The House Committee on Ways and Means has approved the substitute measure seeking to exempt from all taxes the rewards and donations given to Olympic gold medalists Hidilyn Diaz and other national athletes and their coaches which they obtained during international sports competitions. House Bill...
Take a bow Team Philippines. Team Philippines at the Tokyo Olympics (Photo: Philippine Olympic Committee) Malacañang has commended Filipino boxer Carlo Paalam for his silver medal finish and rest of the Filipino athletes for displaying the "best Olympic performance in history." The Philippines so...
Girl power, but with lots of style! Artwork by Ariana Maralit Who says you can't look great while competing at the Tokyo Olympics? Tokyo2020 Instagram account compiled just some of the women who made heads turn at the ongoing competition. Check this out. Gabrielle Thomas of USA is just gorgeous...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) honored the achievements of the 19 athlete- Philippine delegation to this year's Tokyo Olympics by awarding them with free flights. “All our athletes have uplifted the country’s spirits amid this challenging time and we are grateful to them, ” says Candice Iyog, CEB Vice...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, July 14, announced that the National Academy of Sports (NAS) has begun its nationwide search for talented Filipino student-athletes to identify and become part of its first batch of scholars. Filipino student-athletes (Photo from DepEd) The NAS...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares An author who was known for his intensive study of small businesses once said in a speech delivered before university students: “It is not the strongest who will survive, but the most adaptable.” This professor who went by the name of Leon C. Megginson was...
Screen grab from tournament livestream at sportschau.de Pole vaulter EJ Obiena bolstered his Tokyo Olympics preparations on Sunday after sharing the gold medal with reigning Olympic champion Thiago Braz of Brazil in the True Athletes Classics in Leverkusen, Germany. Obiena and Braz both cleared...
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...
Senator Francis Tolentino lauded on Friday, May 21, the government's pandemic task force for approving the vaccination of athletes set to join the Tokyo Olympics and the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. "I thank the IATF (Interagency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Disease) for heeding the...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to include Filipino athletes as essential workers so they can be part of the government’s priority list to be vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19). Tolentino noted both of the country’s amateur and...
National athletes and coaches will finally get their full allowances after President Duterte signed into law the Bayanihan Act 2 or House Bill 6953. (MB File Photo) Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino offered gratitude to President Duterte for approving the Bayanihan Act 2,...
Third time's the charm for De los Santos Former national team member James De los Santos (Photo from James De Los Santos) Filipino karateka veteran James de los Santos finally found a way to beat rival Eduardo Garcia of Portugal that gave him his fourth gold in ruling the...
