The ongoing Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam provoked this reminiscence from a journalist who covered the event hosted by the...
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Filipino athletes at Asiad eye golds, ticket to 2024 Paris Olympics
The biggest Asian Games (Asiad) in history opens on Sept. 23 in Hangzhou, China, with over 12,000 athletes participating, or more than the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ 11,420. For the 395 Filipino athletes competing in 37 sports from Sept. 23 to Oct. 8, the 19th edition of the quadrennial event—which was delayed a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic—is a chance...

Calm before the storm, no panic for coach Cone
Gilas Pilipinas may have been confronted by major issues these past few weeks, but there was a distinct calm on Sept. 14 at Philsports Arena in Pasig City, where the team engaged in a late-afternoon practice session open to the public. Newly named Gilas head coach Tim Cone did not seem fazed that he has less than two weeks to...
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Destiny and the Philippine presidency
SO MUCH is said about the presidency being destiny. Unfortunately, the Philippines’ destiny is also tied up with whoever destiny...

Poll campaign volunteer work, self-care and mental health
There is an almost child-like ebullience in artist Robert Alejandro’s works promoting Vice President Leni Robredo’s presidential candidacy. Done in...

Theater artists’ flash mob for Leni – how we put it together
The battle is on the ground, among the people, hence ‘Teatro Tao sa Tao’ “Fuenteovejuna did it!” Those were some...

They should have built more rails—or the transport crisis continues
Having lived on the fringes of Metro Manila—for a long time in North Caloocan and in recent years in Las...

Franco, Marcos regimes: the remains of fascism
In Granada, renowned Spanish playwright and poet Federico Garcia Lorca is everywhere and nowhere. The airport of the fabled pais...

A Robredo-Marcos Jr. rematch in 2022?
EDITOR’S NOTE: As early as January in the weekly OpinYon, political scientist Temario C. Rivera noted the battle lines in...

Statistics expert sees Robredo win if ‘flawed’ surveys are corrected
Rectifying the “flaws” of latest Pulse Asia surveys will lead to good chances for Leni Robredo to win the presidential...

Political ‘game changer’ happens as campaign draws to a close
A few days before Election Day, as the campaign for the presidency neared the homestretch, this political “game changer” happened!...