Mindanao gets PSC backing on grassroots expansion

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PHILIPPINE Sports Commission Chairman Richard Bachmann has committed to expanding the agency’s reach on grassroots talent identification and peace promotion through sports in Mindanao.

“There is an opportunity for us to expand our reach in Mindanao by reinforcing our grassroots sports efforts, and be the government’s instruments of peace, through sports,” Bachmann said when he hosted a dialogue with various sports coordinators in the region at the PSC Mindanao Office in Davao City last Friday.

He said the initiative has to start with the PSC improving its satellite offices and opening its doors for collaboration with regional coordinators, coaches and trainers.

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“Gone are the days when our next-generation athletes were sourced from one region. A stronger collaboration with our stakeholders in every region will propel our grassroots development,” he added.

In a visit to Cotabato City yesterday, Bachmann, joined by Regional Coordinator for Mindanao Coach Noli Ayo and Chief of Staff Din-Din Urquiaga, also met with the officials of the Bangsamoro Sports Commission for a coordination meeting to strengthen the linkage of the two parties, backed by the renewal of a Memorandum of Agreement last December.

“We’re thankful to the chairman for this historic visit, the first of many, here in our region. The role of the PSC and BSC in the Bangsamoro region is very crucial, as we continue to use sports as a tool for peace, harmony and prevent violent extremism,” said BSC Executive Director Salihwardi Alba.

The BSC is the policy-making and coordinating body of all amateur sports development programs and institutions in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and was created on September 17, 2020 through the Bangsamoro Autonomy Act No. 12 or “The Bangsamoro Sports Commission Act of 2020.”

Bachmann will continue his series of visits in Mindanao today to attend the MOA Signing between BSC and the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City and speak at the Bangsamoro Athletes’ Convocation, before making a courtesy visit to Misamis Occidental Gov. Henry Oaminal Sr. in Oroquieta City on Tuesday.

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