Cebu Metropolis Appearing Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia (proper) and Appearing Vice Mayor Dondon Hontiveros (left) carry the torch throughout the Palarong Pambansa torch relay on the CCSC. | Picture from Cebu Metropolis PIO Ruel Rosello
CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebu Metropolis Appearing Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia prolonged his gratitude to suspended Mayor Mike Rama for his essential function in bringing the Palarong Pambansa 2024 to the Queen Metropolis of the South.
Through the inauguration and launching ceremony of the Palarong Pambansa 2024 on the newly-refurbished Cebu Metropolis Sports activities Middle (CCSC) on Thursday, June 27, Garcia acknowledged Rama’s vital contributions in carry the meet right here after 30 years.
The occasion was attended by performing Vice Mayor Dondon Hontiveros, Cebu Metropolis Corridor executives, and key sports activities stakeholders who gathered to re-open the CCSC forward of the nationwide video games scheduled ffrom July 9-16.
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“Let’s not additionally overlook as a result of he was additionally instrumental in all of this of the internet hosting or our Palaro, let’s additionally thank Mayor Mike Rama,” stated Garcia.
Rama was pivotal in bidding for Cebu Metropolis to host the Palarong Pambansa 2024 final yr. He, alongside Hontiveros, Cebu Metropolis Sports activities Fee (CCSC) Chairman John Pages, and DepEd Cebu Metropolis Assistant Colleges Division Superintendent Adolf Aguilar, formally accepted the turnover of internet hosting duties in Marikina Metropolis final yr.
In February, Rama formally inked Cebu Metropolis’s dedication by signing a memorandum of settlement with Vice President Sara Duterte, marking town’s first Palaro internet hosting since 1994. Sadly, Rama was slapped with a preventive suspension in Might, sidelining him from his duties.
Additionally on Thursday, the CCSC reopened after greater than a yr of renovation, which started in Might 2023. The venture confronted public scrutiny, particularly from sports activities lovers, when the rubberized monitor oval remained unfinished throughout the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Affiliation (CVIRAA) meet final Might.
Nevertheless, Garcia’s strict deadline for the contractors ensured the oval’s completion 12 days earlier than the Palarong Pambanmsa 2024 opens on July 9.
“I’m glad that we’re all right here to by some means launch our Palarong Pambansa with the opening of our CCSC. And at this level, I wish to thank the people and establishments and provides credit score the place credit score is due for the individuals who made this doable, what I imply is the reopening of the CCSC,” stated Garcia.
In the meantime, Vice Mayor Hontiveros, a former athlete who competed within the 1994 video games in Cebu, expressed his pleasure for the Palaro’s return.
“I’m excited as you’re, hopefully mabuhat na gyud ni nato. Palarong Pambansa is only the start. I’m very grateful that 30 years in the past, I used to be simply an aspiring athlete, now to be a part of the organizing committee dako kaayo ug achievement nako. Salamat kaayo nga nitabang mabuhat nato ni,” stated Hontiveros.
The CCSC is now 98% accomplished, with solely minor ending touches remaining, together with the placing up of a big LED monitor for dwell streaming the video games and Palarong Pambansa 2024 medal tally.
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