PSC starts paying athletes’ monthly stipend
02/10/2010 | 01:42 PM
The good news is that members of the national training not belonging to the elite category will be receiving their monthly stipend from the Philippine Sports Commission again effective this month.
The bad news is that the national sports associations (NSAs) concerned have yet to submit their respective roster for the PSC accounting department to process the payroll.
PSC chairman Harry Angping assured the stipend's release during Tuesday’s press briefing at his newly-renovated office even as he urged all the NSAs concerned to update their lists in fairness to the athletes, who have not been receiving their monthly dues after their respective teams were disbanded at the end of 2009.
Angping said that in case the list comes later than February, athletes will be receiving their monthly pay retroactive to this month.
Athletes, under the PSC's new policy, will be categorized into those belonging to the “elite group" who will be receiving P20,000 a month, and those under the ordinary group who will be getting from P6,000 to P8,000 monthly.
Only three athletes have so far been elevated to the elite group – bowler Biboy Rivera, a former World Cup champion, and netters Cecil Mamiit and Treat Huey, who in addition, will be given the needed international exposure in the runup to the Asian Games this November.
Also to be considered to be elevated is chess Grandmaster Wesley So, who, the PSC top honcho said, stands to receive from P1 to P2 million in terms of allowance and international exposure.
“The PSC is ready to implement this new scheme, not only for the Asian Games, but likewise, for the 2012 Olympic Games. But the trouble is, it looks like the NSAs are not yet ready," Angping said.
Angping also announced that the construction of a state-of-the-art football stadium inside the Rizal Memorial Track and Field Stadium will start next month in partnership with La Salle.
He said La Salle, under a memorandum of agreement signed with the PSC, will be spending P8 million while the agency will contribute P500,000. Construction will last for three months.
Angping added that while portion of the track and field oval will remain but that will only be for the purpose of training. New Olympic-standard facilities will rise inside the PhilSports compound in Pasig City, which will be the new site for the RP athletics team.
“As soon as the track and field oval is transferred to Ultra, that will become the official home of athletics," the PSC chair said. - GMANews.TV
The bad news is that the national sports associations (NSAs) concerned have yet to submit their respective roster for the PSC accounting department to process the payroll.
Angping
PSC chairman Harry Angping assured the stipend's release during Tuesday’s press briefing at his newly-renovated office even as he urged all the NSAs concerned to update their lists in fairness to the athletes, who have not been receiving their monthly dues after their respective teams were disbanded at the end of 2009.
Angping said that in case the list comes later than February, athletes will be receiving their monthly pay retroactive to this month.
Athletes, under the PSC's new policy, will be categorized into those belonging to the “elite group" who will be receiving P20,000 a month, and those under the ordinary group who will be getting from P6,000 to P8,000 monthly.
Only three athletes have so far been elevated to the elite group – bowler Biboy Rivera, a former World Cup champion, and netters Cecil Mamiit and Treat Huey, who in addition, will be given the needed international exposure in the runup to the Asian Games this November.
Also to be considered to be elevated is chess Grandmaster Wesley So, who, the PSC top honcho said, stands to receive from P1 to P2 million in terms of allowance and international exposure.
“The PSC is ready to implement this new scheme, not only for the Asian Games, but likewise, for the 2012 Olympic Games. But the trouble is, it looks like the NSAs are not yet ready," Angping said.
Angping also announced that the construction of a state-of-the-art football stadium inside the Rizal Memorial Track and Field Stadium will start next month in partnership with La Salle.
He said La Salle, under a memorandum of agreement signed with the PSC, will be spending P8 million while the agency will contribute P500,000. Construction will last for three months.
Angping added that while portion of the track and field oval will remain but that will only be for the purpose of training. New Olympic-standard facilities will rise inside the PhilSports compound in Pasig City, which will be the new site for the RP athletics team.
“As soon as the track and field oval is transferred to Ultra, that will become the official home of athletics," the PSC chair said. - GMANews.TV
