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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...