Iloilo's winning Palaro athletes receive cash incentives

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By Gail Momblan (PNA)

ILOILO CITY -- A total of 146 student-athletes and 54 coaches have received cash incentives from the Iloilo provincial government for their outstanding performances during the Palarong Pambansa held in Davao City last April.

The winning athletes and coaches received the incentives during a program at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol lobby on Thursday.

Dr. Jerry Bionat, secretary of the provincial school board, said the cash incentives were meant to recognize the athletes for the pride they brought to the province.

"They deserve the incentives because our athletes had brought distinction not only to their respective schools but the whole of Iloilo," Bionat said in an interview Friday.

Gold awardees were given PHP15,000 cash incentives; silver awardees, PHP10,000; and bronze awardees, PHP7,500.

Aside from the recognition, the incentives will also provide the students the encouragement to do better in the next competitions.

“Some of them are still on the elementary education and we expect that for the next years, they will still be our athletes to represent the province,” Bionat said.

He noted that the “most bemedaled” athlete for 2019, Vince Jason Buhayan of the Nicomedes R. Tubar Sr. National High School in Carles town, harvested gold medals in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, and 4x100 relay.

He also won a silver medal in the 400-meter run and a bronze medal in the 4x400 meter run.

A representative of Buhayan has received his total cash incentive of PHP87,500 as he was in Metro Manila to process his scholarship.

“Our athlete Buhayan has received not only the cash incentive but also the privilege for a scholarship from university because of his talent and skills,” Bionat said.

In Western Visayas, Iloilo also reaped the most number of medals with 154 during the Palarong Pambansa 2019, Bionat said.