'Better safe than sorry,' says Mitra Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra said that if all professional athletes will cooperate, actual sports competition may soon be allowed by the government. Mitra has called on the sports...
In this file photo, the NorthPort Batang Pier practice social distancing during their practice last March before the government implemented the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. (Photo from NorthPort's Twitter account) Team practices in the professional ranks could be put on hold...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) confirmed Tuesday the renewal of the tripartite agreement with the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) granting detailed service for national athletes PSC Acting Executive Director Atty. Guillermo Iroy Jr. said they are...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) recently hosted a webinar for its national para-athletes and coaches in celebration of the 42nd National Council on Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation. Dubbed as “Para sa PARA-Athletes: Isang selebrasyon ng pagpupugay at pasasalamat sa mga natatanging...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Presidential Photo) Sports shared a brief spotlight in President Duterte’s 5th State of the Nation Address on Monday, highlighting the creation of the National Academy of Sports (NAS) and the success of the country’s Southeast Asian Games hosting last year. The...
Practice under strict protocol could commence next week Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra Games and Amusement Board chairman Abraham “Baham” Mitra said he expects the official communication from the Inter-Agency Task Force giving the PBA and pro football to start practice...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez The Philippine Sports Commission underwent an organizational revamp on Wednesday in light of the payroll fraud that one of its employees allegedly orchestrated over the past five years . In a statement released the same day, PSC chairman Butch Ramirez said the move was...
The Ninoy Aquino Stadium inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila (BCDA Images) The three Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) venues tapped by the government to house COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms are starting to fill up once again. Just a day after reopening, the Rizal Memorial...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez The workload during his first day in office after a four-week furlough was extra-heavy. But Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez didn’t mind carrying the burden of putting his agency in order. Ramirez, who was on leave to attend to his wife who had...
The Philippine Sports Commission is forming a fact-finding body to conduct its own investigation on the alleged payroll fraud involving one of its employees. PSC Officer-in-Charge Mon Fernandez said they signed a memorandum creating a task force to dig deeper into the matter where the accused, Paul...
Olympic-bound athletes boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, pole vaulter EJ Obiena, gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxer Irish Magno (Handout Photos) The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) emphasized the need of Olympic qualifiers to resume their training during the PSC-GAB- DOH Stakeholders' Virtual Meeting hosted by...
Olympic-bound athletes boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, pole vaulter EJ Obiena, gymnast Carlos Yulo and boxer Irish Magno (Handout Photos) The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) are seeking the approval of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases...
