Cebu City LGU, puspusan ang paghahanda para sa Palarong Pambansa

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00:00In other news, Cebu City is preparing for the hosting of the national game.

00:0612,000 delegates are expected to attend the so-called multi-sport event for student-athletes.

00:15Jesse Atienza of PTV Cebu is in the center of the news.

00:21Rubber dust has been spread where the rubber mat that will be used in the track oval

00:27in Cebu City Sports Center will be placed.

00:29The renovation will continue here in the middle of the hot weather.

00:33Acting Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia personally inspected the venue.

00:37He assures that the venue will be finished in three hours.

00:41The Olympic-sized pool was also prepared,

00:43which was first used after the Cebu City hosted the game.

00:49It is expected that even the teaching and non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education

00:54will be instructed on the billeting quarters of the athletes.

00:58According to the LGU of Cebu City,

01:00the sporting event in the national game is not the only thing they are preparing.

01:04Tourism is also included because of the possible visit of athletes

01:08and their families to the famous tourist sites in the province of Cebu.

01:14When all of these 12,000 youth delegates, or not young delegates,

01:19or you can call them athletes, come to Cebu for the game,

01:22they bring in their coaches, they bring in their families, right?

01:26So we're expecting about 20,000 to 25,000 people coming into Cebu City for the game.

01:32They stay here for a week or even longer, maybe seven to ten days.

01:37Their game is only two to three days,

01:39whether it's badminton, basketball, whatever it is, right?

01:42So what do they do on their free time?

01:45They want to explore Cebu.

01:47They want to visit the whale sharks in Oslob.

01:50They want to visit the beach in Lapulapo and in Bantayan and even in Camotes.

01:56They want to see the falls.

01:58They want to see all of these things.

02:00So this is where the province and the two cities would come in

02:05to help in the tourism aspect of the game.

02:09According to the LGU of the province of Cebu,

02:12they are also preparing to open other playing venues for the national game.

02:17Mayor Raymond has already stated that I really welcome this,

02:22that it should really be a collaborative effort.

02:25I mean, in so many words, he has already stated that he is open now too

02:31and he is very grateful for the offer of support.

02:36Excellent facilities, natural resources, like lanilia, naga, karkar.

02:41So we will help.

02:42After 30 years, the national game will return to Cebu City for the first time.

02:48Cebuans from Cebu will receive an award for their kind and welcoming attitude.

02:54From PTV Cebu, Jesse Atienza for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.