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…

Obiena on declining mediation: ‘It’s a recipe for failure’

Dale Rosal 01/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—Embattled pole vault star Ernest John “EJ” Obiena explained the reason why he declined the mediation process put up by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC). In a lengthy Facebook post on Monday, January 24, 2022,…

POC puts premium on welfare of Obiena

Dale Rosal 01/03/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) put a premium on the welfare of newly ranked No. 6 pole vaulter in the world, Ernest John “EJ” Obiena, who has been in a rift with the Philippine Athletics…

POC declares Juico persona non grata

Glendale G. Rosal 12/28/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines– The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) declared Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) chief Philip Ella Juico persona non grata due to his ongoing rift with pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena. The POC came…

POC to conduct probe on Obiena-Patafa rift

Dale Rosal 11/26/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will have a separate probe that commences next week after embattled Olympian pole vaulter EJ Obiena sought help from the organization with regards to his rift with the Philippine Athletics…

Amateur sports now await IATF green light

June Navarro 07/06/2020

After professional sports got the green light to resume trai­ning, amateur sports are now eagerly waiting for the go signal from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to troop back to…

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