PSA AWARDS GOING ONLINE
For the first time in its storied history, the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) will staged the annual San Miguel Corp. (SMC)PSA Awards Night online.
The affair is set on March 27 with a limited number of guests appearing live at the Tv5media Center studio in Mandaluyong City with the rest of the awardees and guests hooked up online.
While the whole of sports wasn’t spared by the Covid-19 pandemic, a few Filipino athletes still managed to shine and rise above adversities and gave the country something to cheer about in this time of despair.
Highlighting the unique but special event backed by SMC and the Philippine Sports Commission is the awarding of the coveted Athlete of the year trophy, which is exclusively handed out by the country’s oldest media organization led by its president Tito Talao, sports editor of the Manila Bulletin.
The other regular awards will be handed out—executive of the year, President’s Award, National Sports Association (NSA) of the year and the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Major honorees in various sports are also included in the honor roll, as well as a handful of citations and special recognitions to people and entities which kept Philippine sports going during the global health crisis.
The hour-long program will be covered by Cignal TV and will be hosted by Gretchen Ho and Carlo Pamintuan.
Last year, Team Philippines was hailed as the Athlete of the year honor following the country’s successful campaign in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. The Philippines emerged overall champion for the second time in its 43-year campaign in the biennial meet.
The 2019 Awards Night was held at the historic Manila Hotel in March 6 last year, a week before the whole of Luzon was put under the enhanced community quarantine following the outbreak of the pandemic.