PSC-athletes dialogue set

Philippine Sports Commission Chair Butch Ramirez has called a meeting with the athletes and coaches to personally hear out their sentiments on how the government sports agency should provide for their needs.

“(As chairman,) I’m the father of the PSC and I want to know their thoughts for us to serve them better,” said Ramirez.

The national coaches and team captains of each sport will have a dialogue with Ramirez and the entire PSC leadership on April 1 before all the athletes get their turn the following day.

Meanwhile, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will hold an executive board meeting on Friday to tackle how the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) was created and its relationship with the POC as far as the 30th SEA Games are concerned.

The Philippines will host the 11-nation sportsfest on Nov. 30-Dec. 11 as planned, but a POC insider said the partnership between Phisgoc and the POC has not been ironed out yet.