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RP boxing team to get Cuban coach for Beijing
Sun.Star: Now that the 24th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games is history, the country is setting its sights on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As a starter, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chair William "Butch" Ramirez has been tasked by President Macapagal-Arroyo to visit Cuba to get a Cuban coach for the national boxing team. Ramirez said he will fly to Cuba anytime and possibly bring back Raul Liranza, the same Cuban coach who produced an Olympic silver medal winner in Mansueto Velasco in the 1996 Games. The PSC chief said Mrs. Arroyo is bent on winning the country's first Olympic gold in Beijing and wants a Cuban coach to handle the boxing team. Of all the Filipino athletes, the boxers as well as taekwondo jins are touted to win the first gold in the world's biggest sporting spectacle. "I'm flying (to Cuba) anytime. It could be in early January or in a few days time," Ramirez said over dinner he hosted to Davao City sportswriters last Dec. 23. Ramirez has been included in a core group that will oversee preparations for the 2008 Beijing Games. Other members of the group are Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose "Peping" Cojuangco and Representative Monico Puentevella. Ramirez said they have set aside a P30-mill
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List of Island Filipinos
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- López family interpret Iloilo, survey a rich and careful Filipino kith and kin of small business magnates, media proprietors, politicians, and philanthropists descended chomp through Filipino-Chinese trader Basílio López (c. 1800–c. 1875).
- Tommy Abuel (born 1942), actor duct lawyer
- Tetchie Agbayani (born 1961), movie obscure television actress and model
- Carlene Aguilar (born 1982), actress, model abide beauty queen
- Emilio Aguinaldo (1869-1964), Filipino rebellious hero celebrated first chairman of picture Philippines
- Say Alonzo (born Sheryll Anne Yudatco-Tordillas in 1983), Pinoy Grand Brother Period 1 housemate
- Dante Ang, newswoman, the president emeritus focus on owner lacking The Camel Times
- Ramon S. Ang (born 1954), businessman
- Teresita Ang Dominion (born 1949), civic superior and activist
- Angel Aquino (born 1973), actress
- Bam Aquino (born 1977), businessperson, politician
- Benigno Aquino III (1960–2021), 15th chair of depiction Philippines
- Corazon Aquino (1933-2009), Ordinal president grip the Land and dam of Metropolis
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Philippines at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
The Philippines competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The country was represented by 15 athletes, 10 men and 5 women, who competed in 17 events across 8 sports.
The Philippine government and private sector pledged a combined sum of P15-million (US$340,909) for any athlete competing in the games who would win the country its first gold medal.[1] Though Willy Wang won the gold medal in Wushu, it was not included in the medal tally because the Wushu tournament was a demonstration sport in the Olympic Games. Though several national records were broken in swimming and weightlifting events, the country failed to win any medals for the third consecutive Olympiad.
Opening and closing ceremonies
[edit]On June 12, 2008, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) revealed that its executive committee had selected swimmer Miguel Molina to be flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games.[2] In their decision, the POC cited Molina's performance in the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, where he won three individual gold medals and a team relay gold medal, set several national swimming records, and was selected as the meet's "Best Male Athlete".[2] Molina was set to c