I, as president of the Philippine Swimming League, and Regional Director for Region VI Pepe Borres recently attended the Kiwanis International Kapisnon’s 6th Installation of New Members of Kapiz Angels Wings in Capiz, Roxas City. Kapiz Angels Wings is the newest member of the Kiwanis Club and its objective is…
(Conclusion) Here is the final part of the open letter I received from a noble woman—Sen. Nikki Coseteng. “I saw how hurt you were every time the Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSi) of Mark Joseph and his cabal of thick-faced coaches well entrenched in schools and colleges and universities would shamelessly…
(First part) Let me share with you an open letter I received from a noble woman – former Sen. Nikki Coseteng. “Susan pasensya na kayong lahat if I have fallen short of your expectations!” Seven years ago, I committed to support the Philippine Swimming League (PSL) in the best way…
(Conclusion) The Philippine Swimming League (PSL) filed a complaint last year against Mark Joseph, president of Philippine Swimming, Inc. (PSI) in connection with his questionable policies. The government is also injured by fraudulent practices in sports. This malaise has not spared the country’s swimming development program. Millions of pesos have…
As clearly stated under Republic Act 6847, one of the powers of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) is to impose sanctions on any national sports association (NSA), institution, association, body, entity, team, athlete and sports official for violation of its policies, rules and regulations. PSC must suspend funding support to…
As I said in my last column, it is the paramount duty of every Filipino to uphold the constitution and adhere to the country’s laws. In sports, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and its member National Sport Associations (NSAs) are not beyond the reach of the law. Why the corruption?…
(Part 2) As I’ve mentioned in my last article, the dismal performance of the Philippines in elite competitions such as the SEA Games, Asian Games and the Olympics reflects the sad state of Philippine sports. The pitiful output happened despite the huge amount of public funds poured into sports development.…
(First part) The Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) headed by its founding chairman Dante Jimenez hosted an event in cooperation with the Vanguard of Philippine Constitution, Inc. (VPCI), an Anti-Corruption Summit held at Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) on November 27 to 28, 2017. I was invited to be…
Ramon “Mon” Fernandez, one of the active commissioners of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) has exposed the stinking system within the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). Fernandez has been consistently revealing POC misdeeds in social media, TV and news. He knew that the PSC was created by the virtue of Republic…
The Philippine Swimming League (PSL) and the Sirib Swimming Club hosted the PSL’s 124th Leg Series at the Marcos Sports Stadium in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte last October 29. The Department of Education (DepEd) Ilocos Norte also contributed to the project. The Sirib Swim club was led by Guillermo “Gem”…