Dumaguete soccer football team eyed

Mayor Chiquiting Sagarbarria’s other area of concern which is equally important to other areas is Sports.

Sports, Tourism, and Development in Dumaguete City only needs little ne tuning considering that we already have State of the Art Sports facilities initiated by both the city and the Provincial Leadership.

In line with the City Mayor’ s drive in the eradication of drug use and drug proliferation in the city of “Gentle People” is stirring up Spots activities and development as an alternative program for the Youth Sector so that they would get high in Sports rather than in Drugs.

Other than the existing Sports activities such as Basketball, Volleyball, Lawn Tennis, etc., the City Mayor plans to organize a Soccer Football Team. He said that Cebu, Bacolod, and other cities in the country have Soccer Football Team carrying the name of their respective cities, why can’t we have our own?

Funding such Sports activity seems to be the real problem, however the resourceful Mayor Sagarbarria was able to nd possible source of fund, therefore, Dumaguete City Soccer Football Team is being eyed to be playing its role not only in the region but in the whole Philippines and maybe internationally carrying the banner of Dumaguete City, the city of Gentle People and the Academic community. The AIP, tagged as the Annual Investment Plan, will be the source of fund for this project.

Sensing that Dumaguete City is homed with soccer enthusiast, one of which is the City Mayor himself who, in his youth had passion for the said Sports. He strongly believed that Soccer Football players are just around the corner, ready to grab the opportunity and are willing to be trained for competence.

The City Mayor further stated that it was in the area of Sports that the World’s Boxing Champion and celebrity , now a representative of the lone district of Saranggani Province Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao came out as Brilliant Jewel.

The City Mayor’s enthusiasm of meeting with the World’s boxing champion Manny Pacquiao during his visit to Dumaguete City as guest speaker at Silliman University during its 109th Founding Anniversary was evident when he set a breakfast conference with the popular boxing champion at La Residencia along the Rizal Boulevard.

The breakfast conference was attended by some businessmen and prominent personalities and of course our very own 2nd district representative George P. Arnaiz as Manny’s tour guide.

The honorable Mayor Sagarbarria is hoping and assuring that Congressman Manny Pacquiao’s visit in Dumaguete City would encourange our young people to love Sports of any kind and get high on it instead of taking drugs that will destroy their lives and jeopardize their future.