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                    [Title] => PSC sees more funds for grassroots program
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The Philippine Sports Commission intends to strengthen its grassroots development program next year in search of new talents with bigger funds expected to flow in following the country’s fine showings in the recent Southeast Asian Games and the Asian Games.


"We could channel some of the funds intended for elite sports to our grassroots development and strengthen our search for new sporting heroes,’’ said PSC chairman William "Butch" Ramirez.


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                    [Title] => Buhain, Dayrit tuloy pa rin ang iringan
                    [Summary] => Kahit Paskung-Pasko, tuloy pa rin sa iringan sina Philippine Olympic Committee president Celso Dayrit at Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Eric Buhain.


Nagpalitan ng pagbati ng ‘Merry Christmas’ ang dalawang matataas na pinuno ng sports sa Christmas Party ng POC-PSC Media Group kamakalawa ng gabi, ngunit ramdam pa rin ang tensiyon na namamagitan sa dalawa.


Maagang umalis si Dayrit sa Christmas Party na ginanap sa Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall at di na gaanong nagkomento pa ukol sa isyu.


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                    [Title] => GMA presence a big boost for Tubod Palaro
                    [Summary] => No less than President Arroyo will be around when the 2003 Palarong Pambansa, thrice postponed this year due to the unstable peace and order situation in Mindanao, finally pushes through in Tubod, Lanao del Norte later this month.


The President gracing the opening of the annual multi-event sportsfest for elementary and high school students is also part of her administration’s continuing effort to promote peace, through sports, in the Mindanao region.


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                    [Title] => Curtain to finally rise on Palaro
                    [Summary] => Tubod, Lanao del Norte — The thrice-postponed Palarong Pambansa which is scheduled to be held here, will formally open on Oct. 25.


Lanao del Norte Governor Imelda Dimaporo said yesterday that after the Mindanao Friendship Games, which is scheduled on the third week of October in Mati, Davao Oriental, all pieces  of equipments of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will be transported and installed at the Mindanao Civic Center (MCC) here, the venue of the games.


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                    [Title] => Palaro reset to ensure good turnout
                    [Summary] => There seems to be no stopping  this year’s Palarong Pambansa – when it comes to postponements.	After being called off last May due to  the poor peace and order situation in Mindanao, and reset to June and then to Oct. 5 to 12...
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                    [Title] => Student nanawagan sa mga student athletes
                    [Summary] => Nananawagan si Chairman Eric Buhain ng Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) sa mga student athletes na simulan na ang kanilang paghahanda para sa Palarong Pambansa na pinal ng itinakda sa Oktubre sa Tubod, Lanao del Norte.


Gaganapin din sa buwan ng Oktubre sa Mindanao ang third Mindanao Friendship Games sa Mati, Davao Oriental.


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                    [Title] => Mindanao Friendship Games up next for PSC
                    [Summary] => PUERTO PRINCESA — Now that the curtains have been lowered on the third BIMP East Asia Growth Area Friendship Games, the Philippine Sports Commission is setting its sights on the third Mindanao Friendship Games set Oct. 19-24 in Mati, Davao Oriental. 


Sports commissioner Leon Montemayor, project director of the three-day event involving Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and RP, said preparations have resumed for the annual multi-sports meet aimed at fostering peace and unity in the region through sports. 


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                    [Title] => Peace talks to tackle Palaro anew
                    [Summary] => Puerto PRINCESA, Palawan — A government official said yesterday the staging of the Palarong Pambansa this year would depend on the ongoing peace talks between government and a rebel Muslim group. 


Jesus Dureza, Presidential adviser for Mindanao Affairs, said the government peace panel is set to hold peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) soon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 


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                    [Title] => Bacolod wants to host Palaro
                    [Summary] => Like Puerto Princesa, Bacolod City has also expressed interest in taking over from Tubod, Lanao del Norte as this year’s host of the Palarong Pambansa just in case the peace and order situation in Mindanao worsens.


Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella made the announcement yesterday even as he is set to talk to Lanao del Norte Rep. Abdullah "Bobby" Dimaporo on the staging of the multi-sports meet for high school and elementary students.


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                    [Title] => Palaro will be peaceful in Tubod
                    [Summary] => Tubod, Lanao del Norte, host of this year’s Palarong Pambansa, is not taking any chance as far as  security to the Games and its participants is concerned. 


Philippine Sports commissioner William "Butch" Ramirez said Lanao del Norte Governor Imelda Dimaporo and husband Congressman Abdullah "Bobby" Dimaporo are leaving no stone unturned to make sure the Palarong Pambansa, a multi-sports meet for high school and elementary student-athletes, will be peaceful.


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MINDANAO FRIENDSHIP GAMES

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"We could channel some of the funds intended for elite sports to our grassroots development and strengthen our search for new sporting heroes,’’ said PSC chairman William "Butch" Ramirez.


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Nagpalitan ng pagbati ng ‘Merry Christmas’ ang dalawang matataas na pinuno ng sports sa Christmas Party ng POC-PSC Media Group kamakalawa ng gabi, ngunit ramdam pa rin ang tensiyon na namamagitan sa dalawa.


Maagang umalis si Dayrit sa Christmas Party na ginanap sa Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall at di na gaanong nagkomento pa ukol sa isyu.


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The President gracing the opening of the annual multi-event sportsfest for elementary and high school students is also part of her administration’s continuing effort to promote peace, through sports, in the Mindanao region.


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                    [Title] => Curtain to finally rise on Palaro
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Lanao del Norte Governor Imelda Dimaporo said yesterday that after the Mindanao Friendship Games, which is scheduled on the third week of October in Mati, Davao Oriental, all pieces  of equipments of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) will be transported and installed at the Mindanao Civic Center (MCC) here, the venue of the games.


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                    [Title] => Student nanawagan sa mga student athletes
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Gaganapin din sa buwan ng Oktubre sa Mindanao ang third Mindanao Friendship Games sa Mati, Davao Oriental.


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Sports commissioner Leon Montemayor, project director of the three-day event involving Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and RP, said preparations have resumed for the annual multi-sports meet aimed at fostering peace and unity in the region through sports. 


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                    [Summary] => Puerto PRINCESA, Palawan — A government official said yesterday the staging of the Palarong Pambansa this year would depend on the ongoing peace talks between government and a rebel Muslim group. 


Jesus Dureza, Presidential adviser for Mindanao Affairs, said the government peace panel is set to hold peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) soon in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 


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Bacolod Rep. Monico Puentevella made the announcement yesterday even as he is set to talk to Lanao del Norte Rep. Abdullah "Bobby" Dimaporo on the staging of the multi-sports meet for high school and elementary students.


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                    [Summary] => Tubod, Lanao del Norte, host of this year’s Palarong Pambansa, is not taking any chance as far as  security to the Games and its participants is concerned. 


Philippine Sports commissioner William "Butch" Ramirez said Lanao del Norte Governor Imelda Dimaporo and husband Congressman Abdullah "Bobby" Dimaporo are leaving no stone unturned to make sure the Palarong Pambansa, a multi-sports meet for high school and elementary student-athletes, will be peaceful.


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