MANILA, Philippines — As it celebrated the agency’s 28th anniversary, the Philippine Sports Commission announced plans to further strengthen its grassroots program for the year in keeping with the administration’s thrust of reaching out to the countryside. “The mandate of PSC is very clear that we need to have grassroots program. Through this we’re able to launch the Children’s Games and conduct a series of Coaches’ Education and we also included the Indigenous Games last year. We found out that of almost 1,000 athletes, those under the ‘priority athlete’ classification are only less than a hundred. Reviewing the list and making a clear policy on which athlete and coach deserve allowances from the PSC, Ramirez reiterated, will rid the system of influence-peddling.

Source: Philippine Star January 26, 2018 16:18 UTC