COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The delegations from Basilan and its capital, Lamitan City, to the 2020 Bangsamoro regional athletic meet could be the most sufficiently funded entries to the event from among the region’s five provinces. The upland municipality of Upi in Maguindanao will host the six-day Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Athletic Meet next week. Jim Salliman on Thursday released separate checks amounting to P1 million and P400,000 to the superintendents of the Basilan and Lamitan City public schools, respectively, to help fill for the financial requisites of both contingents. Lamitan City has athletes from schools in its more than 40 constituent-barangays. Undain-Sanches has jurisdiction over public schools in the 11 municipalities in Basilan.

Source: Philippine Star January 11, 2020 07:07 UTC