by Millie Banan Blue and Green loyalists, basketball aficionados and supporters marched to the inaugural Kalayaan Basketball Festival to cheer for their Teams. But the excitement obviously came out from the La Salle – Ateneo rivalry in the Philippines relived at the Blacktown Leisure Centre on June 15th. The colours green and blue dominated the grandstand and […]
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Win or Lose, It’s the School We Choose. . .
by Fidel Fernando It was a great game, (the Ateneo – La Salle Alumni Basketball) albeit a very physical one. I think JC Cruz was able to record it from start to finish. As a team, we stood tall as we took verbal abuse from hostile fans whenever we walked past that sea of green (“Ateneo […]
Calvert scores a new 2-year contract in Denmark
Over the past two years, Philippine Tribune has published articles on Bevan Calvert, a Filipino-Australian handball player. For our readers who may have missed those articles, allow us to share some background on this young dynamo.
The Ateneo Blue Eagles have landed
WHEN five young Ateneo alumni turned up at the Emerton Leisure Centre’s indoor basketball court last month, the Blue Eagles began to form the first authentic Ateneo Australia Blue Eagles Basketball Team. The ”first five” were Chino Audencial, Fidel Fernando, Andro Lopez, Michael Almario and Richard de Guzman. The team immediately warmed up with round-robins, […]
‘KO Kid’ Ganoy one step closer to a world title belt
by Jaime K. Pimentel Asia-Pacific and Intercontinental lightweight champion Ranee Ganoy will be only one bout away from a world lightweight championship if he disposes of Mexico’s Julio Diaz, rated 4th in the IBF (International Boxing Federation) world rankings on April 18. The fight will be a world title ”eliminator” staged in Dubai, with the […]
The truth about the late Filipino boxer Roberto Ruiz
Last month, Philippine Tribune printed some information about a certain “Roberto,” a Sydney-based Filipino boxer who committed suicide. The article was read by his friend who told us that his full name was Roberto Ruiz and that he hanged himself not in 1997 but on the 4th of February 2000. For reasons of privacy, his […]
Bohol Boxing Stable Manager clarifies situation
This letter is in response to allegations that Bohol Boxing Stable, as owned and managed by me, has treated Filipino boxers under my care inhumanely and unfairly. The boxers in my care are like family to me, my wife and children. They eat the food we eat, go to church with us on Sundays, sleep […]
A deeper insight into the story about the Filipino boxers in Sydney
The story about Filipino boxers in Australia goes deeper than what people see on the surface level. The three boxers who went AWOL will be in real trouble if they do not return of their own free will soon. Deportation is the likely option, never to return. But if they decide to come back to […]
Boxers go AWOl, may be in trouble with immigrations
by Jaime K. Pimentel Three Filipino boxers, here on temporary sports visas, were reported missing or absent without leave (AWOL) from their quarters in Sydney’s southwestern suburb of Liverpool this week. Junior-lightweight Walrito Paderna, welterweight Jason Oyao, and junior-welterweight Arnel Balicuatro are now being sought by Green Valley police and Australian immigration authorities alerted by […]
Aaron Rebulado: future chess grandmaster
One of the most awaited events in junior chess was held at the Cranbrook School in Sydney last January 13 – 25, 2008. The Australian Junior Chess Championship (AJCC), organized by the Australian Chess Federation is restricted to endorsed junior amateurs under 18 years of age. There were 169 participants, 55 of those were Under […]
RP golfers bag Women’s World Cup
The tandem of Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin of Team Philippines bagged the fourth edition of the Women’s World Cup of golf in Sun City, South Africa Sunday following an impressive finish that included four birdies in the last four holes. Rosales and Delasin had a final round of seven-under-par 65 in the best ball […]