No vaccine. No games. This continues to apply to non-professional leagues and tournaments after the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) reiterated on this call as the government continues to fight the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The appeal of Mitra is in line with the decision of the Joint...
Philippine Sports Commissioner Mon Fernandez has been working with various agencies and officials to get approval for the resumption of training for Southeast Asian Games-bound athletes late this year. Fernandez, who is also appointed as the country’s chief of mission to the biennial meet slated...
President Rodrigo Duterte formally opened the 2021 National Sports Summit during the virtual rites Wednesday. In a recorded video message, Pres. Duterte stressed the importance of sports in coping with the pandemic. “This online sports lecture-forum is indeed timely as we turn to sports as a...
House Deputy Speaker and 1Pacman Partylist Representative Mikee Romero is espousing a house resolution that will prioritize the national athletes for the country's vaccination program. Romero said Filipino athletes could be considered as frontliners since they are also sacrificing for the country....
Shunning fanfare for charity, the Philippine Sports Commission, on January 24, 2020 —30 years after the Eighth Congress created and established Republic Act No. 6847 known as the PSC Act — celebrated three decades of existence by donating its anniversary budget to victims of the Taal Volcano...
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has adjusted the National Sports Summit into a three-part program with a series of weekly online conference sessions starting Jan. 27. PSC chairman Butch Ramirez said they wanted to push through with this program for the benefit of a better national sports...
Nesthy Petecio (Photo from Joseph Almer Pedrajas) Nesthy Petecio is just one of several Filipino boxers seeking Olympic spots to the pandemic-hit Tokyo Games in July. With the start of their 90-day training camp in Calamba, Laguna, Petecio couldn't be happier to return to regular face-to-face...
Sports officials are working to get clearance from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the resumption of training of other athletes competing in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games set late November. Philippine Sports Commission's National Training Director Marc Velasco said this is the first crucial step...
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) National Training Director Marc Velasco and Karate Pilipinas Inc. President Richard Lim share the spotlight in Tuesday’s session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) webcast Forum. Velasco will give his inputs about the bubble training being done by...
Photo from Inspire Sports Academy National athletes holed up in "Calambubble" are set to maximize their 90-day training camp with "no limitations" as far as all-around support is concerned. Lee Tajonera, marketing director of the Inspire Sports Academy, told Manila Bulletin that it is...
PSC national training director Marc Velasco (PSA Images) As athletes from boxing, karate and taekwondo enter the Inspire Sports Academy for bubble training in preparation for different Tokyo Olympics qualifiers, national training director Marc Velasco said that they are ready for any eventuality...
In this file photo, Philippines' Eumir Felix Marcial (left) defeats Malaysia's Che Azmi Mohd Aswan in boxing's middleweight semifinals at PICC Forum in Pasay last December. (MB File Photo) Philippine Sports Commission chairman Butch Ramirez said the foreign training of elite national athletes is a...
