Ahead of the Delegation Registration Meeting (DRM) for the 12th ASEAN Para Games (APG) on May 28, Philippine Sports Commission’s Walter Torres, the Team Philippines Chef de Mission, expressed high hopes on the medal chances of national para-athletes set to compete in the Cambodia-hosted event in...
The PhilCycling will hold its 2023 National Championships for Road from May 30 to June 2 in and around Tagaytay City and neighboring Batangas. The championships will feature competitions in road (massed start), criterium and individual time trial for Men and Women Elite, Juniors (17 and 18 years...
MEMBERS of Team Philippines will again be clad in ASICS national team kits following the renewal of partnership between the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) led by president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino and SONAK Chief Technology Officer Kabir Buxani on Friday, March 31. *Philippine...
The Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 was enacted in the aftermath of the hazing death of University of Santo Tomas College of Law student Horacio Castillo III in a bid to prevent a similar fatal initiation rite from happening again. Five years after, however, hazing deaths still pervade — the latest victim...
MAURA DE LOS REYES (second from left) makes good in Stage 3. Maure de los Reyes shone brightest among the seven Filipinas, competing at the 13 th Biwase Cup road race in Vietnam on Friday, March 10, by ruling one intermediate sprint and one King of the Mountain point. De los Reyes, riding in a...
Senate panel sees volume of expired Covid-19 vaccines reaching over 60M With lesser people availing of COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots, the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee is certain that the number of volume of expired vaccines would have reached over 60 million. Sen. Francis Tolentino,...
World Aquatics confirmed the composition of an Electoral Committee that will conduct and supervise elections for the national sports association for aquatics. The world governing body for the sport made the confirmation in a letter dated March 7 and emailed to the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)...
‘It’s a deep cultural problem’: Hontiveros defends PH Hazing law saying it’s already strict Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, March 8 expressed belief that the provisions under the current Anti-Hazing Act of 2018 are already strict and more comprehensive than in the previous...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) will defer its plans to relocate its headquarters to the Masungi Georeserve pending review of the possible adverse environmental and ecological impacts in the area. Masungi Georeserve Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr. confirmed...
Senators on Tuesday, March 7 took turns castigating an Adamson University official over the school’s perceived negligence in preventing hazing practices committed by fraternities and sororities not officially recognized by their institution. During the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights...
The team—from left, coaches Alfie Catalan and Marita Lucas, Marianne Dacumos, Jelsie Sabado, Mathilda Krog, Kate Yasmin Velasco, Avegail Rombaon, Maura de los Reyes and coach Joey de los Reyes—arrive at the Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City Monday, March 6. (Philcycling...
The plan of the government in phasing out the public utility jeepney (PUJ) should be given a second look, Senator Francis “Tol” Tolentino said. Tolentino thus joined Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee, in advocating the restoration of jeepney drivers’...
