Sen. Manny Pacquiao dedicates his "Manok ng Bayan Award" to the COVID-19 frontliners during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Awards Night held virtually for the first time at the TV5 Media Center Saturday night, March 27. Sen. Manny Pacquiao, the only eight-division world boxing...
The persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF) did not only affect the Philippines’ hog production. Corn production, too, is now reeling from the impact of the dreaded animal virus. In the latest Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report, US Department of Agriculture's Foreign...
PSC chairman Butch Ramirez The country’s top government sports official serves as the special guest of honor in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night on Saturday at the TV5 Media Center. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chairman William...
Sportsmen and beloved friends of Philippine sports who passed away last year would definitely be remembered in the coming San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Annual Awards Night. Athletes, coaches, officials, and supporters of local sports will be honored with a...
Updates on NCAA Season 96 and the latest MILO campaign for 2021 headline the two-part session of the online version of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum on Tuesday. NCAA Management Committee Chairman Fr. Vic Calvo Jr. of host Letran will tackle the outlook for the country’s...
Photo from PBA For successfully leading the PBA to restart its 45th season under a most unconventional way, Commissioner Willie Marcial is going to be honored in the San Miguel Corporation-Philippine Sportswriters Association (SMC-PSA) Awards Night on Saturday. The 10th commissioner of Asia’s...
To over 8 MT per hectare A mechanized farming system, designed by Bayer Crop Science (BSC), has helped rice farmers in Paniqui, Tarlac yield over 8 metric tons (MT) in one hectare amid reduced labor, a statement showed. Grain-filled harvest from Arize 8433 hybrid rice seed in Brgy Sampot, Paniqui,...
(MB Photo / Alvin Kasiban) The man who bravely led Philippine sports during its darkest hour is among those to be honored by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) when it recognizes the top performers and achievers of 2020 next week. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Abraham...
MB File Photo Olympic silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz leads a short but solid list of sportsmen and entities to be handed out with citations in the SMC-PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association) Annual Awards Night Saturday next week at the TV5 Media Center. The 30-year-old pride of Zamboanga City...
Philippine Volleyball League (PVL) President Ricky Palou goes one-on-one in Tuesday’s session of the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) online Forum. Palou, who also heads the organizing Sports Vision Management Group Inc., will discuss the coming Open Conference of the first pro...
OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT L ast week, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report on the Philippines’ death statistics for January 2019 through December 2020 must have surprised many. The PSA reported fewer deaths in 2020 relative to 2019 tally. Despite the 9,244 deaths due to COVID-19 in...
The unemployment rate in the country stayed steady in January despite efforts to restore millions of lost jobs due to the pandemic, but the Duterte administration’s economic managers said they now see signs of promising recovery. The jobless rate among Filipinos in the first month of the year was...