DID YOU KNOW: Creation fo the Philippine Sports Commission | Inquirer News

DID YOU KNOW: Creation fo the Philippine Sports Commission

/ 05:00 AM January 24, 2018

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) was created under Republic Act. No. 6847 signed on Jan. 24, 1990, by then President Corazon Aquino.

Among its predecessors was the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation that was set up in 1911 when the country was still under American rule.

In 1974, then President Marcos established the Department of Youth and Sports Development.

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To strengthen the national sports structure, Aquino created  the PSC.

It holds office at Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate, Manila. —Marielle Medina

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