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21 February

Obiena lands 10th in French meet

Following his award-winning performance at the Orlen Cup in Poland (a season-best 5.81 meters jump for the gold), pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena finished 10th place out of 12 competitors at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais in Lievin, France. Obiena, who owns the Asian pole vault record of 5.93 meters (m), could only muster 5.61m, even needing three attempts to clear the …

21 February

PH lady booters get P1.25M incentives from PSC

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) board will award P1,250,000 worth of special incentives for the Philippine Women’s Football Team for qualifying for the 2023 FIFA Women World Cup. The PSC board approved the incentive in recognition of “the significance of their breakthrough performance during the Asian Cup and the qualification to the 2023 World Cup,” said PSC chairman William “Butch” …

21 February

Pacquiao ranks 9th in Ring Magazine’s top 100 boxers

Manny Pacquiao was ranked ninth place in Ring Magazine top 100 boxers of all time list – enshrining the presidential hopeful as one of the greatest boxers of all time, capturing 14 world titles in eight weight classes including three Ring Magazine championships. Pacquiao held the Ring’s featherweight title from 2003 to 2005, the junior lightweight championship in 2008, and …

21 February

Indonesia hosts 11th ASEAN Para Games

The ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) has approved the city of Solo, Indonesia to host the 11th ASEAN Para Games scheduled on July 23 to 30. This was announced during the Board of Governors meeting attended virtually by 10 member nations, replacing Hanoi, Vietnam after it withdrew from hosting last year due to pandemic concerns. This would be the second …

21 February

Valieva meltdown disturbs IOC chief

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach said it was “chilling” to see how distraught Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was treated by her coach after falling several times in the Beijing Olympics final. Bach said he was “very disturbed” to see 15-year-old Valieva’s performance, having been controversially cleared to compete despite failing a drugs test in December. “I was …

21 February

Dr. Castro, litmus test of Anti-Terror Law

Comelec’s response sidestepped the question on the legal basis for dismantling campaign materials put up inside private property. Asking the courts to resolve this will take a long time.

17 February

“From My Roots”: An art exhibit to refresh one’s mind

In this roller-coaster ride of a life in the city and elsewhere propelled not only by COVID-19 pandemic but by noise pollution as well, smelling the flowers, listening to lullaby and looking at artworks are ways that surely refresh one’s mind. To achieve at least one of them, make sure to pay ARTablado at Level 3 Veranda of Robinsons Galleria …

17 February

Health experts call for more vaccine options on pediatric COVID vaccination

Health experts called for more options on pediatric COVID vaccination to meet the goal of 39 million COVID-vaccinated kids and achieve herd immunity.In today’s Kapihan ng Samahang Plaridel with the theme: “Kids Kontra COVID: Urgent Need for Safe Options in Children’s Vaccination”, Vaccine Solidarity Movement (VSM) founders Dr. Lulu Bravo, Executive Director of the Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV) and …

17 February

LANDBANK, Capiz-coop extend agri credit to empower farmers, ARBs

The Progressive Women Agrarian Reform Cooperative (PWARC) has grown from a small organization in this remote Capiz town, into a successful and thriving cooperative that provides financial access to support its farmer-members. PWARC was officially established in 1999, with the co-op’s headquarters located in the Municipality of Dumarao, Capiz. In 1998, PWARC was initially formed by 20 female founding-members from …

17 February

Fashion in time of pandemic

By Gem Suguitan What is so interesting in fashion at the time of pandemic? 2022 may be a year when people are hopeful that the present public health situation will already ease up or at least they will learn to adapt, learning to live with covid-19 around, but for some who are still working from home, what has changed when …

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February, 2022