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...
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...
A dismayed Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday told the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to step in the conflict between the national pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) in order to save the Philippines’ standing in...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday lamented how “sports politics” factored in in pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena’s exclusion from the World Indoor Championships. EJ Obiena “EJ Obiena: a case of missed opportunity because of sports politics. Sayang...
EJ Obiena will not compete in the World Athletics Indoor Championships set March 18 to 20 in Belgrade, Serbia, the elite pole vaulter announced Saturday, March 12, in a social media post. EJ Obiena (Photo from EJ Obiena's Facebook page) Obiena, through a post on his official Facebook post, bared...
The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has included Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena on the country’s entry by names list that will be submitted to the organizers of the 31st Southeast Asian Games set in Hanoi, Vietnam in May. MB File Photo The development came after Obiena’s ongoing rift with...
Senator Pia Cayetano on Wednesday said she is convinced that the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) has lost all moral authority to lead the institution for excluding Ernest John “EJ” Obiena—a reigning pole vaulter—from its master list of athletes for the Southeast...
