The facility of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) at the Teacher's Camp in Baguio City is almost ready to host the bubble training of combat sport teams set to compete in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam later this year. PSC chief of staff Marc Velasco bared such development in the PS
Published February 19, 2021, 2:13 PM
Ten Filipino sports heroes will be inducted in the fourth batch of the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame later this year and each will receive a bigger cash incentive.
The cash token saw an increase from P100,000 to P200,000 to help the new batch of Hall of Famers with their needs during these trying times amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have increased the amount of the token because of the needs in these times,” said Anna Christine Abellana, secretariat head of the PSHOF, during the PSC Hour program of the Radyo Pilipinas Dos on Friday, February 19.
“As what our selection committee said, we are honoring people who have already retired. Some of them are regularly taking medicine,” added Abellana.
Published January 15, 2021, 4:02 PM
The Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna. (Photo from Philippine Sports Commission)
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) assured that the health and safety protocols will be religiously implemented inside the training bubble for the Tokyo Olympics hopefuls to prevent COVID-19 infection at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.
“It’s going to be a very strict environment,” said Dr. Janis Espino-De Vera, head of the PSC-Medical Scientific Athletes Services (MSAS) COVID Enforcement Team, during the PSC Hour program of Radyo Pilipinas Dos on Friday.
The “Calambubble” for Olympic aspirants in boxing, taekwondo and karate opened on Friday, with women’s world boxing champion Nesthy Petecio being one of the first few athletes to arrive.