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Philippine Showbiz Today
October 22 - March
November
8 - 21, 7, 2019
2017
Sen. Pacquiao hails
creation of Sarangani
Sports Training Center
SENATE – Senator Manny
Pacquiao expressed his unending
gratitude to President Rodrigo
R. Duterte for signing into
law Republic Act No. 11224
establishing a state-of-the-art
Philippine Sports Training Center
(PSTC) in Sarangani Province.
The construction and creation
of PSTC has a proposed budget
of PHP3.5 billion.
Pacquiao, chair of the Senate
Committee on Sports, was the
main author of Senate Bill No.
1716, or the Philippine Amateur
Sports Training Center Act,
with Sen. Sonny Angara as co-
sponsor.
SB No. 1716 was approved
with
18
affirmative
votes,
no negative votes and zero
abstention.
Pres. Duterte signed RA
11224, otherwise known as
Philippine Sports Training Center
Act, last Feb. 22 but a copy of
which was release to the media
only on March 2.
“From the bottom of my
heart, I’d like to express my
profound thanks to Pres. Duterte
for signing into law RA 1224. This
is a big boost not only for our
national sports but also for my
home province where this facility
will be established,” Pacquiao
said.
Under RA 11224, the provin-
cial government of Sarangani and
municipal government of Alabel,
in coordination with the Philippine
Sports Commission (PSC), were
mandated to take the necessary
steps to upgrade, improve, and
modernize existing facilities,
equipment and personnel and
integrate them into the newly
created sports training center.
The law further says “The
provincial
government
of
Sarangani and the municipal
government
of
Alabel,
in
coordination with the PSC,
shall create the necessary
training programs, appropriate
tournaments, and competition,
as well as the system by which the
facilities shall be maintained and
managed in order to accomplish
the objectives and purpose of this
Act.”
Funds for the construction,
establishment and operation of
the Sarangani Sports Training
Center will primarily be provided
by the local government units
with support coming from the
Philippine Sports Commission
(PSC) and the Office of the
President.
Pacquiao claimed it will be the
country’s premier sports training
center with indoor facilities.
Once the construction is
finished, athletes can train there
whole year round.
Right now, the country has
no indoor sports facilities where
athletes can train even during
inclement weather.
“As athletes, they strictly
follow their training schedule.
But sometimes, this is hampered
by the onset of rainy season or
extreme heat, among others. With
the construction of an indoor
sports training center, athletes
particularly those involved in
outdoor sports can train even
during noontime or rainy season,”
Pacquiao said.
Based on the original project
proposal, the sports training
facility will be constructed on
an eight-hectare government
property.
This will be equipped, among
others, with an Olympic-sized
swimming pool, Olympic-standard
indoor and outdoor rubberized
track oval, international-standard
basketball court, well-equipped
gym for contact sports and a
separate dormitories for male and
female athletes. ●
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AFP honours Pacquiao
Senator Manny Pacquiao at the Lapu-lapu Grandstand fighting senator was also granted
receives the AFP Meritorious in Camp Aguinaldo Friday an honorary membership in the
Achievement Medal from the afternoon.
Philippine Army Scout Ranger. -
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Aside from the award, the
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