Olympic athletes, coaches, atbp., babakunahan na kontra COVID-19

ni Mary Gutierrez Almirañez | May 25, 2021

Babakunahan na kontra COVID-19 sa ika-28 ng Mayo ang mga atleta, coach at iba pang sasabak sa Tokyo Olympics at 31st Hanoi SEA Games, ayon sa pahayag ni Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) Chief Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino ngayong araw, May 25.

Aniya, “The good news today is that IATF has also approved the vaccination this Friday which will be exclusive for Olympic-bound and SEA Games-bound delegates.”

Dagdag niya, “This will happen on Friday afternoon at the Manila Prince Hotel and everyone is included, from coaches, athletes, officials, media, (and) journalists, everyone bound for Tokyo and SEA Games who are here in Manila.”

Samantala, nakikipag-ugnayan naman sa Quezon City ang grupo ng Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) upang mabakunahan sa pamahalaang lungsod ang mahigit 67,000 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) employees nito.

Sabi pa ni IT & Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) President at CEO Rey E. Untal, "This is the first partnership of its kind and we hope that this will serve as a template for our ongoing efforts with other LGUs. Early access to the vaccine is really top-of-mind for our sector and as such, we are dearly and immensely thankful to the leadership of the Quezon City Government."

Sa ngayon ay patuloy ang vaccination rollout kontra COVID-19 sa ‘Pinas, kung saan kabilang ang economic frontliners sa A4 priority list.

Carlos Yulo, pasok na sa Tokyo Olympics

ni Thea Janica Teh | December 13, 2020

Nasungkit ng Filipino gymnast na si Carlos Yulo ang dalawang bronze medal sa All- Japan Gymnastics Championships ngayong Linggo at sigurado nang makakasali sa Tokyo Olympics sa susunod na taon.

Naiuwi ng 20-anyos na gymnast ang parehong medalya sa floor exercises at vault na may score na 15.200 (floor exercise) at 14.866 (vault) na ginanap sa Takasaki Arena.

Kaya naman pasok bilang top 8 sa overall men’s all-around si Yulo na may total score na 170.032.

Sa world champion ng floor exercise noong 2019, isa si Yulo sa apat na Pinoy na sigurado nang pasok sa Tokyo Games kabilang ang mga boxer na sina Irish Magno at Eumir Marcial at pole vaulter na si EJ Obiena.