GM Mark Paragua (Photo from Mark Paragua's Facebook account) The Philippines, bannered by Grandmasters Mark Paragua, Banjo Barcenilla and John Paul Gomez, seeks a strong finish as it plunges into action in the 2020 Asian Online Nations Chess Cup which will unfold on Saturday. Paragua will play on...
Photo from Paul Lee's Instagram account PBA star Paul Lee has all the reasons to feel sentimental as his daughter Tokyo just turned two years old today (Thursday). Some 95 kilometers away from Manila, the Magnolia guard, together with other players, are holed up in Clark, Pampanga for the...
The Philippines, along with the rest of the world, suffered considerable contraction of its economy because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its October, 2020, Economic Update for East Asia and the Pacific, the World Bank said it expects the Philippine economy to contract by 6.9 percent in 2020. But it...
Screenshots from YouTube channels of Rubie Lee-Chua, Scottie Thompson, Eunice Yu-Sangalang and LA Tenorio Cong TV and Team Payaman, RogerRaker, Wil Dasovich, and the late Emman Nimedez are just a few of the renowned Filipino YouTubers who rose to fame through vlogging. These vloggers share content...
(Screenshots from Instagram accounts of Jackson Corpuz, Rafi Reavis, Aljon Mariano, Ryan Arana and Paolo Taha) PBA players made the most of their time amid the quarantine while waiting for the continuation of the postponed 45th Season. It took around six months of preparation for the PBA to...
First and second shows Magnolia players Paul Lee, Jackson Corpuz, Ian Sangalang and Meralco's Chris Newsome (not seen in photo) on their way to Angeles University Foundation for scrimmage. Third and fourth photo shows teams' physical therapists taping the ankle and legs of Lee and Newsome....
Magnolia's Paul Lee (PBA) PBA players have found different ways to break monotony while waiting for a go-signal to start 5-on-5 scrimmages inside the Clark bubble. Since arriving at the Quest Hotel to begin life inside the bubble, almost everyone has kept themselves active while they continue to...
Screenshots from the Youtube channels of Scottie Thompson and Rubie Chua-Lee. PBA players have yet to discover what real life would be inside bubble in Clark, Pampanga. But when they do adjust to the new environment, it will be business as usual for these players at the Quest Hotel. Paul Lee of...
A welcome sign for the huge contingent of PBA teams. (Photo from BCDA Group) The first batch of players who arrived Monday are slowly adjusting to the new environment inside the Quest Hotel as they prepare for a lengthy life inside the bubble in Clark, Pampanga. Since checking in, the players,...
PBA player Paul Lee, Jio Jalalon and Ian Sangalang bid farewell to their families for the bubble in Clark, Pampanga. (Photos from the Instagram accounts of Paul Lee, Jio Jalalon and Ian Sangalang) The PBA players, including the coaches and league staff, embark in a rare journey toward a place of...
After six months of the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed so many lives around the world, Europe was reported out to try a new strategy it called “Lockdown Lite.” Some countries like Canada have already reported a second wave of the pandemic, while cases in the United States continued...
GM John Paul Gomez Grandmaster John Paul Gomez drew with second seed GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son of Vietnam in the ninth and final round to finish in 8th place of the Joytu Sheikh Hasina International Online Chess Tournament over the weekend. Gomez actually ended up tied for fourth place with Nguyen...
