MANILA, March 19 -- The Philippines has been removed from the compliance watch list of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

According to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), WADA already cleared the Philippines from its compliance watch list, saying that the Philippine National Anti-Doping Organization (PHI-NADO) has undertaken corrective measures to comply with the WADA Code and the pending compliance procedure has been closed.

"I am pleased to confirm that in light of the latest developments, the Compliance Review Committee has decided to sign off the remaining pending critical corrective actions relating to testing and results management," WADA's Chief Compliance Manager Emiliano Simonelli stated in an email sent to PHI-NADO head ...