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    PSC takes belt-tightening measures to keep commitments to national team members

    PSC takes belt-tightening measures to keep commitments to national team members
    Apr 29, 2020

    FOLLOWING the consecutive directives of the Department of Budget Management on projects that will be discontinued and the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases on prohibited activities even beyond the Enhanced Community Quarantine, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) instituted several belt-tightening measures to ensure that it can keep its commitment to continue to support the members of the national team.

    The agency’s officials led by chairman William Ramirez held a virtual board meeting on Wednesday and discussed ways they could meet outstanding commitments of the agency.

    The PSC announced that all sports activities are canceled until December of this year, in compliance with the IATF directives.

    The board also decided to finally withdraw further financial support to the twice-postponed 10th Asean Paragames. The PSC shall, however, honor its previous commitments with the APG organizing committee to cover initial operations expenses.

    “We heed the call of the national government to cut expenses as we reroute majority of our resources to fighting the pandemic, but we also stand by our commitment to keep supporting members of the national team,” explained Ramirez.

    There is a status quo on allowance releases for national athletes and coaches, and Ramirez thanked PAGCOR for its steady remittances to the agency. With the present lockdown however, PAGCOR’s income has been greatly affected, and shall probably impact its remittances to PSC subsequently.

    “We continue to study projections and proposals and the board is ready to take necessary actions should they be needed,” said Ramirez.

    Commissioners Celia Kiram, Ramon Fernandez, Arnold Agustin and Charles Maxey joined Ramirez along with Executive Director Merly Ibay, Deputy Executive Directors Dennis Rivera and Guillermo Iroy, as well as Chief of Staff Marc Velasco.

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