The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) and its Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) have officially opened the call for entries to the 2021 Productivity Olympics in the new normal. NWPC Executive Director Maria Criselda Sy (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) But what...
Photo from Cris Nievarez's Facebook account Cris Nievarez inched closer to an Olympic berth while two national team pairs fell out of contention in rowing’s Asia Oceania Continental Qualification in Tokyo, Japan Thursday, May 6. Nievarez, a 2019 Southeast Asian Games gold medalist, topped the...
Yuka Saso (left) and Bianca Pagdanganan (Photos from AFP) With a month to go before qualification ends, top Filipino golfers Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan are almost assured of earning spots in the Tokyo Olympics with their respective Olympic Golf Rankings in the International Golf Federation...
Let the Games begin! Omega, the official timekeeper of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games With the developments of vaccines, a “new normal” finds its way to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Omega, the official timekeeper of the Olympics Games for a record of 28 times, is going to be there. The 100 days...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, second from right, with (from left) nutritionist Jeaneth Aro, strength and conditioning coach Julius Naranjo and Chinese mentor Kaiwen Gao of Team HD at the training camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With them is Malaysia weightlifting team's Chinese coach Wang...
Margielyn Didal Filipina skateboarding icon Margielyn Didal was recently featured by the Olympic Channel as she guns for a spot in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. In the original series " By Her Rules ," the Olympic Channel highlighted Didal's humble beginning from being a skater of the street --...
Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz hopes to duplicate her feat, if not surpass, in the Rio Olympics back in 2016 when she aims for a second straight podium finish in the Tokyo Olympics this year in Japan. For her to accomplish that, Diaz understands the importance of sports...
This must be the longest countdown held for the Olympics. Originally scheduled in the summer of 2020, the Tokyo Olympics will be held a year later – from July 23 to August 8 this year. Even with the outcome of recent COVID-19 interventions, including widespread vaccinations still uncertain, the...
Pole vaulter EJ Obiena (left) and weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz With less than 100 days before the Tokyo Games, weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz and pole vaulter EJ Obiena are making the most out of their preparations to quench that thirst for the country’s first Olympic gold medal. Diaz, silver medalist at...
As part of its final preparation for the Tokyo Olympics this year, the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) is sending a full contingent to the 2021 ASBC Asian Elite Men and Women Boxing Championships on May 21 to June 1 in Dubai. This includes professional boxer Eumir Marcial....
In this photo taken on April 29, 2021, Myanmar swimmer Win Htet Oo attends a training session at the Melbourne Aquatic Centre in Melbourne. (Photo by Asanka Brendon Ratnayake / AFP) A Myanmar swimmer has abandoned his dream of competing at the Tokyo Olympics in protest at the junta ruling his...
Following the successful stint of the national weightlifting team in the recently concluded Asian Championship in Uzbekistan, Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas (SWP) president Monico Puentevella said he is likely to retain the setup in terms of preparation for the 31st Southeast Asian Games in...
