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                    [Title] => Myanmar crisis no cause for panic – POC
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The chef-de-mission of the Philippine delegation to the Myanmar SEA Games is not pushing the panic button despite a string of bombing incidents that have rocked the host nation the past few days.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 719290 [Title] => Cayetano urges P-Noy to help resolve dragon boat row [Summary] =>

For three hours, the Senate Games and Amusements committee yesterday tackled the problems hounding Philippine sports, more particularly the brewing controversy involving the dragon boat team.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 624899 [Title] => More government support in sports urged [Summary] =>

The Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) is pushing for more government support in sports, particularly in developing countries like the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2010-10-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 27132 [Title] => Cebu, Parañaque, Munti XIs score [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 365552 [Title] => POC no longer keen on sending baseball team [Summary] => Stranded on third base.

The chances of the Philippine men’s baseball team making it to the forthcoming Doha Asian Games remained in the balance yesterday due to the lack of funds.

Ritchie Garcia, deputy chef de mission of the RP contingent, said the failure of baseball officials to raise the funds in time for yesterday’s deadline only lessened the chances of the 22-man team to get to Doha.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 308218 [Title] => Pacquiao leads RP athletes in Luneta rites [Summary] => They just can’t do it without Manny Pacquiao.

In a last-minute decision, the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee has made the RP boxing sensation part of the RP contingent for the Games’ opening ceremony this Sunday at the Quirino Grandstand.

Pacquiao, easily the most popular Filipino athlete here and abroad, will actually be the spearhead of the RP delegation, according to Lito Nadal, the executive producer of the Games’ opening and closing ceremonies.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => 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] => ) ) )
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By Abac Cordero | November 13, 2007 - 12:00am
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