Richard Gomez Ormoc City Mayor Richard Gomez said that the sports facilities in their area are available for national athletes with disabilities as they prepare for the ASEAN Para Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. Gomez, a former national athlete, said that the Philippine fencing team will have their bubble...
Photo from Jordan Taekwondo Federation Kurt Barbosa became the ninth Filipino to qualify to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics after winning in the semifinals of the Asian Taekwondo Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan Saturday night, May 22. Barbosa, a 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist,...
Photo from Pauline Lopez's Facebook account Pauline Lopez missed her chance of making it into the Tokyo Olympics after bowing in the quarterfinals at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan Saturday, May 22. Lopez succumbed to 2018 Asian Games bronze medalist Laetitia Aoun of Lebanon,...
Photo from Arven Alcantara's Instagram account The Philippine taekwondo team suffered an early blow in the Asian Qualification Tournament to the Tokyo Olympics Friday, May 21, after Arven Alcantara was dealt a first-round defeat in Amman, Jordan. Seeking one of the two berths at stake in the...
Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez, left, and Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / PNA Photo) The national government has granted the request for national team athletes to get their vaccines for COVID-19 as the Inter-Agency Task Force elevated the...
The government's pandemic task force has green-lit the bubble-type training of Filipino athletes participating in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Southeast Asian (SEA) Games later this year. Omega, the official timekeeper of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games (File photo) In a statement, Presidential...
6912 Host Vietnam is enforcing a “no vaccine, no participation” policy in the 31 st Southeast Asian Games slated late this year. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino announced this following an online meeting with the SEAG Federation last Tuesday, saying that the...
Pampanga Governor Dennis Pineda (center) and Bases Conversion and Development Authority Vice President Arrey Perez (right) meet with Philippine National Volleyball Federation President Ramon “Tats” Suzara. (From PNVF) Renovations are already ongoing at the San Fernando Convention Center as the...
Yacine Guermali (From the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association Facebook page) Fil-Morrocan Yacine Guermali surpassed another Philippine record when he finished second in the men’s 1500 meters in the Portland Distance Carnival race in Oregon over the weekend. Guermali, whose mother...
US lawmakers on Tuesday sent an anti-hate bill to President Joe Biden's desk that aims to prevent violence against Asian Americans, following an alarming rise in attacks including murders during the coronavirus pandemic. The House of Representatives passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act with a strong...
The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) announced Saturday, May 15, that it has given the Philippines the go signal to host the 21 st Asian Senior Women’s Championships. The top-tier tournament is scheduled Aug. 29 to Sept. 5 with the main venue at the Angeles University Foundation Sports and...
Amid the prevalence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines is facing another looming concern on piling medical and plastic waste. In a statement, waste management firm Metro Clark Waste Management (MCWM) has called for improved waste management amid the country’s growing garbage problem. A...
