POC President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / Alvin Kasiban) Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino arrived here Wednesday afternoon, two days before the opening of the 2020 Olympic Games, and spoke of a milestone prospect — another multi-medal performance in the quadrennial global...
Richard Gomez As soon as Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez got his RT-PCR test result that yielded positive for COVID-19, he coordinated with the personnel that organized last week’s National Open Fencing Championships at the Ormoc City Superdome. Amat Canlas, head coach of the national team, said...
An official from the Philippine delegation to the Tokyo Olympics has tested positive for COVID-19 a week before the opening rites of the Games. A non-athlete Philippine delegate to the Tokyo Olympics tests positive for COVID-19 a week before the opening of the Games kicks off. POC president Bambol...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) announced Wednesday, July 7, its partnership with Asics as the official outfitter of the PH team bound to the Tokyo Olympics this month. POC President Bambol Tolentino hopes this renewal of partnership would translate a similar success when the country won the...
Ormoc City Mayor and Philippine Fencing Association president Richard Gomez, right, tries to score against national team member Noelito Jose Jr. during pool play of men's epee in the first leg of the National Open Fencing Championship last Saturday at the Superdome in Ormoc City. (City Government...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has earmarked P46.230 million for the country’s participation in next month’s Tokyo Olympics. The PSC board approved the amount during its meeting Tuesday, June 10, based on the proposed budget of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). The amount will...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday asked the Department of Health and the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo to help prized Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo to get vaccinated before he competes in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Yulo, currently training in Japan for more than a year now, has...
Athletes receive their first dose of Sinovac vaccine last May 28 at the Manila Prince Hotel in Ermita, Manila. (Photo by Manny Llanes) All national athletes, coaches and officials can now get vaccinated against COVID-19. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino announced this...
With less than two months before the scheduled opening of the summer Olympics in Tokyo on July 21, Asahi Shimbun, one of the media sponsors, has published an editorial entitled, “Prime Minister Suga, please call off the Olympics.” Three reasons were cited for the call to cancel the Olympics. ...
A member of the national team receives her first dose of Sinovac vaccine at the Manila Prince Hotel Friday, May 28. (Photo by Manny Llanes) National athletes, coaches and officials bound to the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games got their first dose of vaccine against COVID-19 on...
Around 700 athletes and officials of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Manila Prince Hotel in Manila on Friday, May 28. JABBED --Olympian Cris Nievarez was among the 700 athletes and officials of the Philippine Olympic Committee...
111219_SEAG-CLOSING-PARADE_02_riodeluvio-1024x619 National athletes, coaches and officials bound for the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games are scheduled for vaccination on Friday, May 28, at the Manila Prince Hotel. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino...
