tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28901805881305130512024-03-13T19:21:20.126+04:00Shawarma Nightsjournal of a pinoy journoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-75608371195863762002012-02-25T17:22:00.000+04:002012-02-25T17:22:10.878+04:00Elasto Painters survive late scare
By Ares P. Gutierrez
Copy Editor, Gulf News
The Dubai leg of the Philippine Basketball Association's Commissioner's Cup got off to a fiery start as last-placed Rain or Shine Elasto Painters escaped a late scare to beat the Barako Bull Energy Boosters 99-95 at the Al Shabab Sports Club stadium in Deira on Thursday night.
Despite playing most of the game without their American reinforcement Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-46544852930366531262012-02-24T10:59:00.001+04:002012-02-24T11:00:38.921+04:00Rain or Shine barge into win column in Dubai-leg of PBA Commissioner's Cup
By Alfonso Ramirez
InterAKTV
Dubai -- Rain or Shine Elasto Painters escaped a late scare to finally barge into the win column on Thursday night as they defeated the Barako Bull Energy Boosters 99-95 at the Al Shabab Sports Club stadium here.
“It’s a break out win, but I’m not really happy with the way we played . The other team lost their import early so dapat siguro mas convincing yung Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-6358995886752128212012-02-22T23:40:00.000+04:002012-02-22T23:40:12.612+04:00Rain or Shine happy to play back-to-back games as PBA invades Dubai anew
By Alfonso Ramirez
InterAKTV
Dubai’s winter breeze seems to have cooled down the usually fiery Yeng Guiao as he bantered with fellow coaches Junel Baculi and Siot Tanquincen minutes before the briefer to formally raise the curtain on the PBA’s Middle East tour.
Known in Philippine basketball circles as a task master who always sets the sidelines on fire, the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-90319629492081141792012-02-22T17:06:00.001+04:002012-02-22T23:57:44.012+04:00Sputtering PBA teams hope to reverse Commissioner's Cup fortune in Dubai
By Ares P. Gutierrez
Copy Editor, Gulf News
Fans will have their fill of top-class hardcourt action as the Philippine Basketball Association – the oldest professional basketball league in Asia – open their two-day Middle East road show today (Thursday) at the Al Shabab Club in Al Mamzar, Dubai.
Winless in Manila, the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters under fiery coach Yeng Guiao hope to put a Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-41472306125512727192012-02-17T14:43:00.001+04:002012-02-18T01:26:07.215+04:00Azkals run Australian team close in final Dubai friendly
By Ares P. Gutierrez
Copy Editor, Gulf News
Australia’s Olympic team survived a resilient Philippine Azkals and held on for a 1-0 win in a friendly that capped the south-east Asian national side’s 10-day Middle East training camp at the Al Maktoum Stadium on Thursday evening.
An 11th-minute goal from striker Jason Hoffman, who plays for the Melbourne Heart in the A-League, was all the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-83327791768216141452012-02-16T19:02:00.002+04:002012-02-17T04:12:55.023+04:00Dubai Pinoys give Azkals rock star treatment
By Alfonso Ramirez
InterAKTV
DUBAI — Members and coaching staff of the Philippine national men’s football team faced a busy Wednesday, the morning after arriving from Doha where they won their friendly match against Qatar Star League first division club Al Ahli SC.
Now minus German-Filipino goalkeeper Roland Mueller who had to report back to his Bundesliga second division club, MSV Duisburg, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-55778471684373733832012-02-16T01:49:00.001+04:002012-02-16T02:04:21.635+04:00Azkals face Olyroos tonight
By Ares P. Gutierrez
Copy Editor, Gulf News
The "stray dogs" from the Philippines promise to have more bite than bark when they face the Qantas Australia Olyroos in the last of three friendly matches tonight that will cap the south-east Asian country's Middle East tour.
A resurgent Philippine team — known as the Azkals, Filipino street lingo for stray dogs — returned to Dubai on Tuesday nightUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-61279577192212793032012-02-15T16:27:00.000+04:002012-02-15T16:27:00.617+04:00Azkals ready to pounce on Australia U-23
By Alfonso Ramirez
InterAKTV
Dubai — A fiercer Philippine national men’s football team, backstopped by the arrival of Neil Etheridge, will try to pounce on a beleaguered Australian Under-23 squad in a friendly that is expected to turn into an all-out street fight on Thursday evening at the Al Maktoum stadium in Dubai.
Fresh from an ego-boosting 3-1 win against the Al Ahli Club in Qatar, the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-57721106413564498622012-02-14T23:40:00.001+04:002012-02-14T23:40:53.549+04:00Azkals learn from the mastersPost-match assessment of the Azkals' game against Uzbekistan by Coach Hans Weiss and acting captain James Younghusband.Videography: Irish Eden BellezaPhotography: Hadrian HernandezReporting: Alaric Gomes, Ashley Hammond and Ares GutierrezUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-10137170952085899502012-02-14T01:37:00.000+04:002012-02-14T01:37:54.441+04:00Palami, Weiss OK with Azkals performance in loss to ‘strong’ Uzbekistan U-23
By Alfonso Ramirez
InterAKTV
DUBAI — Team manager Dan Stephen Palami was beaming like a Cheshire cat as he high-fived each and every member of the Philippine national football squad moments after it absorbed a 3-0 defeat against Uzbekistan’s Under-23 team.
“Good job, guys!” he said as members of the Azkals swirled around the Philippine bench at the main pitch of the Al Maktoum stadium on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-90276778497063979442012-02-11T09:29:00.001+04:002012-02-11T09:50:47.969+04:00Winning is the top goal, Philippines coach says
By Ares P. Gutierrez
Gulf News
Dubai: Philippine men's football team manager Hans Michael Weiss is confident that his team's Middle East tour will take their game several notches higher.
"As you can see, they're not yet 100 per cent. We're still adjusting after a long trip and we're also adjusting to the weather and the environment. We'll get better as the days go by and we have players Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-9023494856663246442012-02-10T23:52:00.002+04:002012-02-11T09:52:37.415+04:00Weiss wants Azkals to cause ‘tsunami’ in world football
By Alfonso Ramirez
InterAKTV
DUBAI — Philippine national men’s football team coach Hans Michael Weiss is optimistic that the Azkals’ 10-day training camp in Dubai and Qatar will take their game several notches higher and eventually create not just a ripple, but a “tsunami across the footballing world”.
“As you can see, they’re not yet 100 percent. We’re still adjusting after a long trip and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-80701417363552243262012-02-09T18:18:00.002+04:002012-02-10T06:59:19.446+04:00Azkals star defies pain to train in Dubai
By Ares P. Gutierrez, Copy Editor
Published: 11:51 February 9, 2012
Gulf News
Azkals vice-captain Chieffy Caligdong winced and gasped for air as he performed light exercises on the first day of the Philippine football team's training camp in Dubai on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old midfielder, who suffered a knee injury during a United Football League match on January 28 in Manila and was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Dubai - United Arab Emirates25.2644444 55.31166669999993224.9799129 54.977813199999929 25.5489759 55.645520199999936tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-84480458878380071132012-02-09T11:28:00.001+04:002012-02-10T07:24:50.563+04:00Injured Chieffy continues work for Azkals
By Alfonso Ramirez
InterAktv
DUBAI — No pain, no gain.
Philippine national men’s football team vice-captain Chieffy Caligdong winced and gasped for air as he performed light exercises on the first day of the national football team’s training camp in Dubai Wednesday.
The 29-year-old Philippine Air Force midfielder, who suffered a knee injury during a UFL match between his team and the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-12365303266564502732012-02-07T10:48:00.000+04:002012-02-10T11:45:52.702+04:00Azkals gear up for Middle East tour
By Alfonso Ramirez
InterAKTV
The Philippine national men’s football team is running double time to get into shape as they only have roughly a month to blend together as a team before they face expected rough sailing at the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup in Kathmandu in March.
“Since the Suzuki Cup, there has been a lot of buzz around Philippine football. There’s more pressure and we’re expected to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-90402433832633324722012-02-07T10:39:00.001+04:002012-02-10T07:02:45.961+04:00Phil Younghusband misses former Azkals coach McMenemy’s presence
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By Alfonso Ramirez
Phil Younghusband, the British-Filipino who has become the pin-up boy of Philippine football, has admitted missing somebody very dearly.
No, the 24-year-old former Chelsea reserve, was not referring to his rumored girlfriend, actress Angel Locsin, when he made the admission Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Dubai - United Arab Emirates25.2644444 55.31166669999993224.9799129 54.977813199999929 25.5489759 55.645520199999936tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-26154668301624512612012-02-07T02:15:00.002+04:002012-02-10T07:16:17.156+04:00Azkals face tough teams in Nepal tilt
By Alfonso Ramirez, Dateline Philippines
Filipino fans should not expect too much from the Philippine Azkals when the AFC Challenge Cup kicks off next month in Nepal.
The Azkals, who were catapulted to “rock star” status after they beat sub-regional football powerhouse, Vietnam, and went on to reach the semi-finals in the Suzuki Cup in 2010, will be up against tough teams in the group Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Dubai - United Arab Emirates25.2644444 55.31166669999993224.9799129 54.977813199999929 25.5489759 55.645520199999936tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-85055283882797047882009-12-08T15:23:00.001+04:002009-12-08T15:28:15.286+04:00Madugo!Nakuha ko ito sa photo album ng aking kaibigang si Gina Bengco ... hayaan na lang natin ang mga larawan na mismo ang magsalita.Sure ball na duduguin ka nga!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-22049341827078469602009-11-28T18:52:00.005+04:002009-11-30T01:44:54.086+04:00Pagbabalik-tanaw sa MindanaoHanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala sa sinapit nang halos 60 kataong walang awang kinatay ng mga walang kaluluwang demonyo sa Maguindanao.Kahapon, inialay ni Fr Gob Yaptiongco ang kaniyang banal na misa sa St Mary’s Church dito sa Dubai para sa ikatatahimik ng mga kaluluwa nang ating mga pinaslang na kapatid sa hanapbuhay. Naglutangan ang mga kabaro nating peryodista upang makiisa saUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-6387181717260927262009-11-28T13:25:00.002+04:002009-11-28T13:35:06.883+04:00It is time to end the spiral of violenceFILIPINO PRESS CLUB-UAE STATEMENT ON MAGUINDANAO MASSACREWe, the members of the Filipino Press Club–UAE, condemn in the strongest terms possible the brutal massacre on November 23, 2009 of 57 civilians, including women, lawyers and journalists, in Ampatuan town of Maguindanao province in the Philippines.We join with the victims’ families in their time of mourning and hope the authorities will actUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-6964636134082611782009-11-27T18:29:00.001+04:002009-11-29T18:30:45.169+04:00Happy Birthday Ninoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-4168058732567213752009-11-23T22:48:00.002+04:002009-11-23T22:55:52.668+04:00NUJP statement on the Maguindanao massacre of lawyers, journalists and civiliansMaguindanao carnage strikes at the very foundations of democracyThe National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) demands justice for our colleagues and all the other victims of the November 23 carnage in Maguindanao province.The Ampatuan massacre, which the military has confirmed was perpetrated by Shariff Aguak Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. and police Sr. Inspector Dicay, goes beyond the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-41590864102205062792009-11-21T18:11:00.000+04:002009-11-21T18:12:05.048+04:00hello ... maraming salamat ... paalamMatagal-tagal ring naging bakante ang inyong shawarmahan. Naging busy-busyhan lang ang inyong “lolo” … o sige na nga aminin ko na… mas madalas na nangibabaw ang aking katamaran.Mangyari kasing mas madaling mag-microblog (mag-Facebook) kesa sa mag-blog. Mas madaling mag-side comment sa Twitter o Plurk kesa sa tumipa nang obra na malamang ay okray-okrayin lang rin ng mga taong walang magawa sa Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-85487180380499599772009-09-08T00:53:00.005+04:002009-09-08T01:58:29.314+04:00May araw rin kayong mga #@$^(*& kayo!Hindi ako makatulog.Nag-uumapaw ang inis, ngitngit, galit at sama nang loob ko sa kinasasadlakan kong sitwasyon sa opisina. Kung nasa Pinas lang ako, siguradong may tumimbuwang na kanina. Pero wala ako sa Pilipinas -- at may mga taong umaaasa sa aking pamamalagi dito sa disyerto -- kung kaya't idinadaan ko na lang sa pabuntu-buntong-hininga at ibayong pagpapakumbaba na tila inaabuso naman ng mga Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2890180588130513051.post-33405871966248931102009-08-31T12:54:00.003+04:002009-08-31T13:02:55.509+04:00Pagpupugay kay The GuyKagabi, habang nagmumuni-muni kung ano na naman kaya ang kahihinatnan ko sa disyertong ito, biglang sumingit sa aking kamuwangan ang kantang "Mambo Magsaysay".Una ko itong narining noong kampanyahan para sa 1986 snap presidential elections kung saan muling ginamit ang naturang jingle na katha ni dating senador Raul Manglapus para sa kandidatura ni Cory Aquino. Isyu rin daw kasi ang dayaan sa Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0