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...
Screenshot from PSA Forum Volleyball chief Tats Suzara is confident more Filipino players will have the opportunity to be discovered to play abroad in the coming years. His statement came following the continued foreign stints of Marck Espejo, Bryan Bagunas and Jaja Santiago in Japanese leagues....
The Philippine National Volleyball Federation Inc. (PNVF) is looking at holding three local tournaments by the end of the year for the resumption of the sport throughout the country amid the pandemic. PNVF president Tats Suzara said they are already finalizing the details for the National Champions...
It's an all volleyball discussion in the online session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday (Sept. 14). Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) President Ramon ‘Tats’ Suzara leads the panel of guests that will talk about the programs of the federation...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Scores of distressed of distressed OFWs in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere in the Middle East are getting abused not just once, but twice and even more times ironically by fellow unscrupulous Filipino nationals. OFW rights advocates Eli Mua and Faith Buencamino, who are both...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Seventy-one years ago, on Sept. 7, 1950, the Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 573 that authorized the sending of the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK) to help South Korea repel the North Korean aggression. The PEFTOK was composed of five battalion...
