Tag: basketball

WHO instructed Tab Baldwin to “limit” his public “apology” to just “four minutes”?

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WHO instructed Tab Baldwin to “limit” his public “apology” to just “four minutes”?

It is becoming increasingly evident that the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) is maintaining (or at least trying to maintain) tight control over the messaging surrounding the tragic deaths of basketball players Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili during a team activity in Baler, Aurora province. It explains the very measured trickle of information out…

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Education, Media, Society

The public relations debacle the Ateneo finds itself in following the tragic deaths of Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili

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The public relations debacle the Ateneo finds itself in following the tragic deaths of Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili

The whole trouble with the Ateneo is that it is perceived (fairly or unfairly) by the Philippine public to be an elitist institution even in the best of times. The Ateneo, after all, is an expensive institution of learning to be a part of. Its fees are beyond the reach of the vast majority of…

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Education, Society

The way the Ateneo de Manila University issued its official statement on the deaths of Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili seems to suggest a cover-up

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The way the Ateneo de Manila University issued its official statement on the deaths of Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili seems to suggest a cover-up

It has been more than 14 hours and many questions now surround the tragic deaths of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) basketball players Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili. According to what appears to be an official statement issued by the ADMU in a post on social media platform X shortly after the incident, the…

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Crime

If You Will Blame Geography And Genetics Then Are You Worthy To Play With The Big Boys?

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If You Will Blame Geography And Genetics Then Are You Worthy To Play With The Big Boys?

  Pinoys who believe there is robust sports scene in the Philippines are the same as people who live in a country where the Internet is heavily censored and those people believe they really are experiencing full breadth of  the Internet.   One of my main themes since I first joined this site back in…

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Culture, Development, Glitz and Glamour, History

Is #GilasPilipinas coach Chot Reyes cursed by his support for Leni Robredo?

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Is #GilasPilipinas coach Chot Reyes cursed by his support for Leni Robredo?

Most basketball fans are a superstitious lot. Following an embarassing loss to the Dominican Republic in one of the first games of FIBA Basketball World Cup hosted in the Philippines this year, old questions regarding the competence of Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes are being raised again. Observes social media personality Mark Lopez, “it was…

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Culture, Society

Duterte SLAM-DUNK throws Yellowtard “Opposition” in chaos, forces Robredo to run for president!

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Duterte SLAM-DUNK throws Yellowtard “Opposition” in chaos, forces Robredo to run for president!

It is clearly evident now that the Opposition led by the Yellowtards (the bloc within it rabidly loyal to the Aquino-Cojuangco clan) and their lackeys in Big Corporate Media have been taken for a ride by the camp of incumbent President Rodrigo Duterte. Months of seeming “chaos” within their loose community of family and party…

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Politics

Pinoy Culture Is To Blame For The Gilas Gnashing Of Teeth

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Pinoy Culture Is To Blame For The Gilas Gnashing Of Teeth

I can’t believe in 2019 where we have so much access to information that people still love to play the genetic victim card or some other excuse why the only country on Earth with basketball tunnel vision is so inept once they leave the country:. “Other teams are taller” “Height is might.” “There’s no question…

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Glitz and Glamour