TACLOBAN CITY – Ormoc City Mayor Lucy Torres-Gomez led the distribution of financial assistance to Ormocanon athletes who will represent the city in the upcoming Batang Pinoy 2025 national youth sports competition.
The event will be held from October 25 to 30, 2025, in General Santos City. Each athlete and their coach received P15,000 in cash assistance to help cover expenses during the week-long tournament.
Ormoc City’s delegation will compete in several sporting disciplines, including badminton, boxing, arnis, table tennis, lawn tennis, jiu-jitsu, athletics, swimming, 3×3 basketball, taekwondo, wrestling, dancesport, archery, pencak silat, and cycling.
Joining Mayor Torres-Gomez during the distribution were members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod: SP Member Edmund Kierulf (chairperson of the committee on education and manpower development), SP Member Kia Mercadal (vice chairperson), SP Members Ari Larrazabal, Burt Pades, Caren Torres Rama, Lalaine Marcos, and SK Federation President Jhana Lyka Calixtro.
First launched in 1998 through Presidential Executive Order No. 44, the Batang Pinoy program is a flagship project of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) designed to discover and nurture young athletic talent across the country while instilling values of discipline, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
(ROEL T. AMAZONA)
