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                    [ArticleID] => 710510
                    [Title] => Superheavy Jimmy gives Phl big lift
                    [Summary] => 

The late strongman Jaime Sebastian, a man whose huge appetite was matched by his big craving for gold medals, chalked up one of the most bountiful stints in the Southeast Asian Games.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097461 [AuthorName] => Olmin Leyba [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 633519 [Title] => Don't change what's not broken [Summary] =>

With three gold medals and a 17th place position in the medal tally of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, I don’t see much reason to celebrate, but I am hoping that there won’t be much finger pointing when the athletes come home.

[DatePublished] => 2010-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134220 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1622030 [AuthorName] => Nimrod NL Quiñones [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Sports [SectionUrl] => cebu-sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304760 [Title] => Jaime Sebastian, ang pinakamalakas na tao sa Pilipinas [Summary] => Hindi ko lubos maisip ang itsura ni Jaime Sebastian, ang multi-titled weightlifter natin na nakapagbigay ng karangalan sa bansa, nang makita ko ang larawan niya sa isang pahayagan.

Halos dalawang dekada nitong pinangalagaan ang pagiging pinakamalakas na tao sa mundo.

Naaalala ko pa minsan na sa aking coverage sa SEA Games, tinanong ko siya kung ano ang ginagawa niya para manatiling malakas at talaga namang napakalaki ng katawan.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135701 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1267474 [AuthorName] => Dina Marie Villena [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254374 [Title] => Sebastian stable, will undergo more tests [Summary] => Two days after suffering a stroke due to hypertension, former weightlifter and SEA Games gold medalist Jaime Sebastian remained confined at the Chinese General Hospital where he is still expected to undergo a battery of tests.

The 52-year-old Sebastian, winner of 17 gold medals in the SEA Games, collapsed inside the ticketing office of the Philippine Tennis Association of the Rizal Memorial Sports Center Tuesday afternoon.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254148 [Title] => Sebastian, ex-SEAG hero, collapses [Summary] => Jaime Sebastian, who won countless medals for the country in the field of weightlifting, was rushed to the hospital yesterday afternoon after he collapsed inside the Philippine Tennis Association (Philta) office of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC).

Sebastian, once dubbed as Southeast Asia’s strongest man who hauled a total of 17 golds in his SEAG stints, was with friends at the Philta ticketing office when he suddenly fell ill. Witnesses said he took a seat, bowed his head, then started to tremble and fell to the ground.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157779 [Title] => Pagcor aid to athletes cited [Summary] => Veteran athletes expressed their appreciation to the Philippine Amusement & Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) yesterday for funding the implementation of a new law granting cash and other non-monetary benefits to national athletes, coaches and trainers who brought honor to the country by winning in quadrennial events such as the Olympics and the Asian Games.

Pagcor chairman Efraim Genuino announced recently that Pagcor is setting aside a budget of P100 million this year to fund Republic Act 9064. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148368 [Title] => Incoming PSC chief on athletes’ woes: No easy problem [Summary] => Incoming Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Eric Buhain yesterday met with the officers of the Athletes and Coaches Alliance of the Philippines (ACAP), listened to and listed their demands, then promptly declared his readiness to help solve them.

"But it’s not going to be easy," said Buhain, calm and collected despite getting an earful of the athletes’ problems regarding financial assistance, training venues and equipment, vitamins and food, and their poor living conditions.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148169 [Title] => Eric to reconcile feuding groups [Summary] => After learning of his appointment as the Philippine Sports Commission’s new chairman, Eric Buhain said his first order of the day is to create unity and harmony in sports.

Buhain said yesterday he has initiated talks with heads of the two opposing athletes and coaches’ groups so as to end, once and for all, the bickerings and squabbles that have been creating divisiveness in RP sports.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 148073 [Title] => Tuason leaves it up to GMA; Ramirez set to resign today [Summary] => After formally announcing his resignation, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Carlos "Butch" Tuason yesterday said his fate is now totally in the hands of President Arroyo.

"Now that I have tendered my official resignation as chairman of the PSC, I’m already at the mercy of the President," said Tuason in a press conference at the Medalla Hall of the PSC building.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 147998 [Title] => Nava, nagrehistro ng apat na sunod na panalo [Summary] => Nagbitiw kahapon si Carlos Tuason bilang chairman ng Philippine Sports Commission.

Tinanggap ng Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ang resignation ni Tuason. Naghahanap na ito nang kapalit ni Tuason na pinsan ng First Gentleman na si Mike Arroyo.

Hindi pa batid kung papalitan ang apat na Commissioners na sina Ritchie Garcia, Amparo Lim, Butch Ramirez at Cynthia Carrion.

Ang mga commissioners ay co-terminous ng Chairman.
[DatePublished] => 2002-01-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) ) )
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