The province of Pangasinan is hosting the 2016 Philippine National Games in March 2016. According to a resolution passed on Monday in Lingayen, Pangasinan, the Provincial Board has authorized Gov. Amado Espino Jr. to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Sports Commission, to formalize the province’s hosting chores.
The Provincial Government will be represented by Gov. Amado Espino Jr. while the Philippine Sports Commission will be represented by its commissioner in-charge, Jose Luis Gomez.
According to the Philippine Sports Commission, the Philippine National Games 2016 will be held from March 7-11. This year’s edition of the PNG will be LGU-based according to the PSC.
During the previous editions athlete represented their school, club or a sponsoring group but this year athletes will be able to formally represent their municipality, city or province at the games but in the finals athletes will only represent one of the four regions; Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and National Capital Region.
The main purpose of the Philippine National Games is to select the official National Pool of Athletes that will represent the Philippines in various international competitions such as the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, Asian Games and the Summer Olympics.