MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Wednesday said it hopes that issues or disagreements between Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena and the Philippine Athletics and Track and Field Association (Patafa) will be “threshed out.” This remark is in response to Patafa’s decision to drop Obiena from the federation’s National Training Pool of Athletes “effective immediately.” Cabinet Secretary and acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said Malacañang continues to support Obiena and all other athletes. “We hope that whatever disagreements he may have or between EJ and the Patafa, hopefully, they …