Archive for the ‘Olympics’ Category

The Philippines capped its three-on-three basketball campaign on a bright note with a 34-23 thrashing of Puerto Rico, Monday to finish ninth place in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games at the *scape Youth Space court in Singapore. Bobby Ray Parks, Jr., son of former seven-time  PBA Best Import Bobby, Sr., came through anew after he poured [...]

The Philippines’ three-on-three basketball finally pulled off its first win after crashing out of the quarterfinals with three straight losses even as tankers Jessie Lacuna and Jasmine Alkhaldi failed anew to make a big splash in the pool in Day 5 of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, Thursday. Fil-Am Bobby Ray Parks, Jr., [...]

The Philippines’ three-on-three basketball team absorbed a painful 19-22 defeat at the hands a taller Croatia Wednesday leaving tankers Jessie Lacuna and Jasmine Alkhaldi the last Filipinos standing in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. The RP team of Bobby Ray Parks, Jr., Jeron Teng, Cris Michael Tolomia and Michael Pate gave it their [...]

Filipino tankers Jessie King Lacuna and Jasmine Alkhaldi made a big splash at the pool even as the country’s three-on-three basketball team faltered in Day 2 of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. Lacuna, 16, finished third in the fifth of the six-heat 200-meter freestyle event in a minute and 51.52 seconds to barge [...]

The Philippines got off to a pair of bad starts as netters Jeson Patrombon and taekwondo jin Kirk Barbosa absorbed heartbreaking defeats at the start of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, Sunday. Barbosa, RP youngest entry at 15 years old, reeled from a bad start as he tried and failed to turn things [...]

A talented but unassuming netter, small but big-hearted taekwondo jin and a courageous tanker take the stage as they spearhead the lean but mean nine-man Philippine delegation seeking to make a mark at the start of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on Sunday. Jeson Patrombon, who has risen from nowhere to one of [...]

The nine-member Philippine delegation opens it’s ambitious quest for a first Olympic gold with a taekwondo jin, a netter and a tanker taking their respective stands in different venues as the competitions of the 2010 Youth Olympic Games unfurls on Sunday. A lavish opening rite followed by the parade of nations and the lighting of [...]

Taekwondo’s Kirk Barbosa, tennis’ Jeson Patrombon and tanker Jessie Lacuna start their chase for the ultimate prize in their respective sports when they plunge into action against the best the world can offer in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games starting Sunday in Singapore. The stakes will be sky high and so is the pressure for [...]

“We don’t want to mix politics with sports” Councilor Peter T. Laviña Privilege Speech, April 15, 2008 Madam President, colleagues … This issue in far away Kuala Lumpur may not interest you at all. But, it has far-reaching significance that I am confident one day will also benefit us here. I am referring to the [...]





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