From left, Jesus Clint Aranas (Archery), Executive Board Member; Steve Hontiveros (Handball), POC Chairman; Abraham Tolentino (Cycling), POC President; and Cynthia Carrion (Gymnastics), Executive Board Member (MB File Photo) Archery chief Clint Aranas, the recognized leader of a band of officials...
Gilas Pilipinas prospect Sage Tolentino (Photo from Sage Tolentino's Instagram account @sagee23_) Gilas Pilipinas prospect Sage Tolentino is gaining more interest from NCAA Division I schools in the United States. The 7-footer Tolentino announced in a social media post Friday that he received an...
Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / Alvin Kasiban) Host Vietnam is keeping its hosting of the 2021 Southeast Asian Games limited almost exclusively to the staging of Olympic and Asian Games events. Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino, who...
The Philippine ice hockey team which competed in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. Ice hockey, polo and pole and aerial (fitness) were given recognition by the Philippine Olympic Commitee, its president Bambol Tolentino confirmed. (Photo from Hockey Philippines' Facebook account) Ice hockey was...
TOL VIEWS For the last several months, we have all been pushed to adapt to a radically changed way of life. Nearly every system we have established – health care, education, and employment, among others – and the processes necessarily entailed by these systems, have been modified in order to...
Medal-rich events for PH scrapped Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino (PSA Images) The country will appeal for the inclusion of arnis, triathlon and obstacle course in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games after they were scrapped in the proposed sports lineup. Philippine Olympic...
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...
PH kickboxers continue training amid COVID-19 pandemic Philippine kickboxing team (MB Photo / Ali Vicoy) Safety remains paramount for the Samahang Kickboxing ng Pilipinas (SKP), whose athletes have been told to strictly follow stringent government protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic. SKP...
By JOCELYN L. TOLENTINO A LOT OF SINGING AND DANCING Music plays a huge part in many of our country’s local customs Filipinos celebrate Mother’s Day with the rest of the world in May and on Father’s Day in June. But it wasn’t like that during my childhood. I remember in grade school we...
