Gilas Pilipinas Women team is getting the much-needed reinforcements when it returns to action for the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup pre-qualifying tournament in February. National team mainstay Jack Animam is set to rejoin the team after missing the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup last September while...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion If there’s a forest fire, is it appropriate to use a hand-held water spray used to water indoor plants? Clearly, putting out a forest fire requires more than a puny hand-held water spray. To a large extent, the government’s bid to end maltreatment and abuses of OFWs...
The Philippine women’s football team which qualified in next year’s AFC Women’s Asian Cup, headlines the online edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday (Oct. 5). Head coach Marlon Maro, assistant Rose Ton Barinan, and team captain Inna Palacios are appearing...
Retired Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has a strong hunch that Vice President Leni Robredo will accept 1Sambayan's endorsement of her and run for the presidency in the May 2022 polls. Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (left) and Vice President...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is demanding rich countries to fulfill their pledge of providing the massive financing needed to reverse the devastating effects of climate change. During the Ministerial Dialogue of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III has...
With the rollout of vaccines against COVID-19 in Metro Manila and in nearby provinces, Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra expressed optimism on the resumption of more sports events in the country by next year. Mitra said that the continued vaccination of Filipinos serves as a...
Partial operability of a segment of the Philippine National Railway's (PNR) Bicol project is being eyed to begin by April next year, Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade announced on Monday, Sept. 27. Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade inspects the Lucena Station in...
The latest endeavor of the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) and the newest basketball league to be launched in the country are up for discussion in the online session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday (Sept. 28). GAB Chairman Abraham ‘Baham’ Mitra is going to...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion More and more Filipino women are leaving for jobs overseas despite high prospects of experiencing hardships and getting a raw deal in their countries of destination. Cases in point are women who wish to work in Russia from the Philippines, Hong Kong and different...
Carlo Biado Carlo Biado is hoping to ride on the momentum of his title victory in the US Open Pool Championship in Atlantic City, New Jersey when he competes in five major events in 2022. Biado is scheduled to compete in the World 10-Ball Championship and the UK Open while also slated to represent...
The Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum will have for its special guest the newest toast of Philippine sports in Carlo Biado, fresh from his triumphant campaign in the US Open Pool Championship in Atlantic City. The former caddie turned pool hero is going to talk and look back on his...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Broken marriages, as well as juvenile delinquencies and unwanted pregnancies among teenage children, are a very major and common problem among overseas Filipinos in Hong Kong, Singapore, the Middle East and elsewhere. Due to limited manpower and other resources, relevant...
