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MNL, Phil — Its official?

areas that vied to host the biggest sporting event in the country include Ilagan City in Cagayan, baguio city,the

provincial of bulacan & Marikina City

After hrs of deliberating the Departament of Education (DEPED) names Ilocos Sur as the host of Palarong

Pambansa 2017 which according to the DEPED calendar of activities will be on April 16-20 in an interview with

DEPED Secretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs Tonisito Umali he said the basis of determining

the host are the completeness of the sports facilities, compliance

with int’l standards, procimity of venues to bulletin quarters

peace and order, and the support of local government units (LGUs) and stakeholders

I could like to emphasized that the 5 bidder LGUs pass all this standards and scored relatively close to each

other. Ilocos Sur I thinkpackaged it better Umali said in Filipino

In an article publish by Bombo Radyo Philippines, Ilocos Sur Governor Ryan Singson emphasized that Vigan

City's community peaceful indicated by the recent award received by the city police station became there edge

among others

Home court advantage?

Will the home court advantage help young athletes from the Bicol provinces snag medals in the Palarong

Pambansa 2018?

During the Palarong Pambansa 2017 in San Jose de Buenavista, Albay, Ilocos Region ranked 13th in the final

medal tally garnering 7 golds, 12 silvers, and 21 bronzes, totaling 40 medals. Ana Marie Eugenio of Ilocos

Region broke the 19 years old record in 400m hurdles for Elementary girls after recording 1:08.03. Janelou

Cabal of North mindanao previously hold the record. According to Umali, Ilocos Sur is expected to give

student-athletes a unique experience during the Pambansang Palaro which coincident with the province's

200th founding aniversary.

Looking at the recent performance of Filipino athletes during the Rio Olympics in 2012 Umali said they are

creating comprehensiver Program in partnernship with the philippine sports commision to development a more

skill & disciplined athlete

Through this, we are expecting to produce ath letes that will give our country its first olympic gold Umali told

Rappler.
Looking forward

Learning from Palarong Pambansa 2017, the secretary is also consi dering holding the opening ceremonies

either late in the morning or early afternoon to avoid athletes from heat exposure.

Umali assured they will continue with what they've started in Palarong

Pambansa 2017, including the Lifetime Achievement Award

and the Palaro Movers Program

The first Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Elma Muros-Posadas, an 8-time gold medalist for long-

jump in the SoutheastAsian Games, because of winning “local and international competitions, and for inspiring

local athletes” through her success.

DEPED in partnership with MovePH the civic engagement arm of Rapplerorganized the first ever Palaro

Movers Program where winners of the recent Nat’l Schools Press Conference were invited to coverage the

Palarong Pambansa after the 3 days multimedia workshop. More than 100 campus journalists and

school paper advisers from different parts of the country joins the program.

Palarong Pambansa gathered more than twele thousand youngs Filipino athletes from all over the country

playing in diff. sports and disciplined

in promote camaraederie and sportsmanship

among students — Rappler.com