Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Tuesday asked the Department of Health and the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo to help prized Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo to get vaccinated before he competes in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Yulo, currently training in Japan for more than a year now, has...
Athletes receive their first dose of Sinovac vaccine last May 28 at the Manila Prince Hotel in Ermita, Manila. (Photo by Manny Llanes) All national athletes, coaches and officials can now get vaccinated against COVID-19. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino announced this...
With less than two months before the scheduled opening of the summer Olympics in Tokyo on July 21, Asahi Shimbun, one of the media sponsors, has published an editorial entitled, “Prime Minister Suga, please call off the Olympics.” Three reasons were cited for the call to cancel the Olympics. ...
A member of the national team receives her first dose of Sinovac vaccine at the Manila Prince Hotel Friday, May 28. (Photo by Manny Llanes) National athletes, coaches and officials bound to the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games got their first dose of vaccine against COVID-19 on...
Around 700 athletes and officials of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Manila Prince Hotel in Manila on Friday, May 28. JABBED --Olympian Cris Nievarez was among the 700 athletes and officials of the Philippine Olympic Committee...
111219_SEAG-CLOSING-PARADE_02_riodeluvio-1024x619 National athletes, coaches and officials bound for the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games are scheduled for vaccination on Friday, May 28, at the Manila Prince Hotel. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino returns to the weekly Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum as the solo special guest of the webcast edition on Tuesday, May 25. A wide-range of topics are expected to be discussed by the congressman from the 8th...
Richard W. Pound gives a press conference on the third day of the 119th International Olympic Committee Session in Guatemala City. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) The International Olympic Committee's longest serving member assured Thursday that the Tokyo Games are "a go," as IOC officials...
Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez, left, and Philippine Olympic Committee President Bambol Tolentino (MB Photo / PNA Photo) The national government has granted the request for national team athletes to get their vaccines for COVID-19 as the Inter-Agency Task Force elevated the...
Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Butch Ramirez (bottom right) meets with Philippine Olympic Committee President Rep. Abraham Tolentino, Philippine Paralympic Committee President Michael Barredo, and Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Cirilito Sobejana in an online meeting....
Fencing Confederation of Asia (FCA) president and former Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) chief Celso “Cito” Dayrit passed away Wednesday night, April 28, due to COVID-19. He was 69. Philippine Fencing Association (PFA) president Richard Gomez confirmed the passing of Dayrit, respected and...
The Philippine kickboxing team (MB Photo / Ali Vicoy) Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Bambol Tolentino announced there are three local government units (LGUs) offering assistance to national sports associations (NSAs) seeking bubble training for their athletes preparing for the 31 st...
