City Govt. Of Maasin Spends P7M Plus As Host City For EVRAA Meet 2012

FEb. 14,2012



City Govt. Of Maasin Spends P7M Plus As Host City Of The EVRAA Meet 2012
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.,

Maasin City, Southern Leyte-The City Govt of Maasin has spent P7M plus as host city of EVRAA meet 2012 here from Jan. 29 up to Feb. 3,2012.
On Feb, 4, all the participating delegations have started leaving the place bound for their home cities and provinces here in region 8(Leyte and Samar) otherwise known as Eastern Visayas.
This was the disclosure of Maasin Mayor Maloney Samaco in an interview at his office at City Hall.
Samaco informed that the whopping amount was spent for uniforms of athletes,offciating officials and coaches; sports equipments,meals,repair of billeting schools where all the delegations were lodged; repair and preparation of playing venues, funds for transportation services, rental of multicabs and motorcabs to service the athletes, officiating officials and coaches, tarpaulin streamers use for the welcoming of all delegations in the entire region and postings of tarpaulin streamers in all strategic locations of the city about the implementation of smoke-free policy for the EVRAA meet.
The sports-minded Mayor who is also a sportswriter revealed that only the gold medalists of different sports games can participate in the upcoming Palarong Pambansa to be held at Lingayen,Pangasinan.He said that it’s probably during the second or third week of May of the current year.

He said that there are more than thirty who will comprise the Maasin delegation that he will lead.As it is, the group will compose of athletes,officiating officials and coaches.

He said that the games that the aforesaid delegation will be going to compete are swimming, volleyball, taekwondo,table and lawn tennis and arnis.

Asked when will be the next year’s EVRAA meet and who will host it,he said that some delegations have problems yet to be solved in hosting the sports competitions.

The Mayor implied that talks and discussions about it shall most probably be done at the Palarong Pambansa host city’s sports center named Don Narciso Ramos Sports Center.

He added that all the Superintendents who shall be leading the participating delegates to the upcoming Palarong Pambansa in Lingayen,Pangasinan this coming May are the ones who will decide.(Quirico M. Gorpido,.Jr.)