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Bill seeks probe of athletes’ poor showing in Indonesia filed 11/27/2011

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Bill seeks probe of athletes’ poor showing in Indonesia filed

11/27/2011
Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III has filed a resolution asking the Senate committee on games, amusements and sports to conduct an inquiry into the “problems which caused the below-par performance of the Philippines vis-à-vis the projected output of the Philippine Sports Commission” in the 26th Southeast Asian Games held recently in Jakarta, Indonesia.

“This is not a witch-hunt. We want to get to the bottom of the debacle by taking a close look at the whole sports situation, from the selection of athletes to training processes and funding of sports associations, for instance, not finger-pointing and blaming individuals,” Pimentel said.

Pimentel said that “despite the great efforts exerted by our brave Filipino athletes,” the Philippines was overtaken in the bi-annual competition by other countries, including Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, which finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th, respectively..... MORE

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URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20111127nat2.html

2 comments:

Jesusa Bernardo said...

wala kasing delicadeza sa pag.appoint. pati mga kamag.anak ng dilaw. tama itong pagiimbestigang gagawin na ito. (pero hindi ko gusto pagkampi ni koko pimentel sa kalbong agila/nato laban kay gaddafi).

"“This is not a witch-hunt. We want to get to the bottom of the debacle by taking a close look at the whole sports situation, from the selection of athletes to training processes and funding of sports associations, for instance, not finger-pointing and blaming individuals,” Pimentel said.

"Pimentel said that “despite the great efforts exerted by our brave Filipino athletes,” the Philippines was overtaken in the bi-annual competition by other countries, including Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, which finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th, respectively."

Anonymous said...

Beginners enthusiasm.

Typical.

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