Victorico Vargas, the newly elected president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), was sent by God to Philippine sports. Filipino athletes have suffered in the past several years because of corruption, mismanagement and abuse of authority. There is an urgent need to break the chain of corruption that has paralyzed the growth and develop­menAt of Philippine sports. We do hope that under POC president Vargas, the system will be changed and corruption will be stopped in Philippine swimming. The change in Philippine sports must come now under the PSC, an agency under the Office of the President, and the new POC president Vargas.

Source: Manila Times March 05, 2018 15:33 UTC