PRISAA president lauds Gov. Espino’s sports dev’t initiatives
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro was so impressed by the provincial government’s hosting that he donated all the sports equipment purchased by the DepEd for the Palarong Pambansa 2012 in support to the Sports Academy envisioned by Espino.
On behalf of the PRISAA, Duque thanked the provincial government and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for passing a resolution for the MOA signing.
Towards the end, he recounted how the PRISAA Games was first hosted by the province in 2006, saying that NRSCC then was unfinished so athletes as well as playing venues were accommodated in Binmaley, and cities of Dagupan and San Carlos.
However, Duque said that Pangasinan’s first hosting has become the benchmark of succeeding hostings by other regions.
Provincial Administrator Baraan who represented Espino during the MOA signing said, “When we hosted the Palaro last year, the NRSCC was not yet really complete, so we assure you that we will have a better capability of hosting the PRISAA, because the NRSCC today is more complete.”
As he thanked Duque for bringing the PRISAA to the province of Pangasinan for the second time, Baraan said the provincial government employees who worked as members of the Task Force Palaro are also better trained to handle PRISAA 2013.
Last year, the provincial government of Cebu hosted the sports spectacle and it became successful, now being a challenge for the provincial government to prove that Pangasinan is the benchmark of hosting national events.
About 5,000 to 6,000 athletes, trainers and coaches will flock the province to vie for dominance in 20 sporting events. (PIO/Mark Gerry Naval Oblanca)
