Pacquiao wants inquiry on ramshackle RMSC
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In sponsorship speech delivered last Tuesday, Pacquiao seeks the help of his fellow legislators in the Upper Chamber to address the lack of sustainable facilities, which, he said, is the reason that hinders the Filipino athletes in their quest for honor and fame for the country and themselves in the global arena, including the Olympics.
“We should not allow his lack of required facilities to continue. As legislators, we should contribute ours best efforts in helping achieve bigger dream,” the only man on earth to win world cham bantamweight, featherweight, super-featherweight, lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight and super-welterweight, said.
“Filipinos have been making a mark in the global arena because of our unmistakable passion for sports,” he said. “However, the state of the different sports facilities in the country shows that sports does not rank on the top of our priority list.”
Pacquiao stressed the need to correct this situation, sports being a necessary program for the development of the holistic health of the citizens. “If Filipinos are known globally in sports despite the limitations, imagine the possibilities if we rectify the situation.”
“Mr. President, if we expect our athletes to excel in the global platform, we need to give more than what we have already given them,” the former two-time congressman asserted. “he said.
Pacquiao recalled that when he visited the 1934-built RMSC December last year, he was surprised seeing the same things that already existed when he used to train at the ame place in the 80s without improvements.
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