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...
EJ Obiena, left, and Ukrainian coach Vitaly Petrov Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino questioned Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) regarding the exclusion of Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena from the national team pool. Tolentino said that Obiena,...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Just by sheer coincidence, I was invited to a Monday lunch at the newly opened Nono’s at SMaison, and I was visibly surprised by the number of people at the mall that day. Now, I should remind you that Monday was Valentine’s Day; but this was...
Philip Juico World Athletics reiterated its recognition to Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) officials who were elected last November. In a letter to Patafa president Philip Juico dated Feb. 10, 2022, World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe confirmed that “Patafa has fulfilled...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal There’s an old proverb, if I may paraphrase, that says something about how it may be easy to lead a horse to water, but it’s an altogether different matter to make the horse drink. I was reminded of this as I read about how the pediatric COVID...
EJ Obiena (AFP) Pole vaulter EJ Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) have finally agreed to mediation following Monday’s online Senate inquiry involving the Committee on Sports joint with Finance. The development came after both parties presented their cases to...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPEVINE In the world of newspapers and media, there are two sayings that are super-familiar in every news room or news-gathering agency; one is that ‘S_ _ _ sells’, and the second is ‘If it bleeds, it leads’. This stems from the sobering reality that when it comes to...
Heard It Through the GripeVine: Our New Abnormal Two storylines coming out of the ongoing Sundance Film Festival caught my attention, and as they’re bigger than Entertainment or World Cinema stories, I thought it would be good to draw attention to them in this column. The festival comes to a...
Philip Juico The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association said on Friday, Jan. 28 it is moving on from its long-standing row with pole vaulter EJ Obiena to focus on other matters it needs to take care of. A statement signed by Patafa president Philip Ella Juico and chairman Rufus Rodriguez...
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez pleaded to pole vaulter EJ Obiena and Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) officials to sit down and talk among themselves the ongoing dispute that has been dragging on for months. “My point of reference is if they...
