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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has conveyed his sympathy over the death of Filipino sports icon Lydia de Vega. He enjoins the nation to pray for her peace. Lydia De Vega (Photo from Steph Mercado de Koenigswarter via Facebook) "I join the entire nation in mourning the untimely demise of...

Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena on Monday told the Senate that all he wanted is to be able to clear his name and be reinstated as a national athlete. “What I really just want is to be reinstated as a national athlete; to be able to represent the Philippines,” Obiena told the Senate Committee on...