OFW Forum Jun Concepcion How much does it cost every year to address and resolve maltreatment of Filipino women, mostly employed as domestic helpers, in the Middle East? More likely than not, this perplexing question will be glossed over by labor officials in favor of the multi-billion US dollars...
WGM Janelle Mae Frayna (left) and IM Paulo Bersamina (Screenshot from PSA Forum) Woman Grandmaster Janelle Mae Frayna and the other Filipino representatives will have their hands full against big names and higher-rated foes right in the first round of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2021. Frayna, the...
The country’s Olympic bid in judo as well as the 2021 FIDE World Cup will be tackled in Tuesday’s online session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum. Philippine Judo President Dave Carter will discuss the preparations and campaign of first time Olympian Kiyomi Watanabe in...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Clamor from overseas workers is growing for the establishment of a dedicated Department of OFW) which will to attend to the needs of improving the working conditions OFWs in view of persistent problems, notably physical abuses that OFWs suffer in different parts of the...
Screenshot from PSA Forum Coming off a drastic change in lifestyle, shooter Jayson Valdez is optimistic heading to the Tokyo Olympics 2020 which will unfold next month. The son of three-time SEA Games 1987 gold medalist Julius Valdez said that he has been hitting 630 and 631 in training--scores...
The latest Filipino athlete to officially qualify in the Tokyo Olympics joins Team Philippines Chef De Mission to the Southeast Asian Games Ramon Fernandez in an interesting discussion Tuesday in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum online edition. Air rifle shooter Jayson Valdez...
One of the top officials of the National Golf Association of the Philippines (NGAP) will grace the online edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this Tuesday, June 15, to discuss the major boost generated by the sport in the wake of the breakthrough triumph of Yuka Saso in...
The first national forum on national substance use science policy and Information will be held on Tuesday, June 15, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has announced. (NAST PHL Facebook Page) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the forum will be hosted by the National...
The Duterte administration is partnering next week with young Filipinos in the latest edition of Sulong Pilipinas, this time to craft strategies on how different sectors of society can work together to counter the disastrous effects of climate change. Titled “Sulong Pilipinas 2021: Climate Change...
Screenshot from PSA Forum Danao City, Cebu has offered its facilities to host the training and trial races of the national team bound for the 31 st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam late this year. Philcycling Vice President and Mountainbike (MTB) Commission chairman Boying Rodriguez disclosed this...
OFW FORUM Jun Concepcion Nearly 450,000 overseas Filipinos (OFs), mostly from the Middle East, have returned home as of February this year after losing their jobs abroad due to COVID-19, according to Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) officials. They expect the number to increase further --...
The Embassy of France to the Philippines and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are jointly hosting a webinar to highlight the progress and obstacles that remain in ensuring that women are freely able to exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) , as well as to identify...
