photo from Eumir Marcial’s...
MMK Silver Punch “MMK,” the country's longest drama anthology, pays tribute to Philippine national athletes by telling the story of Carlo Paalam, the silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Saturday (Jan.8). Carlo's life was never easy (CJ Navato). His mother abandoned him and his...
The future for the Philippine boxing scene remains bright despite the retirement of legendary fighter Manny Pacquiao , who at 42 years old had a swan song to remember against former Olympian Yordenis Ugas last Aug. 21. Nonito Donaire, Manny Pacquiao, Mark Magsayo (AFP and PBC) Though a defeat...
Decades of frustration, threat of COVID couldn't stop the athletes from winning Olympic medalists, from left, Carlo Paalam, Hidilyn Diaz, Nesthy Petecio, and Eumir Felix Marcial (Photo from Hidilyn Diaz's Facebook page) In the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, four national athletes shed a...
San Miguel Corp. president Ramon S. Ang (second from right) poses with boxers Eumir Marcial, Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam San Miguel Corp. president Ramon S. Ang personally handed financial incentives to boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial for winning silver and bronze medals...
Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero of 1Pacman Partylist (center) poses with Tokyo Games heroes (from left) Eumir Marcial, Hidilyn Diaz, Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam. The rewards – monetary or in kind – came in great abundance for weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and three other Tokyo Games heroes, but...
Olympic silver medalist Carlo Paalam recently received a P3.6-million worth of house-and-lot unit in his homeland Cagayan de Oro City from local developer Vismin Cebu Landmasters, Inc. Carlo Paalam (Handout photo) "You’ve given inspiration to millions of young children. This is the first ever...
THE House of Representatives on Tuesday, Sept. 7 conferred the first Congressional Medal of Excellence on 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz. media The chamber also honored with Congressional Medals of Distinction silver medalists Nesthy Petecio and Carlo Paalam and bronze winner...
The Senate on Monday, September 6, conferred the Medal of Excellence to the four Filipino athletes who bagged medals for the Philippines during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (From left) Olympic medalists Eumir Marcial, Carlo Paalam, Hidilyn Diaz and Nesthy Petecio pose for a selfie with...
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...
Tokyo Olympics silver medal winner Nesthy Petecio finally got her P5 million incentives from the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) in a simple turnover ceremony held Saturday, Aug. 28 at the Meralco Lighthouse Restaurant in Pasig City. MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) chairman Manny V. Pangilinan, second...
