POC board lifts persona non grata tag on Juico

Dale Rosal 04/04/2022

Cebu City, Philippines–The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Executive Board on Monday, April 4, 2022, trashed a resolution that declared Philip Ella Juico persona non grata and another suspending the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA). “The…

Obiena, PATAFA agree to settle differences

Glendale G. Rosal 03/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The seething word war between pole vault star Ernest John Obiena and the Philippine Athletics and Track and Field Association (PATAFA) could end anytime soon after both parties agreed to settle their differences…

Once again, POC declares Juico persona non grata

Glendale G. Rosal 01/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has once again declared Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) President Philip Ella Juico persona non grata on Wednesday. During POC’s General Assembly held at the Grandmaster…

POC calls Patafa move on Obiena a ‘vengeful act’

Dale Rosal 01/04/2022

  CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) already expected the Philippine Athletics and Track and Field Association (Patafa) to drop embattled pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena from its ranks and sue him as a ‘vengeful…

Chan backs off from persona non grata move against rapper, slams ‘Panalo’ song instead, seeks public apology

Futch Anthony Inso 02/08/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Instead of declaring the rapper EZ Mil as persona non grata, Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan will now only recommend to the City Council to pass a resolution condemning the rapper’s song…

CPP-NPA-NDF members declared persona non grata in 1,546 LGUS — DILG

Katrina Hallare 12/11/2020

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 1,546 local government units (LGUs) nationwide have declared members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) as persona non grata in their localities, the Department of…

In Bayawan City, Brgy Nangka residents declare rebels ‘persona non grata’

Alven Marie A. Timtim 08/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —Residents of Barangay Nangka in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental do not want rebels to stay in their community. To show their condemnation against members of the Communist Terrorist Groups-New People’s Army (CTG-NPA), residents have…

Labella to reprimand man in Sinulog saliva video, decide on his persona non grata fate

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 01/24/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The penitential journey of the infamous man in the Sinulog saliva video is not over.  Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella, who is fresh from his journey to visit the victims of the Taal…

CCPO chief wants man in viral saliva video to be declared persona non grata

Alven Marie A. Timtim 01/22/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) chief will recommend declaring the man in the viral “spitting saliva” video a persona non grata, or an unwelcome person. The man, identified as Jayson John…

Dutch man declared persona non grata in Cebu town to be deported

Inquirer.net 04/09/2018

The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will be deporting a Dutch national who was declared persona non grata by a town council in Cebu for illegally constructing two resorts in a town there. Vondeling Niklaas, 61, was arrested…

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