President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. admits the financial support the Philippine athletes receive from the government is ‘not commensurate’ to the honor and hard work they deliver.
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00:00 President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. admits the financial support the Philippine athletes
00:04 receive from the government is not commensurate to the honor and hard work they deliver.
00:09 Saying he's "a little embarrassed," Marcos vows to support the national athletes more.
00:14 "If I think about it, I'm telling myself, most of us were not helped.
00:20 We were just getting support from everywhere.
00:24 It's embarrassing.
00:25 But the result is still the same.
00:27 The result is still good.
00:29 We're still strong.
00:30 We're still proud."
00:31 Marcos also says he would double the incentive of the medalists in the recent Southeast Asian
00:36 Games and the ASEAN Para Games.
00:38 This means he would match the nearly P50 million in total cash bonus all the medalists will
00:43 receive under Republic Act 10699.
00:47 Team Philippines took home 260 medals from the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia and a record-breaking
00:53 117 medals in the 12th ASEAN Para Games.
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