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...
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...
File Photo Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena leads eight other Filipino athletes who were granted Olympic Solidarity Scholarships (OSS) by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino disclosed the list Thursday that also include golf...
PATAFA President Philip Juico The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is standing against its suspension from the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board, saying it will continue the programs particularly for its athletes bound for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in...
PATAFA president Philip Juico The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) reiterated it has been actively participating in the mediation proceedings with pole vaulter EJ Obiena. The association clarified this in response to an order issued by four senators asking the PATAFA Board...
The Senate Committee on Sports has issued a show cause order to the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) board of directors, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said on Sunday. Go, who chairs the Senate sports panel, said the show cause order enjoins them to explain why they...
Filipino taekwondo champion and former Makati 1st District Representative Monsour del Rosario on Friday appealed to the Philippine Olympics Committee (POC) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to team up and compel the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) to complete the...
In the spirit of fairness on the case of national pole vaulter and Olympian Ernest John “EJ” Obiena, the Senate sports committee will issue a show cause order to Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) board of directors on why they should not be cited for contempt....
EJ Obiena The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board suspended the national sports associations (NSAs) of athletics and tennis during its special meeting Thursday, March 17. POC President Bambol Tolentino said the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) was...
The Senate Committee on Sports has been asked to cite the board members of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) in contempt for “disobeying” the Senate Committee on Sport’s order to amicably settle its differences with Philippine Olympian pole vaulter Ernest John...
EJ Obiena The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is funding the participation of EJ Obiena in the 31st Southeast Asian Games. The development came after the PSC Board meeting Tuesday where they decided to fund all athletes endorsed by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). This included Obiena,...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday, March 14 expressed his dismay that national pole vaulter and Olympian Ernest John “EJ” Obiena was prevented from participating in the World Athletics Indoor Championships to be held in Belgrade, Serbia this month. Obiena qualified for the World...
