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Sunday, 10 January 2021 Taekwondo, boxing and karate athletes hoping to compete at Tokyo 2020 are taking part in a three-month, bubbled training camp in the Philippines to better their chances of competing at 2020 Olympics. Athletes are staying in a bio-secure environment at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba. Kirstie Alora, who competed at Rio 2016, was invited along with fellow taekwondo players Kurt Barbosa, Arven Alcantara, Butch Morrison and Pauline Lopez. All five want to compete at T...

1 of 2 The INSPIRE Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna, will be the home of Gilas Pilipinas for its month-long training bubble, which began on Sunday. — INSPIRE SPORTS ACADEMY FACEBOOK PAGE PBA coaches Norman Black (right) and Caloy Garcia are part of the coaching staff of Gilas Pilipinas for the third and final window of the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers here in February. — PBA IMAGES Final window of the FIBA Asian Cup Qualifier By Senior Reporter THE Philippine national men’s basketball team...

Kouame joins cadets, PBA draftees as part of Gilas first batch to enter Calamba bubble Jan 10, 2021 THE Gilas cadets and PBA draftees join Kiefer Ravena and naturalized player candidate Angelo Kouame among the first batch of national team players who entered the training bubble on Sunday at the Inspire Sports Academy in Laguna as part of its preparation for the Fiba World Cup qualifiers. Rookie Draft selections Isaac Go, brothers Matt and Mike Nieto, and Rey Suerte are reunited with cadets Jav...

Published January 9, 2021, 1:07 PM In this file photo, Filipina jin Pauline Lopez banners the Philippine flag after defeating Cambodia’s Aliza Chhoueng to bag the gold medal in women’s taekwondo featherweight finals at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium last December. (MB File Photo) National taekwondo jins and coaches are expected to work double time to boost their training preparations in time for the Asian Qualification tournament for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Philippine Taekwondo Association secre...

Published January 8, 2021, 2:28 PM PSC commissioner Ramon Fernandez The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has earmarked around P15 million for the upcoming training of the Tokyo Olympics hopefuls in boxing, taekwondo and karate under a bubble setup at the Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna.  “Well, I think a little over 15 million ang na-allocate namin for that. May savings naman tayong nakita,” said PSC commissioner Ramon Fernandez during the PSC Hour program of Radyo Pilipinas ...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → January → 7 → Armed goons threaten families, ransack homes in Hacienda Yulo Armed goons threaten families, ransack homes in Hacienda Yulo A farmer’s house destroyed by the armed goonds last Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Bayan-Laguna)Farmers in Buntog have been struggling for decades to assert their rights to the land, which they and their ancestors have lived in since 1911. By JUSTIN UMALI SANTA ROSA, Laguna – Residents of sitio B...

SunStar + January 07, 2021 FOR nearly a year now, Covid headlines, often sans sensational elements, seem consigned to passive reading. No small help from competing stories—from the year-ender rape-slay of a flight attendant to the US Capitol Hill siege, for instance. Covid news constantly faces the vulnerability of being edged out in the disruption game. In a top stories interface, Covid appears, well, “one-of-those.” But not to people whose attention to the pandemic had not ...

Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan (Pamantik-KMU) Incident date Labour rights group Sources Philipino labor federation Pagkakaisa ng Manggagawa sa Timog Katagalugan (Pamantik-KMU) were victim of red-tagging by the military and police in Calamba, the Philippines. Pamantik-KMU denounced assertions by the police and military that they were front organizations of the outlawed CPP-NPA Communist rebellion. In addition, according to Pamantik-KMU, two local Coca-Cola ...

Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino urged national sports associations (NSAs) to prioritize athletes participating in Olympic qualifiers and the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG) should they plan to hold a training bubble.

SunStar + January 03, 2021 A FEW days ago, we recall two of our many heroes. Both were young and daring as they lived their youthful lives. Our first nominee gave up his promising years at the age of 35. Our other hero was even younger when he died at 26. Both lost their lives in the special month of December when they earned their respective places in Philippine history. Who were these two Filipinos? The first one spent his brief lifetime in various places. He was born in Calamba,...