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lemonrock 68M
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6/22/2008 8:07 pm

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6/22/2008 8:10 pm
Philippine Sports Fiasco

Philippine Sports Fiasco


A group of young and promising athletes from the Association of Advancement of Karatedo (AAK), will compete this June 2008 in Italy. However, the Italian Embassy here in the Philippines is giving the players and their parents a hard time in securing a sports visa. Why? Because of Mr. Edgardo Ponce, the suspended now ousted, President of the Philippine Karatedo Federation. Mr. Ponce was arrested last December 2007 for human trafficking. He is now behind bars in Mindoro and facing criminal charges.
What Mr. Ponce did was to send national athletes to Italy to be trained in preparation for SEA and ASIAN games. However, Mr. Ponce included non athletes to the roster of the national team in exchange for a huge amount of money. As a result, the Italian government deported one of the non-athlete Filipinos whom Mr. Ponce sent. The deported Filipino complained to the Philippine authorities, which led to Mr. Ponces’ arrest and imprisonment.
I talked to one of the parents going to Italy. They will know their fate on June 25: if they will be granted a visa or not.
It is a pity that other should suffer for the actions of other Filipinos who do immoral and illegal deeds. Mr. Ponce should pay for this crime, because he is a disgrace to Philippine Sports and to the Filipino people as a whole.




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