THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board deactivated a resolution that declared Philip Ella Juico persona non grata and at the same time time trashed another resolution suspending the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa). “It’s a gentlemen’s agreement among us as we lifted the persona non grata [on…
The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) and star athlete EJ Obiena on Wednesday have agreed to put their conflict behind them after both camps reached a settlement.
FINALLY, all’s well between Ernest John “EJ” Obiena and the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa). The ugly rift that started in November when a supposedly confidential internal memo was leaked to media by a Patafa insider enumerating Obiena’s “sins” as to the disbursement of Ukrainian coach Vitaly Petrov’s…
THE Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) expressed disappointment over Ernest John “EJ” Obiena’s exclusion from the national athletics team to the 31st Southeast Asian Games that Vietnam is hosting in May. The POC received on Monday Patafa’s entry by names list composed of 53 athletes and 17 officials (coaches). None of…