(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will establish an exclusive special incentive trust fund for national athletes who win medals in the Southeast Asian Games, Asian Games and Olympics. POC President Rep. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino announced on Monday the creation of the fund after the POC awarded checks representing the body's incentives to medalists in last month's Vietnam 31st Southeast Asian Games. The POC, Tolentino said, will use as seed money the PHP2 million left from a total PHP13 million sourced from the body's principal supporters Manuel V. Pangilinan's MVP Sports Foundation, Ramon S. Ang's San Miguel Corp. and Charlie Gonzales's Ulticon Builders Inc. "This trust fund is another milestone for the POC, it has never been done before and we are establishing the fund to motivate and inspire our athletes when they compete abroad," said Tolentino, who also presided over the POC Executive Board meeting at the Kn
The fourth-place performance in the recent 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam was impressive in itself considering the pandemic situation everyone faced the past years.
Team Philippines during the opening ceremony (AFP) But expect the Filipinos to return with a vengeance as they set th
HANOI Team Philippines has finalized its fighting roster for the 31st Southeast Asian Games here following the conclusion of the delegation registration meetings organized by the host nation. Commissioner Ramon Fernandez of the Philippine Sports Commission, the country’s chef de mission in the Game
Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Commissioner Mon Fernandez (Screengrab from Sports Hour Facebook live video) MANILA - Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Commissioner Mon Fernandez said Friday that he will not attend the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games chef de mission (CDM) meeting next week in Hanoi due to the current coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) situation in Vietnam. With only over two months left before the regional sporting event's opening on May 12, Vietnam is currently experiencing a huge spike in Covid-19 cases with the country tallying a record-high number of new infections at 265,163 on Wednesday. "I was talking to Congressman Bambol [Tolentino] last Wednesday. In-advise nya ako, 'Pupunta ka pa ba? Two hundred sixty thousand na ang [bagong] Covid positive cases sa Vietnam ngayon.' Natakot naman ako. Sabi ko, 'Pwede ba, Cong., sina Tom Carrasco, Jarryd Bello, at saka DCDM (deputy chef de mission) Carl Sambrano na lang ang pumunta?' Sabi ni
THE country will be fielding 584 athletes and 161 officials coaches included to the Hanoi 31st Southeast Asian Games set from May 12 to 25. But Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino said 80 more athletes are on appeal in a “Group B” category where their participation in the…