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                    [Title] => Gonzales, former PSA chief, 78
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Former Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) president Enrique Gonzales passed away last Monday due to cardiac arrest. He was 78.

[DatePublished] => 2013-07-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 719756 [Title] => LAPD probe threatening letter to Craig Ferguson [Summary] =>

Craig Ferguson managed to crack a few jokes on his talk show Tuesday after receiving an envelope packed with white powder that turned out to be harmless.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-24 13:28:37 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 540338 [Title] => PSC warned for interference [Summary] =>

The Smart-Gilas national basketball team has skipped a two-game exhibition series in Kuwait because of possible repercussions from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and FIBA.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 327929 [Title] => National Unified Sports Program [Summary] => Lalahok ang national athletes, kabilang ang Athletes’ Commission at kinatawan mula sa UAAP, NCAA, SCUAA, PRISAA, WNCAA at NCRAA sa paglulunsad ng National Unified Sports Program at sa operationalization ng Philippine Sports Institute sa Marso 29-30 sa Multi-Purpose Arena, PhilSports sa Pasig City.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 263905 [Title] => POC pursigido sa Fil-Am swimmer na si Coughlin [Summary] => Matindi ang pagnanais ng Philippine Olympic Committee na makakuha ng Fil-Am athletes na makakapagbigay ng gintong medalya sa ating bansa.

Katunayan, hinakayat ni POC president Celso Dayrit ang gold medalist at Fil-Am na si Nathalie Coughlin ng US Olympic Teams na katawanin ang bansang Pilipinas sa mga international competitions.

"Pumayag ‘yung nanay ni Nathalie, pero si Nathalie na raw ang bahalang magdesisyon," pahayag kahapon ni POC media officer Gus Villanueva.
[DatePublished] => 2004-09-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260593 [Title] => RP bets excited but not nervous [Summary] => ATHENS – First-timers Timmy Chua, Jasmin Figueroa and Jethro Dionisio expressed delight and excitement as they arrived here Saturday morning together with seven officials of the Philippine team to the 28th Olympic Games set Aug. 13-29.

"Excited ako, pero hindi pa ako kinakabahan. Wala pa kasing laban," said 19-year-old Figueroa as she claimed her luggage shortly after a 16-hour trip from Manila, including a two-hour stopover in Bangkok.
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 260229 [Title] => First batch of athletes, officials off today [Summary] => Three athletes and eight officials, led by chef de mission Steve Hontiveros, fly to Athens via Bangkok tonight to campaign for the Philippines in the 28th Olympic Games.

These are swimmer Raphael "Timmy" Chua, archer Jasmin Figueroa, shooter Jethro Dionisio and officials Gemiliano Lopez Jr. (boxing), Henry Manalang (archery), Francisco "Chito" Rivera III and Anthony Lozada (swimming), Ramon Jose Corral (shooting), Carlos Santos-Viola (administrative officer) and Gus Villanueva (press attaché).
[DatePublished] => 2004-08-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 257341 [Title] => SEAG, Asian Indoors dates pose problems to region’s top bets [Summary] => There’s no need to reschedule next year’s 23rd SEA Games in the Philippines just because of the first Asian Indoor Championships in Thailand. Or vice versa.

The two events being set in November might pose a problem for countries wanting to field their best athletes and excel in both. The Philippines is one of them.

Steve Hontiveros, vice president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), however, said there’s no need to make changes because, in the first place, the SEA Games countries have agreed to the schedule.
[DatePublished] => 2004-07-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254498 [Title] => Fil-Am tanker meets Olympic norm [Summary] => With local sports officials hardly knowing it, a Fil-American swimmer named James Bernard Walsh qualified for the Athens Olympics during a recent tournament in Charlotte, North Carolina and, barring any hitches, may raise the number of Philippine representatives to this year’s quadrennial event to 14.

Walsh, a 17-year-old student who competed out of the Tide Water Club in Virginia, met the Olympic B standard of two minutes 04.56 seconds in the men’s 200-meter butterfly when he clocked 2:04.13 in the Charlotte Ultra-Swim Championships last June 10 to 14.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250443 [Title] => Eight Fil-Ams to spice up nat’l trackfest [Summary] => When this year’s National Open Track and Field Championships are held May 31 to June 3 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium, there will be eight fresh, promising faces that might just be worth watching.

The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) yesterday said eight Fil-American athletes are due for the said competition in the hope of discovering potential winners that could serve the country in future international competitions.

They are Gary Gableza, Kassius Tirona, Bryan Bumanlag, Deborah Samson, Rose Supangan, Verna Bansio, Gerlyn Kiamco and Krizia Apelar.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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