Philippine National Table Tennis team Rank # 2 player Isaias Se­ronio, who was banned for life by the Table Tennis Association of the Philippines (TATAP) for an alleged violation during the World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) in Moscow last May, has broken his silence. In an interview with sports jour­nalist Robbie Pangilinan, Seronio bared everything, including alle­gations of anomalies committed by TATAP’s vice-president and de facto head Jose “Dodong” Ortalla Jr. who accused Seronio of not paying his hotel accommodation, local transportation, meals, ac­creditation IDs and other expenses in Moscow.

The 2010 Southeast Asian Cultural Arts Festival was held on August 7, 2010 at Central Park in Burnaby. In attendance were local and Washington based martial arts instructors, their students, associates, family and friends. The event featured martial arts exhibitions from the Philippines’ Kali-Eskrima-Arnis, Indonesia’s Pincak Silat, and Thailand’s Krabi-Krabong martial arts.

PNS The nine-man Philip­pine team leaves for Singapore Tuesday, hoping to make an im­pact in the first Youth Olympic Games that will serve as one of their launching pads for tougher international tournaments in the future.

KALAMAZOO, MI (via Pera Padala) – The Manila Golden Girls continued its long, stiff climb towards gaining a seat in the championship playoff with a 7- 0 shutout triumph over last year’s runner up San Juan of Puerto Rico Saturday in the Big League World Series for girls softball 14- 18 class at the posh Vanderberg Park here.

PNS - Ryan Gregorio, the three-time PBA champion head coach of Purefoods, will be call­ing the shots for Meralco when the former glory team of the ’70s makes a return to the Philippine basketball scene. A high-ranking executive within the company owned by telecom­munications tycoon Manny V. Pangilinan, president and chief executive of Meralco, and a minor level official in the Purefoods or­ganization who has knowledge of the talks –

The Vancouver West Jet relied on their solid defense to register a 76-67 come-from-behind win over the favored Las Vegas Run­ners. With the win, West Jet took home the championship trophy in the Super Master’s category of Asian American Philippine Bas­ketball Association invitational tournament held in Seattle ,Washington. It was a sorry loss for Run­ners, who led by as much as ten points early in the game only to fold up in the last period.