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The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) are working together to affect the reinstatement of star pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena in the national team.
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An emailed letter signed by PATAFA president Agapito Capistrano informed
EJ Obiena (File photo) MANILA- EJ Obiena is set to make his way back to the Philippine athletics team. The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) is now in the process of reinstating the world's number three pole vaulter to the national team after a successful medal run in the World Athletics Championships. The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) said on Friday night that it has received a letter from new PATAFA president Terry Capistrano expressing its intent to reinstate Obiena. Capistrano asked the PSC that through the reinstatement, he shall be"given the same allowances previously extended to him based on his classification as a world-class athlete." For PSC officer-in-charge Guillermo Iroy, the reinstatement is another good news considering that the agency, through former chairman Butch Ramirez, had a hand in fixing the spat between Obiena and PATAFA, when Popoy Juico was still the president, earlier this year. "I see no problem with the endors
For the Philippines Football Federation (PFF) 2022 is shaping as a milestone year. Firm foundations have now been put in place to secure the future of the nation’s football, with the commencement of their new headquarters.
CARMONA, Cavite The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is set to have its new headquarters by next year here at Barangay Milagrosa.
PFF president Nonong Araneta (center) leads the groundbreaking ceremony of the new PFF headquarters in Carmona, Cavite. (PFF)
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