Screenshot from PSA Forum Danao City, Cebu has offered its facilities to host the training and trial races of the national team bound for the 31 st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam late this year. Philcycling Vice President and Mountainbike (MTB) Commission chairman Boying Rodriguez disclosed this...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Nearly 450,000 overseas Filipinos (OFs), mostly from the Middle East, have returned home as of February this year after losing their jobs abroad due to COVID-19, according to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) officials. They expect the number to increase further --...
The Embassy of France to the Philippines and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are jointly hosting a webinar to highlight the progress and obstacles that remain in ensuring that women are freely able to exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) , as well as to identify...
A Panay Bukidnon senior high school student represented the Philippines in the virtual International Youth Forum on Cultural Diversity held on May 21 in celebration of World Day for Cultural Diversity. (Photo from DepEd) During the global forum, Rennel S. Lavilla cited the importance of music in...
Screenshot from PSA Forum Longtime sports patron MILO has partnered with the Philippine Jump Rope Association (PJRA) and the Department of Education in promoting the sport of jump rope to the grassroots level through the “10 million skips challenge.” The tripartite program will have 180,000...
OF FORUM Jun Concepcion If not for more foreign loans, where else can the government turn to for huge funds needed in its fight against COVID-19 and to mend the country’s battered economy? Unknown to many, overseas Filipinos (OFs) hold a strategically vital key. How so? Fairly simple, easy –...
An energy official from the European Union (EU) has underscored the need for inclusivity in pursuing Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) in the Philippines, particularly outside of Luzon. (Photo from DOE Facebook page) “In this time of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic, it is...
There is a need for food systems to be "fair, healthy, and environment friendly," civil society organizations from across Asia and Europe said. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Agriculture) During the webinar dubbed, "Tech to Fork: Resisting the Neoliberal Domination in Agriculture amid COVID...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino returns to the weekly Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum as the solo special guest of the webcast edition on Tuesday, May 25. A wide-range of topics are expected to be discussed by the congressman from the 8th...
The National Basketball League (NBL) and Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) get the cage fever rolling in Luzon when it holds the novelty 1v1 matches this weekend at the Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center. Three matchups in the men’s and five more in the distaff side are in store in the...
Reli de Leon, Philippine Racing Commission chairman, (center), awards the Presidential Gold Cup trophy to Wilbert Tan (left), owner of Pangalusian Island, in this file photo late last year. With them is Philracom executive director Andrew Rovie Buencamino. The event is De Leon’s first official...
It's a loaded Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday, May 11 as matters concerning rowing, boxing, and the coming new season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) will be discussed in the virtual public sports program. MPBL Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes is going...
