The PBA is lukewarm to the idea of possibly allowing Japanese club Shiga Lakestars to buy out Kiefer Ravena’s live contract with the NLEX Road Warriors. Amid calls that a buyout may be the best solution that could benefit both sides, PBA chairman Ricky Vargas said that the league is not too keen...
Manny Pacquiao (left) and Ricky Hatton (Photo from HBO Boxing) He’s been there and done that and if Ricky Hatton says something about boxing, you better believe it. Now a boxing columnist for British tabloid METRO, Hatton commented about unbeaten welterweight champion Errol Spence and what the...
First Philippine Holdings Corporation bagged a gold award for its maiden entry to the 6th Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards (ASRA) held by CSRWorks International, a Singapore-based sustainability services firm. In a statement, First Philippine Holdings said its 2020 Integrated Report earned the...
ABAP president Ricky Vargas Officials of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines (ABAP) are still waiting for the US visas of three Tokyo Olympics-bound boxers training in Thailand while it has given a go for another Olympian in Eumir Marcial to travel from Dubai to Colorado Springs...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza You had a good run, Ricky Lo! Your life’s work put you in the shadow of celebrities and movie stars, trailing them, chatting with them eyeball to eyeball, trying to catch them on a slip-up, drinking and dining with them, angling to pry a secret out of them. In the...
Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas Inc. (LVPI) President Joey Romasanta reiterated their demand to the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) to refund the $80,000 the association incurred relative to the conditions set in exchange for their full recognition to the sport’s world governing body a...
Senators on Wednesday, May 5, expressed grief over the passing of veteran entertainment columnist and long-time editor Ricky Lo. "We lost a revered writer and dear family friend. Tito Ricky was like family to us. Not only did he write about almost all of our family’s milestones, he celebrated...
Ricky Lo (Facebook) Veteran entertainment editor and television host Ricky Lo passed away last Tuesday night. He was 75. Lo was the entertainment section editor of the Philippine Star, a national broadsheet, until his demise. Susan Lee, Ricky's sister, said her brother suffered a stroke. Details of...
Plans are underway to include the national team in the bubble of the Premier Volleyball League’s Open Conference set late June or early July either in Calamba or Subic. PVL President Ricky Palou said “Philippine National Volleyball Federation Inc. (PNVF) President Tats Suzara has already agreed...
Organizers of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) are looking at alternative plans on holding its Open Conference amid restrictions brought by the pandemic. PVL President Ricky Palou said one plan is to hold the tournament bubble in Subic depending on the quarantine situation in the coming months....
Manny V. Pangilinan Manny V. Pangilinan is backing a proposal which will pit a PBA selection against the Chinese national team in an exhibition aimed to start the league’s 46th season on a high note. Pangilinan on Saturday morning, April 10, echoed the sentiments of PBA chairman Ricky Vargas, who...
Ricky Lee The 2021 National Artist nominee and the most-awarded scriptwriter in the Philippines, Ricky Lee, is offering a writing course. Produced by Pelikulove, enthusiasts could join him on April 11 and April 25. All enrollees will get a certificate and become members of Ricky Lee’s Trip to...
