Administration Senator Francis Tolentino on Monday said the bill that seeks to protect an employee’s “rest hours” and prevent him from taking up tasks and meetings that cut his personal time due to a work-from-home arrangement is necessary to keep the country’s workforce more productive....
Voting 23-0, the Senate approved on third and final reading House Bill No. 8930, which seeks the creation of the Metropolitan Davao Development Authority (MDDA). Sen. Francis Tolentino, chair of the Senate Committee on Local Government and sponsor of the measure, said the establishment of the MDDA...
Consumer rights group stages exhibit by pandemic-hit artists FOOD FOR THOUGHT Artificial Flavor by Geronimo Santos We are bombarded with products that promise instant gratification but most of them are made of artificial ingredients deceive customers. Contemporary visual artists who have been...
Ilocos Norte restores Balay San Nicolas to its former glory By Pete Dacuycuy Balay by day Balay by night HERITAGE SITE RISING Balay by day and night Before 2021 ended, an important cultural tourism event was held in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte—the opening of the restored Valdes-Lardizabal House,...
POC president Bambol Tolentino, left, and Skiing Federation chief Jim Apelar The Philippine Skiing and Snowboard Federation hopes the participation of Asa Miller in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics would encourage more aspiring athletes to join the national team in the future. Federation president...
The Philippine Olympic Committee opted to reset its first General Assembly (GA) from Jan. 12 to Jan. 26 following the surge of the COVID-19 infections and the threat of Omicron variant in the country. POC President Bambol Tolentino (MB File) POC president Rep. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino made the...
MB File Photo The Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation (MVPSF) has pledged 500 booster shots of the Moderna vaccines for national team members bound for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino disclosed this Thursday...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) demanded for a truce between Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) to find solutions and end their ongoing dispute. Speaking in behalf of the Board in a statement Wednesday,...
Ej Obiena, left, and POC president Bambol Tolentino The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will make sure that Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena can compete in all major competitions including the 31st Southeast Asian Games and the 19th Asian Games this year despite Philippine Athletics Track and...
POC president Bambol Tolentino Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) chief Bambol Tolentino defended the Ethics Committee’s recommendation to declare Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) president Philip Juico as persona non grata following the national sports association’s...
The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) rejected Philippine Olympic Committee’s (POC) declaration of association president Philip Juico as persona non grata in light of his current feud with Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena. In a position paper distributed to the media...
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...
