Olympic gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz on Monday admitted that she had faced same problems regarding training expenses with her national sports association (NSA) too. Diaz disclosed the matter during the Senate Committee on Sports hearing into the current rift between the Philippine Athletics Track and...
Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena on Monday told the Senate that all he wanted is to be able to clear his name and be reinstated as a national athlete. “What I really just want is to be reinstated as a national athlete; to be able to represent the Philippines,” Obiena told the Senate Committee on...
Senators on Monday chided top officials of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) for burdening the country’s elite athletes with administrative and accounting tasks that the national sports association (NSA) is supposed to be taking care of. During the Senate Sports...
Pole vaulter EJ Obiena’s mother on Monday told the Senate Sports Committee, chaired by Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, that she lent money to the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) to help finance her son’s allowance after learning of the Olympian’s living conditions...
Screenshot from PSA Forum Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino said retaining the overall title or even placing second in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam will be challenging for our national athletes. “Kaya naman nating i-defend ang title natin, but it’s going...
Several residents in Manila Engineering Compound on Bonifacio Drive in Port Area, Manila were seen playing basketball on Tuesday, Jan.18, despite the Alert Level 3 restriction on contact sports. Witnesses raised complaints after seeing several adult men and even children playing basketball, not...
As it continuously strengthen the overall functions of its field offices, the Department of Education (DepEd) has shared innovative milestones in its literacy, sports, children and employee welfare programs. Education Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo (Photo from DepEd) “Our offices managed to...
After posting a 150 percent year-on-year revenue growth, Filipino e-sports ecosystem and technology startup, Nexplay, is gearing up for its 2023 Series A fundraising and "the next revolution in gaming". “The games industry in the region and in the Philippines is at an inflection point,” early...
MB File Photo The Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation (MVPSF) has pledged 500 booster shots of the Moderna vaccines for national team members bound for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino disclosed this Thursday...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will start crafting policies and implement stricter guidelines on granting financial assistance to National Sports Associations (NSAs) in light of the recent controversy involving the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association...
Photo from the Batang Pinoy's Facebook page The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) hopes it could resume its grassroots development program next year after being hampered by the pandemic for the last two years. PSC chairman Butch Ramirez said they are looking forward to collaborating again with...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has set aside P2 million as part of its relief efforts for people affected by Typhoon Odette. PSC chairman Butch Ramirez has tapped former PSC Executive Director and Commissioner Fr. Vicente Uy, who is now the Region VII president of the Private Schools...
