Photo from AFP Boxer Carlo Paalam advanced to the Round of 16 of the men’s flyweight (48-52kg) division after winning by split decision over Ireland's Brendan Irvine in the Tokyo Olympics Monday, July 26. Two judges scored 30-27 for Paalam, the other two 29-28, and the remaining one 28-29. Paalam...
In this photo, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz (center) meets national boxing team members Carlo Paalam (from left), Nesthy Petecio, and Eumir Felix Marcial at Tokyo's Olympic Village (Photo from Hidilyn Diaz) TOKYO — After months of intense training and campaigning to qualify for the 2020 Summer...
From left: Actor John Lloyd Cruz, ABS-CBN President Carlo Katigbak, and Marilen Roa Nunez of Crown Asia Management. Actor John Lloyd Cruz was recently seen in the company of ABS-CBN President Carlo Katigbak amid rumors that he will be transferring to GMA 7.  In fact, Marilen Roa Nuñez of...
PSC Chairman Butch Ramirez Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman William “Butch” Ramirez expressed confidence that this batch of Filipino athletes that will see action in the Tokyo Olympics is more than prepared to make the country proud when the Games open on Friday, July 23. Ramirez...
didal paalam magno watanabe Margielyn Didal Margielyn Didal Margielyn Didal has written history in her own way as far as the Tokyo Olympics is concerned. Didal, 22, becomes the first Filipina skateboarder to qualify for the Olympics as skateboarding officially marks its official launch in this...
Manny V. Pangilinan Tokyo Olympics-bound athletes of Team Philippines will get a chance to become instant millionaires. This is after the MVP Sports Foundation (MVPSF) approved during a board meeting Thursday, July 8 that it will grant a cash reward to 19 Filipino athletes with podium finishes in...
INDUSTRY DIRECTION This week's Philippine Panorama goes behind the scenes of the local film industry. Cover design by the author A year ago, at the height of the current health crisis, a couple of my friends in film were distressed as productions, like many other businesses, had to shut down due to...
Photo from T1 Southeast Asian powerhouse team T1 reasserted its dominance over budding North American rival Quincy Crew with a 2-0 sweep to advance to the ESL One Summer 2021 upper bracket finals early Saturday, June 19. T1 banked on 12K MMR Thai carry Nuengnara "23savage" Teeramahanon's...
Screenshots from WePlay AniMajor Budding rivals T1 and Quincy Crew are on a collision course in the upper bracket semifinals of the ESL One Summer 2021 on Friday night, June 18 (PH time). The best-of-three match is set at 11 p.m., with the Southeast Asian kings led by Filipino captain-offlaner...
Or the question is: Do you do your country proud? Love of country is a two-way street. Most of us aren’t given a chance to do our country proud, like Lea Salonga or Juan Luna or Yuka Saso, but that’s what we think. This country is made up of you and me and, in more ways than one, in a way often...
T1 Filipino captain-offlaner Carlo "Kuku" Palad and T1 thrashed Team Aster of China, 2-0, to start its campaign in the WePlay AniMajor playoffs upper bracket with a bang on Wednesday night (PH time) in Kiev, Ukraine. Kuku's Broodmother and Filipino mid laner Karl "Karl" Jayme's Magnus powered the...
President Duterte has commended outgoing Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo for his valiant and dedicated service. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) In a taped message during the Philippine Navy's change of command ceremony Tuesday, the President recognized...
