{"id":79938,"date":"2016-08-17T00:28:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T04:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=79938"},"modified":"2025-03-07T01:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T06:58:37","slug":"pacquiao-psc-nurture-athletes-talents-end-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/08\/17\/pacquiao-psc-nurture-athletes-talents-end-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacquiao to PSC: Nurture our athletes\u2019 talents; end corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_74575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-74575\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/944007_1546481075655913_7229658059501383318_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74575\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/944007_1546481075655913_7229658059501383318_n-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"Pacquiao, Chair of the Senate Committee on Sports, asked PSC Commissioner William \u201cButch\u201d Ramirez to present the agency\u2019s grassroots sports program and suggested ways to enhance it such as training athletes at a young age.<\/p srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/944007_1546481075655913_7229658059501383318_n-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/944007_1546481075655913_7229658059501383318_n-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/944007_1546481075655913_7229658059501383318_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-74575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy methocarbamol online <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/methocarbamol.html\">https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/methocarbamol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>  (Photo from Pacquiao&#8217;s official Facebook page)&#8221; width=&#8221;300&#8243; height=&#8221;221&#8243; \/><\/a> Pacquiao, Chair of the Senate Committee on Sports, asked PSC Commissioner William \u201cButch\u201d Ramirez to present the agency\u2019s grassroots sports program and suggested ways to enhance it such as training athletes at a young age.<br \/>(Photo from Pacquiao&#8217;s official Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 On his first committee hearing as Chairman, Senator Emmanuel \u201cManny\u201d Pacquiao on Tuesday urged the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to nurture the talents of Filipino athletes and end corruption within the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao, Chair of the Senate Committee on Sports, asked PSC Commissioner William \u201cButch\u201d Ramirez to present the agency\u2019s grassroots sports program and suggested ways to enhance it such as training athletes at a young age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is talent there, nurture him. After he graduates from school, continue nurturing him. When the time comes, we will be collecting medals,\u201d Pacquiao said in Filipino.)<\/p>\n<p>Ramirez for his part reiterated his plan to create a masterplan that will allow the committee to build more sports training facilities and provide athletes with the best coaches, dieticians and physicians.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he targeted the completion of the masterplan before September.<\/p>\n<p>The boxer-senator meanwhile urged Ramirez to put an end to corrupt practices within the committee, especially if it would directly affect the athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Juan Edgardo \u201cSonny\u201d Angara for his part, urged the committee to establish a Philippine sports museum to exhibit significant achievements of legendary Filipino athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur generation knows the story of Hidilyn Diaz but in 20 years\u2019 time, future generations might forget it,\u201d Angara referring to the Olympian silver-medalist weightlifter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should institute a sports museum so that Hidilyn and other legendary Filipino athletes will not be forgotten,\u201d the senator, who is also vice chair to the Committee on Sports, added.<\/p>\n<p>Also present during the hearing, Senator Sherwin \u201cWin\u201d Gatchalian mentioned how it was a \u201crare opportunity\u201d that senate chairman on sports is from the grassroots.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy pregabalin online <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/pregabalin.html\">https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/pregabalin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He meanwhile urged the PSC to \u201cget their acts together\u201d especially now that a sports champion is in the senate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy valtrex online <a href=\"https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/valtrex.html\">https:\/\/cphia2023.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/valtrex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 On his first committee hearing as Chairman, Senator Emmanuel \u201cManny\u201d Pacquiao on Tuesday urged the Philippine Sports Commission &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95,44],"tags":[803,2031,11933],"class_list":["post-79938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","category-sports","tag-manny-pacquiao","tag-pacquiao","tag-psc","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287535,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79938\/revisions\/287535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}