The Mega Manila Consortium Corporation (MMCC) has belied claims that its bus firms on the EDSA Carousel Route participating in the government's free ride program have limited their operations over issues of non-payment. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Our bus units that are operating to provide free...
Barangay Ginebra guard Stanley Pringle drives to the basket against two TNT defenders during the PBA Philippine Cup last year in Pampanga. (Photo from PBA) PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial said Friday, May 14, that teams are expected to start their training sessions beginning next week in Batangas...
The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup was given the go-signal by the Games and Amusements Board to hold its Mindanao Leg on May 30, weeks after the second phase of the upstart league due to a game-fixing controversy that marred the recent Visayas Leg. GAB chairman Baham Mitra said the government body for...
Land Transporation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Martin B. Delgra III has told bus operators to immediately pay their conductors who have not yet received their salaries. (Jansen Romero/ File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The LTFRB chief made the call following reports that several...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial (center) is flanked (from left) by former Batangas City councilor Mando Lazarte, Edilberto Perez (executive asst), Gilberto Alea (sports and development) and Jocelyn Cantre (gen. services head) during a meeting yesterday in the provincial capital. (PBA images) PBA...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade said the agency will distribute additional cash incentives to drivers of public utility vehicles (PUVs) under the government's service contracting program. (Jansen Romero / MANILA BULLETIN) Tugade said in an interview on Wednesday, May...
Former Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Chairman Dominador “Domeng” Cepeda passed away on Saturday, May 1. He was 86. GAB, now led by Chairman Baham Mitra, paid tribute to Cepeda in a social media post, thanking all his efforts as the government agency’s top official from 1994 to July 2001...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the league is keeping a vigilant approach in trying to curb game-fixing allegations similar to the one that rocked the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup recently. Marcial bared in the virtual Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum that took place Tuesday, April 27,...
The Gilas Pilipinas 3x3 team was given the green light to start preparing for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament as early as next week at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna. The PBA Board of Governors gave its go-signal to lend San Miguel Beer’s CJ Perez and Mo Tautuaa and rookies...
Chooks to Go president Ronald Mascarinas (Photo from Chooks to Go) The title sponsor of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup questioned the decision of the Games and Amusements Board to suspend next month’s Mindanao leg following game-fixing allegations that marred last week’s game between Siquijor...
GAB Chairman Baham Mitra The Games and Amusements Board suspended next month’s Mindanao leg of the embattled Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup in relation to game-fixing allegations that marred the controversial game between ARQ Builders-Lapu-Lapu City and the Siquijor Mystics. GAB chairman Baham Mitra...
VisMin Cup officials talk with coaches from Lapu-Lapu City and Siquijor after their game was postponed during halftime last Wednesday. (Photo from Chooks to Go Pilipinas) Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) president Al Panlilio said Sunday they would take the initiatives to study and form a...
