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...
Leading the Philippine Navy (PN) at the time of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic was one of the most challenging roles that Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo has done in his career as a military man. After assuming as the PN's 38th Flag Officer in Command on Feb. 3, 2020, Bacordo will...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has submitted to President Duterte its recommendation for the next Philippine Navy (PN) Flag Officer in Command with the impending retirement of Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo on Wednesday, June 9. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Chief of Staff of the Armed...
ABAP president Ricky Vargas Officials of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) are still waiting for the US visas of three Tokyo Olympics-bound boxers training in Thailand while it has given a go for another Olympian in Eumir Marcial to travel from Dubai to Colorado Springs...
Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has instructed the Philippine Navy (PN) to step up its operations to defend the country's maritime interests. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (left), and Vice Admiral...
The national boxing team, led by Tokyo Olympics-bound fighter Eumir Marcial, third from left, prior to the start of the ASBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo from Eumir Felix DS Marcial's Facebook's account) Filipino boxers John Paul Panuayan and Jere...
Eumir Marcial Tokyo Olympics-bound boxer Eumir Marcial has earned a bye as he moved to the quarterfinal at the start of the ASBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships Monday night, May 24 in Dubai. The 25-year-old Marcial, the top seed among the 12 participants in the 75-kilogram middleweight...
Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez, left, and Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / PNA Photo) The national government has granted the request for national team athletes to get their vaccines for COVID-19 as the Inter-Agency Task Force elevated the...
7100 The preparation of Tokyo Olympics-bound boxer Eumir Marcial continues as the national team leaves for Dubai this Friday, May 21, for the 2021 ASBC Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships. Marcial trained for a month in his hometown in Zamboanga City following his arrival from Los Angels in...
President Duterte was apparently just "joking" when he promised during the 2016 presidential campaign that he would ride a jet ski to challenge China in the West Philippine Sea and assert the country's claims in the disputed waters. He even went to the extent of calling those who believed his joke...
