THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) renewed its partnership with the Philippine Dispute Resolution Center Inc. (PDRCI) to strengthen the sports agency’s pursuit of fair and efficient sports arbitration in the country. PSC chairman Richard Bachmann and PDRCI Acting President Atty. Rogelio Nicandro signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Thursday…
EJ Obiena The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) and pole vaulter EJ Obiena finally reached an agreement Wednesday following the fifth and final mediation proceedings facilitated by Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez. In a statement, the PSC announced
FINALLY, all’s well between Ernest John “EJ” Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa). The ugly rift that started in November when a supposedly confidential internal memo was leaked to media by a Patafa insider enumerating Obiena’s “sins” as to the disbursement of Ukrainian coach Vitaly Petrov’s…