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                    [Title] => POC takes new approach in Olympic quest
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The Philippine Olympic Committee general assembly, composed of the country’s different national sports associations, has agreed to take the backseat and give the POC leadership full power in identifying and taking care of athletes with potential to win a medal in the 2008 Olympics.


POC president Jose "Peping" Cojuangco bared this at the SCOOP sa Kamayan session yesterday, hoping this approach could lead to the country winning its first Olympic gold medal in the Beijing Games.
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President Arroyo herself led the inspection of the Quirino Grandstand in Manila’s Rizal Park, where the opening rites will be held, and received a security briefing from top Philippine National Police (PNP) officials yesterday afternoon.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292083 [Title] => RP mustn’t lose hometown edge — Keon [Summary] => While those in charge of venues and equipment see no problem, Michael Keon, the training director of the Filipino athletes gearing up for this year’s Southeast Asian Games, has aired some sort of apprehension.

"We must not lose the hometown advantage," said the former director of the Project Gintong Alay during yesterday’s gathering of the country’s top sports officials at the Milky Way Restaurant in Makati.
[DatePublished] => 2005-08-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 290578 [Title] => Obet on way out as Philsoc chief? [Summary] => The brewing leadership crisis among the stakeholders of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Philsoc) came to a head when President Arroyo yesterday decided to reduce Philsoc chairman Roberto "Obet" Pagdanganan’s role to a mere ceremonial head of the body. [DatePublished] => 2005-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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The Philippine Olympic Committee general assembly, composed of the country’s different national sports associations, has agreed to take the backseat and give the POC leadership full power in identifying and taking care of athletes with potential to win a medal in the 2008 Olympics.


POC president Jose "Peping" Cojuangco bared this at the SCOOP sa Kamayan session yesterday, hoping this approach could lead to the country winning its first Olympic gold medal in the Beijing Games.
[DatePublished] => 2006-12-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308082 [Title] => GMA leads inspection of Quirino Grandstand for SEA Games opening [Summary] => Malacañang gave Filipino athletes a moral boost yesterday and expressed confidence that the Philippines would bag the overall championship in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games to be held in the country beginning Sunday.

President Arroyo herself led the inspection of the Quirino Grandstand in Manila’s Rizal Park, where the opening rites will be held, and received a security briefing from top Philippine National Police (PNP) officials yesterday afternoon.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804901 [AuthorName] => Aurea Calica [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 292083 [Title] => RP mustn’t lose hometown edge — Keon [Summary] => While those in charge of venues and equipment see no problem, Michael Keon, the training director of the Filipino athletes gearing up for this year’s Southeast Asian Games, has aired some sort of apprehension.

"We must not lose the hometown advantage," said the former director of the Project Gintong Alay during yesterday’s gathering of the country’s top sports officials at the Milky Way Restaurant in Makati.
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