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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Russ Swift, the world’s number one display driver, is set to showcase his unique brand of precision stunt driving in the 5th Manila Auto Show which will be held at the World Trade Center from April 2-5, 2009. Aside from exclusively flying in Russ Swift, the Manila Auto Show will provide a preview of the [...]
He is supposed to be the next Filipino tennis sensation after a long drought but is Francis Casey Alcantara really a potential for singles? No doubt, Casey’s coach Jun Toledo, would say his ward has tremendously improved and may become the next local icon judging from compliments of other coaches in Great Britain, France and [...]
Despite uncertainty of basketball inclusion in the 25th Southeast Asian Games, the Philippine women’s basketball team is eyeing foreign training in preparation for the biennial meet in December in Laos. RP team manager Cynthia Tiu revealed on Tuesday their plan to train in Shanghai, China during a courtesy call on newly-appointed Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) [...]
Top Filipino riders are gearing up against the foreign challenge in the 2009 Motocross Masters of Asia-Puerto Princesa International Motocross Grand Prix set February 27-March 1 at the Sta. Monica International Racetrack here. Newly-crowned Rider of the Year Kenneth San Andres will banner the country’s campaign to regain the overall Asian crown last won when [...]
Francis Casey “Niño” Alcantara is the first Pinoy to win a Grand Slam title in the Philippine Tennis history. Francis is a 16 year old Filipino junior tennis player who recently won in the junior doubles tennis competition with partner 17 year old Taiwanese Cheng-Peng Hsieh in the most recent Australian Open 2009 in Melbourne, [...]