From left is PSC Commissioner Arnold Agustin, PHISGOC Chief Operating Officer Ramon "Tats" Suzara, PhisGoc Chairperson Allan Peter Cayetano and POC President Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino during the official turnover ceremony of the SEAG Final Report book on Wednesday. The Philippine Southeast Asian...
The group tasked by the Philippine Olympic Committee to handle its elections on November 27 is taking up the possibility of allowing online voting or via sealed ballots. “We’ll consider all possible options like sending ballots via courier in advance or online voting,” said Atty. Teodoro...
Athletics and volleyball will be on the discussion table when Philip Ella Juico appears as special guest in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) webcast Forum this Tuesday. Juico talks about the two sports closest to his heart in the 10 a.m. weekly session. The former Philippine Sports...
National athletes and coaches can now get their full allowances starting next week, Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino announced Thursday. The monthly allowances were slashed into half since July after the budget of the Philippine Sports Commission’s were channeled to...
Transparency and accountability serve as the election war cry of Clint Aranas and his party when the archery chief runs for the Philippine Olympic Committee presidency on Nov. 27. Aranas will go head-to-head against incumbent president and cycling's Bambol Tolentino for the top position, with his...
CLINT Aranas, one of two candidates vying for the presidency of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), will be the lone special guest in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) webcast Forum on Tuesday (Nov.3). The president of the World Archery Philippines is expected to talk about his...
Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino’s “Performance Team” for the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) elections in November convened under a cheerful atmosphere over lunch Saturday sans any tinge of political strategizing. Tolentino, the incumbent POC president, said the team prides itself as...
POC President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / Alvin Kasiban) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president and Tagaytay City Rep. Bambol Tolentino sought an additional P510 million budget for the elite sports as the country seeks the elusive first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. Tolentino said the...
With forecasts of hiked budget deficits until next year, Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian forthrightly stated that the Philippine government has no money to buy the 45-percent stake being unloaded by Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. (SPEX) in the multi-billion Malampaya...
Clarifying reports on the disbursement of the P6 Billion total fund of the 30 th Southeast Asian Games hosting, Philippine Sports Commission Executive Director Atty. Guillermo Iroy, Jr. confirmed that only around 1.4 Billion was released to the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing...
The Tokyo National Stadium. (AFP photo) The cost of the coronavirus-postponed Tokyo Olympics will be slashed by $280 million, organisers said Wednesday, touting a scaled-back Games with cuts to everything from staffing to pyrotechnics. But the final price of the event -- officially budgeted before...
Philippine athletes and officials parade during the closing ceremony of 30th SEA Games at New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac, December 11, 2019. (MB File Photo) THE Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) clarified on Wednesday that out of the P6 billion government funding for...
