PHILIP ELLA JUICO is now officially persona non grata in the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) after the body’s General Assembly ratified an Executive Board recommendation to sanction the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) president. All 54 national sports associations (NSAs) recognized by the POC participated in the exercise…
THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board declared athletics chief Dr. Philip Ella Juico as persona non grata an offshoot of Juico’s rift with Olympic pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena upon the recommendation of its Ethics Committee. “The POC approves the recommendation of the Ethics Committee declaring Juico as persona non…
PERSONA NON GRATA. The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board tackles the rift between athletics chief, Dr. Philip Ella Juico, and Olympic pole vaulter Ernest John "EJ" Obiena during a meeting at the East Ocean Seafood Restaurant in Pasay City on Tuesday (Dec. 28, 2021). The board approved the recommendation of the POC ethics committee that declared Juico as persona non grata. (Photo courtesy of POC) MANILA - The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board has approved the recommendation of its Ethics Committee that declared athletics chief, Dr. Philip Ella Juico, as persona non grata-an offshoot of Juico's rift with Olympic pole vaulter Ernest John "EJ" Obiena. "The POC approved the recommendation of the Ethics Committee declaring Juico as persona non grata," said Tolentino after the POC Executive Board meeting at the East Ocean Seafood Restaurant in Pasay City on Tuesday. "We do not recognize him anymore as president of PATAFA