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2017 PSL All-Filipino Conference
The 2017 Rebisco PSL All-Filipino Conference was the third conference and second indoor tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's fifth season. The games began on June 6, 2017 with the formal opening ceremonies taking place on June 10, 2017 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan. The tournament adopted a new format. Those on the same group will figure in a single round robin. The top two teams in Pool A and Pool B shall comprise Pool C while the bottom two teams in Pools A and B comprising Pool D. There would be a crossover quarterfinal battle between members of Pools C and D with the surviving teams figuring in the semi-finals to determine the finalists. PSL chairman Philip Ella Juico announced that half of the ticket sales for the June 6 and 8 games will be donated to Ian Lariba, the 2016 Summer Olympics competitor who has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. On July 14, 2017, a day after the Petron Blaze Spikers won the tournament, PSL president Tats Suzara announ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petron Blaze Spikers
The Petron Blaze Spikers were a professional women's volleyball team that played in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) from 2013 to 2020. After the cancellation of the 2020 season of the PSL due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the team took a leave of absence from the league and released all its players. The team was owned by Petron Corporation. The company's involvement in volleyball began in 2002 when it established the Petron Ladies Beach Volleyball Tournament. Team history Petron became the first team to sweep a PSL tournament with a 13–0 record and claim the 2015 All-Filipino championship, its second consecutive PSL title. At their stint in the 2015 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship in Ha Nam, Vietnam, the team finished at 8th place with only one game won out of six matches played. On September 12, 2016, the team parted ways with coach George Pascua. He was replaced by Cesael "Shaq" delos Santos. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season of the PSL was cance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Sports Asia
Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of Star Sports available in Mainland China and South Korea. Originally launched in early 1990s as Star Sports (earlier Prime Sports) and ESPN by Satellite Television Asian Region (Star TV) and ESPN International respectively, both parties agreed to combine their operations in Asia in October 1996. News Corporation took the full control of the venture in 2012, and relaunched the channels in two phases in January 2013 and August 2014, respectively. History Early years Star Sports Star Sports was first launched on 21 August 1991 as Prime Sports (). It was an 24-hour multi-sport television channel broadcasting in English and Chinese. STAR TV, based in Hong Kong, operated the channel in partnership with TCI in the United States, which owned Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petron Corporation
Petron Corporation is the largest oil refining and marketing company in the Philippines, supplying more than a third of the country's oil requirements. It operates a refinery in Limay, Bataan with a rated capacity of . From the refinery, Petron moves its products mainly by sea to 32 depots and terminals throughout the country. History Petron's history dates back to September 7, 1933, when Socony-Vacuum Oil Company (Standard Oil of New York) and Standard Oil of New Jersey (also known as Jersey Standard) merged their interests in the Far East into a 50–50 joint venture named the Standard Vacuum Oil Company (Stanvac). It operated in 50 countries, including the Philippines, New Zealand, China, and the region of East Africa. In 1953, the Philippine national government, partly to promote Claro M. Recto's national industrialization program and partly to respond to increasing international oil prices, attempted to launch a national oil company that caters Filipino consumers with af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far Eastern University
Far Eastern University (Filipino language, Filipino: ''Pamantasan ng Malayong Silanganan''), also referred to by its acronym FEU, is a Private university, private non-sectarian Liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Manila, Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business, and Finance, FEU became a university in 1934 under the guidance of its first president, Nicanor Reyes Sr. The first accountancy school for Filipinos, the university, through the years, has expanded its course offerings to the arts and sciences, architecture, fine arts, education, engineering, computer studies, graduate studies, tourism and hotel management, law, nursing, and medicine. FEU has seven campuses located in Metro Manila, Cavite and Rizal. It offers programs from elementary, secondary, tertiary, to graduate school. FEU Manila comprises several Institutes that offer specific programs. The accountancy program, along with its other Undergrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generika Lifesavers
The Generika Ayala Lifesavers are a professional women's volleyball team owned by Actimed, Inc. (Generika Drugstore) in partnership with Ayala Corporation. History Generika Drugstore first became involved in the Philippine Superliga (PSL) when it sponsored the Philippine Army Lady Troopers during the 2014 All-Filipino Conference, playing as the "Generika-Army Lady Troopers". For the following conference, the company formed its own team composed of the coaching staff and most of the players from the disbanded AirAsia Flying Spikers. The franchise did not participate during the 2015 season and remnants of the team went on to form the nucleus of the Shopinas.com Lady Clickers. The company reactivated its PSL participation during the 2016 All-Filipino Conference with a new lineup. Since 2017, the team was renamed "Generika Ayala Lifesavers" with the entry of Ayala Corporation as the team's co-sponsor. Ayala Corporation, through its subsidiary Ayala Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National University (Philippines)
The National University (NU), colloquially ''National U'', is a private non–sectarian coeducational university located in Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines. The founder of the university, Mariano F. Jhocson Sr., established the institution on August 1, 1900, as ''Colegio Filipino'' in Quiapo, Manila, Quiapo, Manila. It is considered as the first Private university, private nonsectarian and coeducational institution in the Philippines and also, the first university to use English as its medium of instruction, replacing Spanish. With its main campus in Sampaloc, Manila, the university has been expanding by setting secondary campuses. Other campuses of NU includes: NU Laguna (Sports Academy), NU Fairview, NU Mall of Asia (College of Dentistry), NU Baliwag, NU Dasmariñas, and NU Lipa. Approved by the Department Public Instruction on June 17, 1921, the university received its university status, changing the name from National Academy to National University. Senator Camilo Osías, tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyja Daphne Santiago
Alyja Daphne "Jaja" Antonio Santiago (born January 20, 1996) is a Filipino volleyball player who currently plays for Saitama Ageo Medics of the Japan's V.League. Personal life Santiago was born on January 20, 1996, the fourth of five siblings. Her brother Axel Leonard Santiago, a former champion of men's volleyball player in National University "NU Bulldogs" of UAAP Season 75, is currently working in PLDT and her older sister is working in Dubai, while she and her sister, Aleona Denise "Dindin" Santiago, both played for the women's volleyball in different leagues. Her father was former basketball player Jojo Santiago and her mother is Alma Antonio, a caregiver in Israel. She studied at the National University with a degree in Psychology and graduated in 2020. Career College Santiago led the NU Lady Bulldogs to win back-to-back championships in the Shakey's V-League 13th Season Collegiate Conference without her sister Dindin to support her, despite that, she was crowned as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moro Branislav
Moro Branislav (Serbian Cyrillic: Моро Бранислав; born 22 April 1957) is a Serbian volleyball coach who led the PSL Manila selection team at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship. He is the current head coach of the Chinese Taipei men's national volleyball team. Coaching career Background Branislav, a Level-3 FIVB coach and FIVB instructor, he has coached numerous clubs in various countries such as Belarus, Greece, Kuwait, Libya, North Korea, the Philippines, Romania, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia. He also coached the national teams of the now defunct Yugoslavia, DR Congo men's national volleyball team, Zaire, Romania, and North Korea. He is an instructor at the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, FIVB - Development Centres. North Korea In 2015, Branislav went to North Korea to coach the volleyball team of the April 25 Sports Club, 4.25 Sports Club. He led the team at the 2015 AVC Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, 2015 and 2016 Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cha Cruz
Charleen Abigaile "Cha" Ramos Cruz-Behag (born May 11, 1988) is a Filipino professional volleyball player and an educator. She is a member of the Philippine women's national volleyball team. Currently, she is playing and is the team captain for the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers in the Philippine Super Liga, a semi-professional corporate club volleyball league in the Philippines. She was a member of De La Salle University (DLSU) Lady Spikers, the official women's volleyball varsity team of De La Salle University. She was a two-time University Athletic Association of the Philippines's (UAAP) Finals Most Valuable Player and was part of DLSU Lady Spikers' four UAAP championships. She is known for her versatility in playing the sport of volleyball earning her the moniker "Ms. Everything". Personal life Cruz was born on May 11, 1988. She studied in the St. Louis College of Valenzuela high school from 2003 to 2006 and completed her Bachelor's in Psychology at De La Salle Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Gumabao
Michele Theresa Imperial Gumabao (; born September 2, 1992) is a Filipino volleyball player and beauty pageant titleholder. She is currently signed to the Creamline Cool Smashers of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), and has previously played for teams in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). She was named "Best Opposite Spiker" five times in her professional career and was the Finals in the 2016 Shakey's V-League Reinforced Conference. She played collegiate volleyball for the De La Salle Lady Spikers, winning the UAAP title three consecutive times. She was named "Best Blocker" twice and as co-captain of the team, she was named Finals MVP in her last season. She has appeared on television as a sports analyst, and was a celebrity housemate in '' Pinoy Big Brother: All In'' (2014), where she lasted for 57 days. She also ventured into beauty pageants. She was crowned Binibining Pilipinas Globe in 2018, and represented the Philippines at Miss Globe later that year, placing in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cocolife-United VC Asset Managers
The United VC was a professional women's volleyball team in the Philippine Superliga (PSL). Established in 2017, the club debuted under the sponsorship of United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation (COCOLIFE) and played as the COCOLIFE Asset Managers from the 2017 to 2018 seasons. The club disbanded in June 2019 due to its inability to find a new sponsor. Prior to the disbandment, key players Alohi Robins-Hardy and Kalei Mau signed up with other PSL teams. Name changes * UVC - Cocolife Asset Managers (2017–2018) * United Volleyball Club (2019) Current roster For the 2019 PSL Grand Prix Conference: Head Coach * Joshua Ylaya Assistant Coach(es) * Tina Salak Team Manager * Vian Seranilla , valign="top" , Physical Therapist * B. Solano Trainer * Arcalas / Pareja * Team Captain * Import * Draft Pick * Rookie * Inactive * Withdrew * Suspended * Free Agent * Injured Previous roster For the 2018 All-Filipino Cup Head Coach * Moro Branislav Assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De La Salle University
De La Salle University ( fil, Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private university, private, Catholic Church, Catholic coeducational research university run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in Taft Avenue, Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was established by the Christian Brothers in 1911 as the De La Salle College (DLSC) in Nozaleda Street, Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre Eilenbecker, De La Salle Brothers, FSC serving as Director_(business), director, and is the first De La Salle school in the Philippines. The institution moved to its present location in 1921. The college was granted university status on February 19, 1975, and is the oldest constituent of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), a network of 16 educational institutions, established in 2006 replacing the De La Salle University System. The institution started as an exclusive single-sex education, all-boys elementary and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
