A world class track oval

We congratulate the province of Negros Oriental for providing some 8000 strong athletes from Central Visayas a world class venue for the athletic games which we know is not yet backed up by a strong athletic training system.

We say the venue is world class. But the athletes are not…yet. So we need to remind our public schools that while they spend millions in tax payers’ money for sports, they should strive to improve the quality our athletes who should shine in the national games. The test of the pudding is in the eating therefore, the test of how good our athletes in central Visayas are, would be their performance in the national games.

We confirm that education Sec. Dr Jesli Lapuz was all praises for the leadership of the province, based on the spectacle of the venue of the track oval games which is 100 per cent rubberized.

If you visit the Perdices oval today, you will find a very different and much improved venue for track games. The first thing that impresses the viewer of the newly refurbished oval which of course is under a huge loan from DBP is that money is spent well. We really can see where our money went in the Perdices oval.

That oval would not have been what it is today if money were squandered. That is why we compliment the leadership of the province in doing its job. We now have the Macias Sports Center which is the venue of PBA games. We also have the Olympic Standard Aqua Pool. The Macias and Arnaiz tandem of leadership is one that displays an honest work and they should be congratulated. For people would know if in a project, much money went to wrong hands. But not in our athletic venues because from the plain viewer the job is well done and it will hopefully last for generations.

If bidding for the national games is the issue, we support Gov. Macias and Mayor Perdices for their bid. If Perdices and Macias will make it, then that is the old Tsila in Tuting’s blood running that has brought the national games once more in Dumaguete.

In terms of tourism and economic activity a national game of that magnitude will surely be a big boost to our industry, our hotels, tourist spots down to the small vendors who will once more be making another heyday.