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This marks a historic first for Filipino student-athletes, who will now be rewarded for his or her medal-winning performances on the nationwide degree
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Philippines – For the primary time ever, the Philippine Sports activities Fee (PSC) will award Palarong Pambansa medalists with money incentives for his or her exhausting work.
In a video message performed throughout the opening of the 66th Palarong Pambansa in Agusan del Sur on Sunday, Could 24, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. introduced that podium finishers from each common sports activities and para video games will get to take dwelling these rewards.
PSC chairman Patrick “Pato” Gregorio informed Rappler that gold medalists will obtain a prize of P5,000, whereas silver and bronze medalists will take dwelling P3,000 and P2,000, respectively. This comes a month after he informed the sports activities media that he had proposed a P10-million fund for the reward system.
The newly introduced incentives depend as one other step in direction of Marcos’ directive to spice up the nationwide sports activities grassroots program.
Above all, although, it marks a historic first for younger Filipino athletes who will now be acknowledged for his or her skills on the nationwide degree. Below Republic Act 10699, solely nationwide athletes who win medals from main worldwide competitions, together with their coaches, are entitled to obtain these perks.
For athletes competing in grassroots competitions like Palarong Pambansa, nonetheless, it’s often their respective native authorities models that present them with money rewards for his or her medal hauls. As an illustration, the Division of Training (DepEd)-Davao Area and DepEd-Davao Metropolis Division are set to reward 2026 Palarong Pambansa gold medalists with a collective P40,000 prize, silver medalists with a collective P17,000, and bronze medalists with P13,000, Sunstar reported.
The 2026 Palarong Pambansa formally opened on Could 24 and can end on Could 31. There are a complete of 10,718 student-athletes from 18 areas — together with the Nationwide Academy of Sports activities and the Philippine Colleges Abroad — competing throughout numerous sports activities.
The sixty fifth video games held in Ilocos Norte noticed the Nationwide Capital Area take dwelling its 18th straight title as total champion. – Rappler.com
