PATAFA President Philip Juico, left, and POC President Bambol Tolentino The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has deferred the suspension of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) following Wednesday’s General Assembly (GA). POC President Bambol Tolentino said the...
EJ Obiena (AFP) Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) and pole vaulter EJ Obiena are close to patching things up. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez shared this development Tuesday, adding that they are “90 to 95 percent done” with the mediation...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL It’s the tail-end of March, our yearly Women’s Month; so before the month comes to an end, it’s good to take a look back at how some of us took the month to heart. Of how we made it a resounding reminder of the truths that while so much has...
PATAFA president Philip Ella Juico The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) bemoaned the decision of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to name world-class pole vaulter EJ Obiena as athletics’ choice to benefit the Olympic Solidarity Scholarship program of the...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL May 9 is less than two months away, that day when we troop to the election booths and choose our next President. And from where I sit, it looks like it’ll be a scorching hot summer day when emotions will be running high, and our immediate future...
PATAFA president Philip Juico (left) and POC president Bambol Tolentino The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) said it was not given due process in relation to the Philippine Olympic Committee’s (POC) 90-day suspension on the national sports association. In a lengthy...
Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles is prodding the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to defund the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA). EJ Obiena's photo captioned “Today the Country I Love Loses” (Photo from EJ Obiena - Ernest Obiena FB...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Over the last two Sundays, I’ve written about seven of the 10 Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards awardees, with the seven I’ve cited covering the categories of Sports, e-Commerce, and MSME’s (awardees are women in these three categories); and then...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal As I mentioned last Sunday, the first ever awardees for the Manila Bulletin UPLIFT Awards have been informed of their distinctions; and in honor of Women’s Month, I first went through the woman awardees - who came from the categories of Sports...
To meet more than 47,000 supporters gathered at the General Trias Sports Park in Cavite for her grand rally, Vice President Leni Robredo had to hitch a ride on the back of a motorcycle after getting stuck in traffic for more than four hours. Vice President Leni Robredo rides a motorcycle going to...
MB File Photo The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) slammed the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PatafA) for refusing to endorse world No. 5 pole vaulter EJ Obiena in four major international competitions including the World Indoor Championships in Serbia later this month. Obiena,...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal A few Sundays ago, I wrote about how the Manila Bulletin was embarking on a new initiative on its 122nd year; one that was centered on recognizing the people and institutions that had done great work in the past year, and encouraged us to rise above...
