I came, I saw’d, I built a spice rack! Irwin Pundamiera of Wood Academy teaches people how to make clean cuts, simple furniture, and lasting memories. By Redge Tolentino Safety first One early Saturday afternoon, a female beat cop, a tattoo parlor owner, a pair of engineers, an entrepreneur from...
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has requested the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to schedule an election for the country’s volleyball federation. POC president Bambol Tolentino said he received a letter from the FIVB last month asking the POC to supervise the National Sports...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has appointed Philippine Sports commissioner Mon Fernandez as the country’s Chef De Mission in the 31 st Southeast Asian Games that Vietnam is hosting late this year. POC president Bambol Tolentino made this announcement Tuesday during the first...
‘TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino Traditional medicine has long been practiced in the Philippines even before the introduction of Western and conventional medicine in the country. Indigenous communities, provinces, and regions have their own unique traditional healing practices. Although...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino urged national sports associations (NSAs) to prioritize athletes participating in Olympic qualifiers and the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) should they plan to hold a training bubble. Speaking in the Philippine Sportswriters...
Olympic-bound athletes boxer Eumir Felix Marcial, pole vaulter EJ Obiena, gymnast Carlos Yulo, boxer Irish Magno (Handout Photos) Filipino athletes who have earned slots in the Tokyo Olympics this year are delighted by the government’s effort to have them vaccinated against COVID-19. While there...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino believes budget will not be an issue in providing free COVID-19 vaccinations for national athletes. The idea is doable as far as the Tagaytay City representative is concerned since there are only more than 1,000 athletes in the national...
The country’s highest sports officials are confident the 2021 Tokyo Olympics will still push through despite recent reports that Japan is poised to declare a state of emergency as COVID-19 cases soar in the East Asian nation's capital and three surrounding prefectures. Philippine Olympic...
The Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) begins 2021 with a bang as it will have no less than Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino as its lone, special guest in Tuesday’s PSA Forum webcast edition. Tolentino is expected to talk about a wide array of...
Olympic Rings are seen a the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, amid the spread of the COVID-19. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) Amid the slew of cancelled sports spectacles worldwide last year, the sputtering attempts to restart in empty arenas stalled events,...
TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino By this time during the past years, Filipinos, especially young people, would be thinking about their new year’s resolutions. The coming of the new year is always an opportunity to reflect on the past and think about ways we can improve ourselves and our...
Election committee chairman Bones Floro (top, right) administers the oath of office to re-elected president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino (sixth from left). Also in photo are (from left) Jojo Villa, Juancho Ramores, Paquito Rivas, Jun Lomibao, Sunshine Joy Mendoza, Oscar Rodriguez, Moe...
