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Subic Freeport to host ATOP confab
SUBIC BAY
FREEPORT, Sept. 2 (PNA) -- Key players in the domestic tourism industry
will congregate in this free port next month for the 11th national
convention of the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines
(ATOP), an event that will showcase the country’s gains in local
tourism.
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ABL: A back-to-back title for RP Patriots -- Romero
MANILA, Sept 1 (PNA) -- The Philippine Patriots will not settle for anything
less than a second straight crown in the Asean Basketball League which
fires off this October.
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PBA cancels trip to Hong Kong
MANILA,
Aug. 31 (PNA) -- The Philippine Basketball Association has decided to
cancel its three-day planning session in Hong Kong from Sept. 1-3 in the
wake of Manila hostage crisis that claimed the lives of eight tourists
from Hong Kong.
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Chess: So, Nolte, Nadera keep RP hopes alive in Campomanes Cup
MANILA,
Aug. 31 (PNA) - With the vaunted Chinese juggernaut finally making its
move, GM Wesley So and IMs Rolando Nolte and Barlo Nadera kept the
Filipinos' pride alive after three rounds Monday in the first Florencio
Campomanes Memorial Cup chess championships at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.
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RP's Abrina wins silver in UK Memory C'ships
LONDON,
England, Aug. 31 (PNA) -- The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
(PCSO)-Mandaluyong-Bagong Henerasyon RP Memory Team is scheduled to hit
Manila on Tuesday at 10:35 p.m. via Emirates Airlines after a successful
campaign in the just ended 4th U.K. International Open Memory
Championships at the 4th level of MWB Business Exchange, One Kingdom
Street in Paddington, Central London on Friday.
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Chess: Top local and foreign players at Florencio Campomanes Cup
MANILA,
Aug. 28 (PNA) -- Asia pays homage to its late great chess leader when
the first-ever FIDE president Florencio Campomanes Memorial Chess
Championships –- the biggest and most prestigious chess competition in
the region -- reel off Saturday at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Adriatico
St., Manila (in front of Harrison Plaza).
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Chess: Abrina, Racasa off to great start in UK Int'l Open Memory C'ships
PADDINGTON,
London, Aug. 28 (PNA) -- Filipino Memory Athletes Johann Randall Abrina
and Roberto Racasa got off
to a great start in the 4th UK International Memory Championships after
making it to the overall top 11 standing on Day One being held at the
4th level of MWB Business Exchange, One Kingdom Street here in
Paddington, Central London on Thursday.
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Filipino WBC Super Flyweight Champ bound for US on Sept. 4
KIDAPAWAN
CITY, Aug. 27 (PNA) - World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Flyweight
champion Edrin "The Sting" Dapudong is set to leave for the United Sates
on Sept. 4 along with his training team for the final preparation of
his fight against Mexican and NABO flyweight champion Wilbert Uicab.
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Diving: Two Davao divers to compete in Asian Games this year
DAVAO
CITY, Aug. 27 (PNA)-– Two divers from this city were named to represent
the country to the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China on November, this
year
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Gov urges mayors to support Negros Oriental’s bid to host Palaro in 2012
DUMAGUETE
CITY, Aug. 26 (PNA) -– Negros Oriental Gov. Agustin Perdices is hoping
to get the full support of various local chief executives in the
province in its bid to host the Palarong Pambansa in 2012 as it competes
with other provinces in Central Visayas.
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