Allowances ibabalik sa mga national athletes

MANILA, Philippines - Ito ang magpapasaya sa mga national athletes.

Sinabi kahapon ni Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Richie Garcia na ibabalik niya ang monthly allowance ng mga atleta simula ngayong buwan.

“Off hand, we have decided that starting August 1 we will be giving them the allowances, maybe not today, maybe not tommorow but as soon as we come up with the list agreed between the Commissioners and the NSAs,” ani Garcia sa panayam ng DZSR Sports Radio.

Inatasan ni Garcia sina Commissioners Chito Loy­zaga, Akiko Thomson, Atty. Joly Gomez at Col. Buddy Andrada na kunin sa mga NSAs ang listahan ng mga atleta na muling bibigyan ng monthly allowance ng PSC.

Nasa kamay ni Loyzaga ang arnis, athletics, baseball, basketball, bowling, football, golf, Ice skating, lawn bowls, rugby, taekwondo, volleyball at wushu, habang kay Thomson ang aquatics, badminton, boardsailing, bridge, chess, dancesport, duckpin bowling, fencing, kayak, sports climbing at table tennis.

Nasa poder ni Gomez ang archery, boxing, gymnastics, judo, karatedo, motorcycles, pencak silat, softball, squash, triathlon, underwater hockey at wrestling at kay Andrada ang billiards, bodybuilding, cycling, dragon boat, equestrian, muay thai, rowing, sepak takraw, shooting, tennis, soft tennis, weightlifting at powerlifting.

“We have already found were the money will come from. The savings that we will have from the securities and janitorial services will be more than enough to cover their allowances.”