A FIRST-TIME meet between Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and newly-appointed Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) brass happened Wednesday night to get the pedals circling for the country’s preparations for the 32nd Southeast Asian Games. “It was a fellowship and working dinner meeting that delved more on the training of the SEA…
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PSC chairman Noli Eala (File photo from PSC FB page) MANILA - Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Noli Eala described his meeting with the top officials of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) as a "social call". The POC hosted a Monday night dinner with Eala in what would be their first meeting together since the former Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director was named the new PSC chief last week. "It was really a social call," Eala said in his first appearance in the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum as PSC chairman on Tuesday. Among those present for the POC board were president Bambol Tolentino who, according to Eala, "was very courteous and gracious in hosting a dinner for me," first vice president Al Panlilio, second vice president Richard Gomez, treasurer Cynthia Carrion-Norton, deputy secretary general Bones Floro, auditor Chito Loyzaga, board members Dave Carter, George Canlas, and Pearl Managuelod, and chief le
(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
CARLOS YULO won two more gold medals in Doha on Saturday proof that after his Olympic debut in Tokyo last year, he’s now comfortable competing on the world stage and contending for the top of the podium. Yulo added the vault and parallel bars titles to the floor exercise gold and…