Day: August 3, 2024

MANILA: Rizal Technological University-Mandaluyong collected 42 gold, 18 silver and seven bronze medals to rule the Philippine Army division of the Philippine Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Luzon leg in Indang, Cavite on Saturday. Most of the gold medals came from arnis, taekwondo, boxing, athletics and swimming. Alvin Marticion contributed six golds after topping the boys’ 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, 50m freestyle, 200m Individual Medley, 200m relay and 200m freestyle relay events at the De La Salle University-Dasmariñas pool. University of Baguio finished second with nine golds, five silvers and one bronze, followed by Polytechnic University of the Philippines

MANILA: Malacañang on Saturday released the list of newly appointed ambassadors and officials in different government agencies. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reappointed Amable Aguiluz V as Special Envoy of the President to Japan for Trade and Investments, based on the roster of the latest batch of presidential appointees posted by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO). Aguiluz, founder and chairperson of the AMA Group of Companies, first assumed the diplomatic post in April 2023. Marcos also designated Daniel Espiritu as Philippine Ambassador to Ireland and Markus Lacanilao as Special Envoy on Transnational Crimes. He named Agnes Tolentino as the National

MANILA: Carlos Edriel Yulo was the smallest competitor but he stood tallest to deliver just the second gold for the Philippines in its 100-year participation in the Olympics. The 24-year-old Yulo delivered what the country expected of him after a near-flawless routine in his pet event, floor exercise, at the Bercy Arena of the Paris Olympics late Saturday (PH time). He crashed out in the final three years ago in Tokyo but finally hit perfection to win it all. ‘A final of the very highest quality,’ the international gymnastics federation said. The wunderkind performed third in order and scored exactly