The Department of Education (DepEd) announces the comeback of Palarong Pambansa this year which was set to commence at Marikina City from July 29 to August 5, after three years of cancellation due to COVID-19 restrictions.
According to DepEd Memorandum no. 5, s. 2023 or the conduct of the 2023 Palarong Pambansa, the local government unit (LGU) of Marikina City with DepEd National Capital Region (NCR) Office and Marikina Cityโs Schools Division Office (SDO) will be the hosts for this multi-sport competition of student-athletes from every region.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐
The pre-national qualifying meet will be conducted to lessen the number of delegations, shorten the duration of the event, and lower the expenses to be incurred, this will apply only to some of the sports including baseball, basketball, football, futsal, Sepak Takraw, football, and volleyball.
With this new set-up before the actual Palarong Pambansa, delegations will be clustered into four groups based on their geographical location. Cluster 1 is comprised of the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR); Cluster 2 is CALABARZON, MIMAROPA, NCR, and Bicol Region; Cluster 3 is Western, Central, and Eastern Visayas and Zamboanga Peninsula Region; and Cluster 4 is Northern Mindanao, Davao, SOCCKSARGEN, CARAGA, and BARMM.
Only the top two regional delegations per cluster will advance to the actual Palarong Pambansa event.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐
Raj Arwin Hapin, a 17-year old basketball player from Gallanosa National High School in Irosin, Sorsogon is now preparing for the upcoming Provincial Meet that will be held in Casiguran, Sorsogon.
Hapin won multi-championships from interbaranggays and inter-school meets.
“Excited po ako na merong kaba, dahil ang sistema ngayon ay iba ‘di tulad ng dati na kukunin ng champion ang mga magagaling sa bawat team, ngayon, kung sino na mismo ang magcha-champion sila na ang magrerepresent. Kaya puspusan din po ang takbo namin ngayon at pagpapakondisyon ng katawan,โ Hapin said.
Meanwhile, a separate memorandum will soon be issued regarding the technical guidelines of all sports to be played, as provided in Section 27, Rule VI of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) 10588 otherwise known as the Palarong Pambansa Act of 2013. | Ralph Kevin Balaguer