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...
Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino (PSA Images) Incumbent Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino on Saturday bared his full ticket for the POC elections scheduled on Nov. 27. Tolentino, who seeks reelection, announced triathlon chief Tom Carrasco as his...
Senator Christopher 'Bong' Go being interviewed by members of the PBA Press Corps at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in file photo. (PBA Images, File) Instead of a leather basketball which he used to swish in from beyond the three-point arc, Sen. Christopher ‘Bong’ Go now has his hands full with...
Crippling brownouts will dampen the country’s bid for economic recovery in the near term if the Department of Energy (DOE) will not act early enough to concretize a viable replacement for the gas output from the Malampaya field. Senator...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach (Photo by Greg MARTIN / OIS/IOC / AFP) It is too early to set a deadline on how next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics will be organized, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Wednesday, adding developments for rapid COVID-19 testing and...
