While former ONE Lightweight World Champion [ Eduard “Landslide” Folayang ](https://www.onefc.com/athletes/eduard-folayang/) is away from active competition, he’s spending his time being the ultimate spokesperson for mixed martial arts. Last week, Folayang represented mixed martial arts...
By NIKOLE JAVIER Games and Amusement Board (GAB) anticipates esports to continue its steady rise in the Philippines. The government regulatory body for professional sports has issued most of its licenses and permits in 2021 and 2022 to esports with 961 and 149, respectively. With...
Senator Raffy Tulfo has given the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) five months to present tangible results against the problem that is illegal gambling. Sen. Raffy Tulfo (Photo from Facebook page) During the Senate Committee on Finance budget hearing of GAB, Tulfo didn’t pull his punches when it...
The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) is set to conduct its own investigation on John Riel Casimero, who allegedly violated certain medical guidelines ahead of his mandatory title defense against Paul Butler in Liverpool. John Riel Casimero (right) (AFP) "As the country’s pro boxing regulatory...
Chooks-to-Go Sports and Marketing Director Mel Macasaquit, Games and Amusements Board Chairman Abraham Mitra, and Chooks-to-Go MPBL commissioner Kenneth Duremdes The Games and Amusements Board has unanimously approved the Chooks-to-Go Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's accreditation to be a...
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...
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...
Three players from Kaya-Iloilo take part in passing drill during the resumption of PFL training sessions at the National Training Centre in Carmona, Cavite last year. (PFL photo) The city of Lipa in Batangas is being eyed a possible training site for clubs in the Philippines Football League....
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 local government of Mandaluyong said practices and scrimmages are still prohibited in the city even if regulations were recently downgraded to General Community Quarantine. Mayor Menchu Abalos made this clarification Sunday, May 16, a day after a Bulletin story came out that Rain or Shine was...
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...
