ROTA DOCUMENTARY. Directors Albert Almendralejo (right) and Maricel Cariaga (left) with Simone. FILIPINO-Italian footballer Simone was left by his teenage mom in the Buklod Kalinga orphanage in Parañaque 1984. An Italian couple Maurizio and Marilena Rota adopted him and another baby Valentina and brought them to Milan, Italy where they grew up. In Milan,
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Pagatpat Elem School, Rosevale to host Simone Rota docu
“Journeyman Finds Home: The Simone Rota Story,” a documentary that received a grade of “A” from the Cinema Evaluation Board (CEB) and won Audience Prize at the 2018 European Philippine International Film Festival held in Italy, will kick off its Mindanao series of screenings here in Cagayan de Oro City
No Place for Schrocky
STEPHAN SCHROCK COACH THOMAS DOOLEY If we ask coach Thomas Dooley, fan favorite Stephan Schrock has no place in the Azkals line-up when they take on Tajikistan in the historic match for an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup slot at the Rizal Memorial stadium in Manila on March 27. Although the PFF
Even on the moon we support the Azkals
PFF urges all to prepare for a busy 2018
THE Philippine Football Federation (PFF) is urging the football community to prepare for a busy 2018 as the Women’s National team the ‘Malditas’ qualify to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women’s Asian Cup in Jordan. In a Christmas message released on the PFF.org website of the PFF, president Mariano Araneta and
No Azkals debacle in Taipei
How can it be a debacle when the Philippine Azkals finished second in the four-team invitational tournament in Taiwan recently? But the trolls in the internet and some football fans and followers call the second place finish a debacle. Webster dictionary mentions that the word debacle is a French word which means