Unresolved cycling czars’ tug-of-war By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. FOR four consecutive days last week, the row among our national cycling leaders was one of the main issues published in the sports sections of our national dailies. Like in the past, the groups of Philip Ella Juico and Tagaytay City…

Ebdane’s sports, tourism advocacies By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. IT WAS my bosom buddy and media colleague Jun Velasco who introduced and connected me to then DPWH secretary Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr. If my memory serves me right, I think it was in October 2009 when I first met him.

World cycling body endorses Tour de Filipinas 2011 By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TOUR de FILIPINAS chief organizer Gary Cayton texted and then e-mailed me last week to say that the world cycling body Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is sanctioning again our country’s summer cycling spectacle, the Tour de Filipinas…

A well-organized league By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. SO far the 2nd Jimmy Fernandez Cup being held at the Divine Word Academy gym is being run smoothly except for some lapses on the part of table officials and a team member. That’s what I observed with my partner Phil Celi…

It’s basketball season again By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. TOWN and barangay fiestas are being held everywhere in the province. And during fiestas, it’s tradition to hold different forms of entertainments, sports activities among them, primarily basketball, considered as the numero uno favorite sport of Filipinos. In fact in my…

P-Noy is taking up biking! By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS the new father of the land, our President, P-Noy, inherited a bankrupt and corrupt state. It will take years and a gigantic sweat for him to solve the ills of this damaged nation. It’s a gargantuan task that P-Noy…

Finally it’s done By Jesus A. Garcia, Jr. HOPEFULLY 2011 will really be a prosperous year for all of us. Like many Filipinos, I hope that the incessant bickering and conflict between and among our national sports leaders will finally come to an end (especially in my favorite sport cycling…

“United we stand, divided we fall” By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. UNLIKE the other national sports associations in swimming, equestrian, badminton and especially cycling, the just one-month old power squabbling in our national football association was quickly resolved. It was made possible by the swift verdict of the sports world…

The power struggle in football By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. “BECAUSE of the lack of passion and possible corruption in the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) and other sports agencies and wrong policies in our sports program, we are not going to be able to host the Philippine leg of the…

What a shame By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. THE squabbling between two national cycling groups, each claiming to be the legitimate national sports association to represent our country in any international competition, is headed for a showdown. The state of affairs between the two warring groups have turned from bad…