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
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
HANOI - Philippine Sports Commission Commissioner and 31st Southeast Asian Games Chef de Mission Ramon Fernandez led a courtesy visit to H.E. Ambassador Meynardo Montealegre at the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam this Monday, May 2 the first full day of Team Philippines after their arrival in Hanoi la