UBI Sponsors the Palarong Pambansa 2019

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UBI Sponsors the Palarong Pambansa 2019
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Mr. Carlos Charlie Gonzalez of Ulticon Builders
Incorporated based in Davao City, Philippines,
adheres to its commitment to give aid in every
aspect to our local government.  He believes in
shaping a better future for the less fortunate
Filipino children who really need our assistance.
Whether its through sports or education, we have
the power to change their existing to dream big
and rise up every obstacle or occasion that comes
to their path.
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In dreaming big for our young athletes, the local
government of Davao City took this opportunity to
host the biggest Palarong Pambansa (National
Games 2019) that was ever recorded in history.
This is the second time the city has hosted the
said event and the first time it hosted was in
the year 1950 when it won the bid over Zamboanga
del Sur and Misamis Occidental.
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The 2019 Palarong Pambansa which had the theme,
Shaping the future through sports formally
commenced on April 28 at the University of the
Philippines Sports Complex in Tugbok District,
Davao City.  It was graced with the presence of
his Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and
other government officials who were also in
attendance. Based on official estimates, more
than 20,000 people attended the event with 15,000
athletes coming from 17 different regions that
competed in this years edition of the national
sports event.
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Philippine sports icons such as Lydia de Vega,
Onyok Velasco, and James Younghusband were also
present during the opening ceremony to give
inspiration to our Filipino young athletes. The
local government of Davao City allocated P69.3
million to conduct the national games which
provided for the transportation (Buses), 70 kilos
of chicken and beef, 15 sacks of rice for each
delegate and free Wi-Fi connection in all 27
sporting venues for the athletes, sporting
officials, media and the rest of all the members
of each delegation.
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In the whole five day event, the National Capital
Region (NCR) once again stood its ground as the
overall champion with 86 gold medals, 71 silver
medals and 56 bronze medals. They have dominated
the top rank of the national games for the last
15 years. The Davao Region ranked 11th place this
year. Davao City swimmer Juliana Marien
Villanueva breaks her own Palarong Pambansa
record and defended her crown in the secondary
girls 800m freestyle stroke. The 13-year-old
Villanueva recorded a time of 9 minutes and 32.77
seconds to squash her previous 945.40 mark that
she set in Vigan, Ilocos Norte last year.
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Davao City prides itself along with its hundreds
of sponsors coming from public and private
sectors of our city who showed unity for the
success of the Palarong Pambansa 2019. Mayor
Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio graced the closing
ceremony last May 04 at the same venue, in which
she personally gave the awards to the winners and
handed down the Palarong Pambansa flag to its
next host which is the Occidental Mindoro Region.