Pangasinan Guarantee A Fair Officiating in Palarong Pambansa

Palarong Pambansa 2012 Logo

 This is the announcement of Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro FSC during the putting their signature to of the memorandum of understanding amongst the department and this year's sponsor the provincial government of Pangasinan represented by Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr.

Luistro said the office will seriously pursue the effort to make the Palaro an environment-friendly event by wanting food caterers to eliminate plastic and styrofor in the preparation of meals. "We began this in Dipolog, Zamboanga recently, we will get it done better this season," said Luistro.

On another clean aspect, Luistro announced that the DepEd will guarantee that player screening and games officiating is going to be clean and reasonable to all in keeping with the real spirit of the sporting event.

"The Palaro is a venue for values development among our junior, this is why positive Filipino values should apply," he explained.

Luistro added that your Palaro should not be made a once-a- year event but a relentless activity to really develop the athletic prowess and sportsmanship of the young. Likewise, the games venue ought not to be so constructed as to last for just a year. "It should be made to last a long time so that many players can use it for a ongoing sports program."

Players of Palarong Pambansa

The 2012 Palarong Pambansa is set from May 6 to 12, 2012 to generally be took part in by elementary and secondary learners from public and private institutions.

As predetermined in DepEd Memo No. 22 series of 2012, this year's host of the annual country's sporting occasion is the provincial administration of Pangasinan and DepEd Regional Office 1 assisted by the schools division office of Pangasinan and the city schools division offices of San Carlos City and Dagupan City.

DepEd has allocated several P136.5 million for this year's Palaro. A lot of of the functions will be performed at the Narciso Ramos Sports Center in Lingayen while the rest will be in the cities of San Carlos and Dagupan and the towns of Bugallon and Binmaley. Some 10,000 athletes, coaches and sports representatives from the country's 17 regions are estimated to participate in the country's most significant sports spectacle.

Chess Players

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Pupil -athletes who endure out from the Palaro present as feeder to the National Sports Associations for more coaching for international competitions. "In a way, the outcomes of the Palaro provide a data source for a more sound and useful school progression program," added Luistro.

The sporting events are softball, swimming, , taekwondo basketball, boxing, chess, football, gymnastics, athletics, arnis, badminton, baseball (women's artistic gymnastics, men's artistic gymnastic and rhythmic gymnastics), sipa takraw, sepak takraw, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball.

The Successful Conduct of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa

The 2011 Palarong Pambansa was successfully conded in Dapitan City on May 8-14 2011. hence the Department of Education congratulates and expersses its gratitude to the hosts of this years Palarong Pambansa, the City Goverment of Dapitan and Dipolog, the Organizing committee of Dapitan City, DepED Region IX, Deped Division of Dapitan, Dipolog and Zamboanga del Norte and official member of Technical Management and Administration at the Central Office.

Moreover, this office extends its greetings to congratulate the winners in their respective events and all the athletes who participates in the palarong pambansa.

DepED Memorandum No. 177

DepEd all set for Palarong Pambansa in Dapitan City

To celebrate the 150th delivery anniversary of National Hero, Dr. Jose Rizal, his four years in exile and the 115th year of his death, the Department of Education will certainly stage this year’s Palarong Pambansa in Dapitan City.

A yearly showing off event participated in by the country's top fundamental and high school athletes, approximately 600 athletes and school officials per area (10, 200 members nationwide) are expected to get familiar with the May 8-10 to 14 week-long occasion.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro stressed that the Palaro will be run based on Filipino core values such as honesty and fair play.

Additionally, this year’s Palaro will place equal emphasis on environment concern, thus the Secretary’s call to make it any "green Palaro."



“All participants tend to be urged to adhere to the actual clean, green and eco-friendly actions that DepEd intends to implement during the conduct of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa to ensure the protection regarding public health and environment,” Luistro extra.



This year, the Palaro panel plans to include specific awards such as the Most Green for environmental friendly athletes and the Most Regimented Athlete and/or Region.



Luistro expectations that despite the large number of people attending the nation's sports event, garbage problem could be reduced. He likewise expects that there will be possibly none or limited use of plastic and expanded polystyrene, urging students to take their own utensils and reusable plastic containers regarding food.



DepEd issued the overall Technical Guidelines and Competitors Formats to ensure that the Palaro upholds sportsmanship and that the annual sports event will run smoothly.



Luistro appealed to all Palaro individuals to adhere to fair enjoy and honesty, especially with respect to the fielding of overaged athletes and identity switching.



Per month before the staging of the occasion, Palaro executive committee chairman Romeo Jalosjos certain DepEd that Dapitan City is ready to host the 2011 Palarong Pambansa. “I’m positive that we will meet the due date. All of the big locations will be operational through that time. We are able to receive them in Dapitan," Jalosjos guaranteed.



The DepEd inspection team direct by Secretary Luistro lately visited the construction of the grandstand, the particular swimming pool, one of the colleges to billet the delegation and the actual convention center. “I has been assured by the service provider that the different facilities will be completed on time for the holding of the function,” the education chief added.



Recently, Palarong Pambansa venue planner Mr. Eugenio Penales reported the conclusion of the grandstand, the swimming pool and refurbishments in 10-hectare Jose Rizal Memorial Express University athletic complex, the key venue of the Palaro.



On the other hand, building contractors are currently finishing the actual renovations of the track area lanes. “It will be operational by May Five,” Penales added.



The Palarong Pambansa is actually DepEd’s way of promoting phys . ed . and sports as an integral part of the Basic Education Curriculum and as an affirmation to its persistence for develop the possibilities of the youth to become resposible and internationally competitive citizens.



Any office of the Assistant Secretary regarding Legal and Legislative Extramarital relationships, headed by Helper Secretary Tonisito Umali, assisted from the Task Force on School Sports (TFSS) should spearhead the event. The TFSS should provide technical administration, secretariat/staff and operational services.

Palarong Pambansa Results in now Online

The DepEd's Palarong Pambansa is the country’s biggest sporting event for elementary and high school students. It will start this monday April 26 and the awarding and closing ceremony will be on May 2, 2009. The DepEd's officials specially the ICT group is promising a higher level of competition with the service of selected qualified teachers and personnel to manage and officiates the events. Likewise the ICT group will utulize the internet of real time display of game results through its sports website http://depedtfss.wikispaces.com.

More than 15,000 athletes and school officials from 17 regions representing public and
private elementary and secondary schools will face the action in this week long event. Participants of this event are qualifier from different regional level competition. Individual athlete and teams had to compete first at the school level then at the provincial level before reaching the regional elimination in a run-up to national level. DepEd promised to continue to raise the level of competition as well as the management of the Palaro.

Congratulation to the qualifier for the job well done.

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