Imus, Cavite Mayor Manny Maliksi officially declared open the National Volleyball Open Championship last Feb. 7, 2010 at the municipality’s covered courts with seven teams led by powerhouse Philippine Airforce, Philippine Army and University of Perpetual Help in Las Pinas and Molino.
(PNA photos by Boy Antonio)
A jubilant Philippine team of differently-abled athletes returned him with 11 medals, including five gold medals from the recently-concluded International Wheelchair and Amputees Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games 09 at Bangalore, India.
Josephine Medina, who missed the 6th Southeast Asian Para Games last September in Kuala Lumpur, spearheaded the RP team with three gold medals in [...]
The awaited boxing match between Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto this Sunday will be shown live and for free in different venues in Manila.
Mayor Alfredo S. Lim thus advised the holders of tickets to the free showing of the Pacquiao-Cotto fight to go to the site of their choice early, [...]
Buckle up as Enchanted Kingdom (EK), the country’s first and only world-class theme park, sets off for Speed Month ’09 this August 1 and 2 with two exciting races: the 5th leg of the 2009 Magnolia Karting Series and 2009 Rally Extreme by Roadwise Motoring Foundation.
Karters from the Formula SL Novice, Expert, Heavy, Cadet 60CC [...]
The Philippine Department of Tourism (DOT) is currently engaged in community-based travel to boost grassroots tourism and increase local employment in Bohol.
Tourism Secretary Joseph Ace Durano on Thursday said beyond Bohol’s famous Chocolate Hills, Loboc River, Century old churches and the lovable wide-eyed tarsier, it has other attractive areas promoting eco-adventures.
“Danao is a fourth-class municipality [...]
Twenty-eight-year-old Erik Jon Celino Spoelstra, the present head coach of Miami Heat, a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, USA, is a Filipino-American.
Born on November 1, 1970 in Evanston, Illinois, his father is Irish-Dutch Jon Spoelstra, a long-time NBA executive involved with the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets and New Jersey Nets.
His mother is [...]
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is inviting the various tourism stakeholders to join in the 4th Travel Exchange to be held at the Robinson’s Place here in Iloilo city on August 28-30, 2009.
DOT Regional Dir. Edwin Trompeta said that the event could provide them with opportunities to meet their buyers from all over the Philippines, [...]
Aside from being a global boxing superstar. Manny Pacquiao managed to become a Billionaire and currently ranked 6th in the Worlds Richest Athlete Roster.
Manny Pacquiao affirmed his status as one of the brightest lights in the boxing firmament with his first ever appearance on Forbes Magazine’s list of world’s highest-paid athletes this year.
Pacquiao was declared [...]
Foreign investors’ interest in the local tourism sector is back as investors position themselves in the robust tourism industry even as investments in other sectors remain sluggish.
The latest entrant is the Best Western International (BWI), the world’s largest hotel chain whose global brand Best Western Hotel is being marketed in the country for hotel investors [...]
The Palarong Pambansa 2009 Executive Committee held its final meeting on Friday to iron out things and insure the smooth and successful conduct of the competition which will open on April 28 at the newly-renovated Leyte Sports Development Center here.
The meeting was presided by Leyte Governor Jericho Petilla and Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Director [...]