EJ Obiena aims for August athletics restart

Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena gets a chance to compete in one of sports' first international events amid the pandemic

West PH Sea turning into a wasteland – analyst

Reclaiming coral reefs, harvesting giant clams, and overfishing – mostly by China – have reduced the contested sea into a 'boneyard,' says Asia maritime expert Gregory Poling

Little hope ASEAN can rein in China in sea dispute – analyst

The long-delayed, highly anticipated code of conduct in the coveted waterway will unlikely restrain China’s assertive actions, says US-based Asia maritime expert Greg Poling

Pandemic not affecting China's strategy in West PH Sea – U.S. analyst

Expanding control over the strategic waterway is so much a part of Beijing's regular policy that the coronavirus pandemic does not appear to have hampered or boosted it, says Asia maritime expert Greg Poling

Rappler Sports Timeout: What's up with EJ Obiena?

Rappler catches up with Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena on his overseas training regimen amid the Italy lockdown

EJ Obiena 'lost for words' after Tokyo 2020 Olympics delay

Pole vaulter EJ Obiena, the first Filipino to secure a Tokyo 2020 berth, has to wait another year for his Olympic debut

Brazil dance studio has moves for every body type

Maravilhosas offers pole dancing classes for all shapes and sizes, and also specially tailored classes for body types that are typically underrepresented in the dance world

EJ Obiena seizes golden SEA Games pole vault record

Philippine athletics star EJ Obiena completes a comeback from injury with a record-breaking leap for his first SEA Games gold

Intentional? Chinese ship in Recto Bank incident 'explicitly connected' to Beijing

The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says its new findings strongly suggest that the Chinese ship does not operate solely as a commercial fishing ship and 'raises the question of whether the collision with the Gem-Ver was intentional'

EJ Obiena proud to be 1st Filipino to make 2020 Tokyo Olympics

'I didn't know I'm the first Filipino. That just changed my world. I take pride in that,' says pole vault star EJ Obiena

EJ Obiena nails Tokyo 2020 Olympics berth

The Filipino pole vaulter resets his Philippine record for the third time this year to secure a maiden Olympics stint

Chinese tourists accosted for taking photos of naval facility in Palawan

Taking pictures is generally prohibited in most military facilities because it risks giving away valuable tactical information

Climate change blamed for deaths of 200 Arctic reindeers

About 1,200 kilometers from the North Pole, researchers from the Norwegian Polar Institute identify around 200 deer carcasses believed to have starved to death last winter

Malaysia, Vietnam show PH can stand up to China

'When claimants stand up for themselves and refuse to be intimidated, Beijing most often backs down rather than uses force,' says Gregory Poling of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative

EJ Obiena bags 2019 Universiade pole vault gold, sets new PH record

The national athletics team standout shatters the Philippine pole vault record yet again

Fil-Am pole vaulter shatters 11-year national record

Natalie Uy’s record-breaking feat boosts Philippine athletics' gold-medal hopes in the 2019 SEA Games

Poland shuns Israel summit amid Holocaust row

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis says the summit with Israel and the Visegrad Four – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – is cancelled but that there will be bilateral talks

Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers could melt, study warns

Glaciers in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya region are a critical water source for some 250 million people in the mountains as well as to 1.65 billion others in the river valleys below

2018: Year of China military deployments in South China Sea – U.S. think tank

In 2018, China entered a new 'phase' in its militarization of the South China Sea, including the Spratlys in the West Philippine Sea, says AMTI director Gregory Poling

WATCH: PGT winner Kristel de Catalina teaches you how to pole dance

The pole powerhouse lets us in on the basic moves of the sport

Over 80 athletes from around the world to compete at the Philippine Aerial Cup 2018

The international pole and aerial arts competition will be happening on October 13 at the RCBC Plaza in Makati City

Back to zero: EJ Obiena gears up for pole vault comeback

After recovering from an ACL injury, the Filipino pole vaulter hopes to find his way back to the top

China kindergarten principal sacked for pole dance show

Videos circulating on social media show a scantily-clad dancer in hot pants shimmying up and down a pole to thumping music as stunned children in marching band uniforms look on

PH pole vaulter EJ Obiena betters SEA Games record twice in Europe

The national team mainstay is working on making it to the 2018 Asian Games podium

Experts urge Philippines to publicize protests vs China

'Quietly passing notes to Beijing and refusing to acknowledge Chinese harassment publicly' doesn't help in increasing international pressure on China, says Gregory Poling, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative

Duterte admin 'naive' on West Philippine Sea – expert

'If a bully keeps punching you over and over and over, it is naive to think he's all of a sudden going to stop and behave nicely,' Gregory Poling of CSIS tells Rappler

Rappler Talk: CSIS' Gregory Poling on West Philippine Sea

US-based analyst Gregory Poling explains why he views the Duterte administration's West Philippine Sea policy as 'well-intentioned but naive'

Pole-dancing robots aim to spice up CES 2018

The robo-strippers are the creation of British artist Giles Walker, who says he designed the vaguely humanoid machines as an expression about surveillance, power, and voyeurism

[Gameplan] First-timers try pole dancing

Leave your excuses out the door and try out pole dancing!

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Pole vaulter Obiena, hurdler Unso out of SEA Games 2017 with injuries

Obiena injures his left knee during practice a day before flying out for the Games in what is initially diagnosed as an ACL tear while Unso injures his hamstring

With new poles, Obiena breaks own national record in Germany

Philippine pole vaulter Ernest John Obiena clears 5 61 meters to break his own national record

A pole vaulter without a pole: How Obiena became a SEA Games medalist

Ernest John Obiena may get rejected fail or even run out of funding but he won t quit He has always found a way – for his country and the sport

Pole vaulter notches lone gold for PH in SEA Youth Athletics

Francis Edward Obiena a Grade 11 student of Chiang Kai Shek College edges out his Singaporean counterpart

Buzz Aldrin discharged from New Zealand hospital

Aldrin 86 the second man to walk on the moon is the oldest person to reach the South Pole before being evacuated to a hospital in the New Zealand city of Christchurch

Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin stable after South Pole health scare

UPDATED Aldrin was visiting Antarctica as part of a tourist group when his condition deteriorated according to a statement from the tour operator White Desert

Pole vaulter escapes ban after cocaine contamination during hotel tryst

Canada s Shawn Barber competed at the Rio Games after arguing that he was contaminated by cocaine accidentally by a woman he hooked up with through Craigslist

WATCH: Japanese pole vaulter's Olympic hopes foiled by his own penis

Hiroki Ogita s penis knocks the bar off during the 5 45m pole vault event costing him a ticket to the next round

Hangars prove China plan to 'militarize' islands

China wants to establish effective control over the sea and airspace in the South China Sea analyst Gregory Poling tells Rappler

PH vs China: Which countries support Beijing?

UPDATED Most of China’s 10 public supporters come from Africa a continent to which China has pledged billions of dollars in aid

Pedrosa grabs pole ahead of crucial Malaysian MotoGP

Spain s Dani Pedrosa seized his first pole of the 2015 season in dry track conditions ahead of Sunday s Malaysian MotoGP after a fierce battle with his Honda teammate Marc Marquez

Marc Marquez on pole for Australian MotoGP

Defending world champion Marc Marquez claimed pole position ahead of Andrea Iannone with Valentino Rossi seventh ahead

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Need a break? Go ski in the North Pole!

Once the explorer bug bites there’s no telling where it will take you next Just ask Sam Pimentel

Filipina joins expedition to the North Pole

To reach the North Pole is considered the pinnacle of polar exploration says Sam Pimentel who joined a team of 6 who reached the North Pole by skiing

Thousands scan skies for glimpse of 'amazing' solar eclipse

UPDATED Die hard eclipse enthusiasts who flew in to the Faroe Islands and Norway s Arctic Svalbard archipelago – the only places where the less than 3 minute total eclipse was visible – are rewarded with the best views

HIGHLIGHTS: Total solar eclipse of 2015

UPDATED Replay the livestream of 2015 s only total solar eclipse courtesy of the Slooh Community Observatory

'Supermoon' to make mischief with sun and sea

A celestial ballet involving the moon will result in a solar eclipse in the roof of the world followed by exceptional tides

Obiena caps banner year for athletics

Ernest John Obiena won the Singapore Open in a new national mark of 5 20m

Defrosted: Antarctic explorer's century-old notebook uncovered

A photographic notebook from Robert Scott s ill fated Antarctic expedition has been found after a century trapped in the ice of the frozen continent