MANILA -- Revenue commissioner Kim Henares has another target after bugging welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao about his undeclared tax liabilities – the boxing champion’s fans.
Read more: After Pacquiao, BIR chief Henares runs after boxing fans
MANILA -- Instead of going straight to work Saturday morning (Manila time), Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra went out of his way to spend time with young Filipino athletes first.
Read more: Spoelstra leads Yolanda youth survivors in Heat homecourt tour
HOLLYWOOD -- When he first saw Manny Pacquiao in training in General Santos City last month, former two-division world champion Gerry Peñalosa predicted that his close friend would beat Timothy Bradley by unanimous decision.
MANILA -- While everybody is thrilled at the prospect of seeing the men’s national basketball team in the world championship, the real target for Gilas Pilipinas is to bring home the gold medal in the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
MANILA -- Filipino skater Michael Martinez bagged the gold medal in the senior’s division of the Triglav Trophy international figure skating competition on April 6 in Jesenice, Slovenia.
DALY CITY, California -- Bay Area boxing star Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton is planning to test her fighting skills in the tougher and more rugged mixed martial arts (MMA).
BROOKS, California -- Bruno “The Aloha Kid” Escalante, a Cebuano boxer, successfully defended his IBA Super-Flyweight title with a unanimous decision against a game Victor Ruiz at Cache Creek Casino on April 5.
MANILA -- Filipino-Spanish football great Paulino Alcantara’s incredible scoring record of 369 goals for top Spanish club Barcelona that stood for 87 years was finally broken Sunday, March 16.
The chief executive officer of the Philippine unit of British American Tobacco (BAT) is pursuing another daunting goal besides keeping the cigarette firm profitable in the wake of rising excise tax rates.
Read more: CEO pushes colleagues to adopt Filipino Olympians
LOS ANGELES, California -- Before Wilfred Uytengsu, Jr., president and CEO of Alaska Milk, became a competitive tri-athlete, he was a swimmer. In fact, he was the captain of the University of Southern California swim team.
Read more: ‘To have world-class athletes, take politics out of PH sports’ – Uytengsu Jr.