The Alaska Aces begin their scheduled and batch training amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (PBA) Games and Amusements Board chairman Baham Mitra encouraged the Philippine Basketball Association to consider doing a ‘bubble’ here when it resumes with its tournament instead of holding it abroad. Mitra...
In this file photo, Olympic-bound boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, left, throws a punch on his Malaysian foe in the 2019 SEA Games. The JAO group has given combat sports professionals to train and compete under strict health guidelines in areas with Modified General Community Quarantine status. (MB File...
The Women’s National Basketball League is more intent on promoting talent rather than looks after gaining professional status from the Games and Amusements Board. The Women’s National Basketball League is more intent on promoting talent rather than looks after gaining professional status from...
No competition between NBL, PBA, says chairman Soy Mercado; WNBL becomes 1st women's league to get pro nod The Games and Amusements Board has given the National Basketball League pro status. The National Basketball League on Wednesday was given the status as a professional league by the Games and...
CHED chairman J. Prospero De Vera III (Photo from Prospero De Vera's Facebook page) Officials from the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) Group and Commission on Higher Education expect representatives from the University of Santo Tomas and National University in their Sept. 1 meeting involving...
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra, second from right, joins officials from the Department of Social Welfare and Development during the distributions of cash and relief assistance to local professional boxers in General Santos City. Also on photo are, from left, DSWD regional...
‘If you want the truth you can ask all my teammates privately,’ tweets Cansino CJ Cansino (UAAP) Looks like the controversy surrounding University of Santo Tomas is far from over. Since the departure of former team captain CJ Cansino from the Tigers’ den last Thursday, the university has...
'I am just wondering why they are practicing when there are no tournaments,' says Mitra Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra Games and Amusements Board chairman Baham Mitra said the guidelines included in the Joint Administrative Order for sports activities are very clear – only...
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra said Friday that he asked for clarification from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Emerging Infectious Diseases with regards to the government’s order to close gyms even if...
Three-time offenders could risk revocation of professional license Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra Games and Amusements Board chairman Baham Mitra says he is excited to see professional athletes return to action – at least in practice sessions – when it is good to go under...
Phoenix Super LPG forward Calvin Abueva (PBA Images) Games and Amusements Board Chairman Baham Mitra is urging Calvin Abueva to get away from antics once his indefinite suspension is lifted by the PBA. Mitra said the government’s regulatory body for professional sports will support whenever...
Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra Games and Amusements Board chairman Baham Mitra said his agency will adopt ways to improve the guidelines to be implemented by the leagues returning to practice sessions this month. One possibility, Mitra said, is to provide hotline numbers for...
