Pangasinan hosts next year’s PRISAA

DAGUPAN CITY – The 2006 Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Games is slated Feb. 5-11 with 12 sporting events to be hosted by the province of Pangasinan for the first time ever.

This was announced during the formal launching of the event Friday at the Lyceum-Northwestern University (LNU) here.

Dr. Gonzalo Duque, LNU president who is also the PRISAA national president and vice chairman of PRISAA national board of trustees, led the official launch of the 2006 PRISAA which will have the Narciso Ramos Sports and Civic Center in Lingayen as the main venue.

Some 4,000 athletes, coaches and officials from the different regions in the country are expected to participate in the sports meet which will feature competitions in athletics, badminton, chess, baseball, basketball, softball, lawn tennis, sepak takraw, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, and volleyball.

Duque said their hosting of the PRISAA has the full support of government officials led by Pangasinan Gov. Victor Agbayani, House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr., who represents the province’s fourth district, and the five other congressmen from the province namely, Reps. Arthur Celeste, Amado Espino, Jr., Generoso Tulagan, Mark Cojuangco and Conrado Estrella III. — Cesar Ramirez