Fresh from wrapping up the general championship of the Davao Oriental provincial games, the first-class town of Governor Generoso will craft an ordinance mandating cash prizes for winning local athletes.
“This will compensate for the efforts local athletes have devoted in excelling in their events,” said Mayor Juanito “Kulot” Inojales on Monday.
The mayor led municipal officials in distributing cash prizes amounting to P500,000 to elementary and high school athletes that retained in overwhelming fashion the championship the town first won in 2024.
The local government unit has decided to award P3,000 for gold medalists each, P2000 for silver and P1000 for bronze.
Inojales said the secondary and elementary athletes were deserving of the cash prizes the local government has decided to award to them.
He said in a consultation with Vice-Mayor Pinky Inojales, it was agreed that a municipal ordinance will be crafted mandating the awarding of prizes to athletes that excelled in their respective events.
In this year’s edition, Governor Generoso captured 98 golds, 47 silvers and 49 bronzes. It practically dominated swimming and dance sports and performed strongly in the other events.
Lupon rallied in the finals to capture second place with 45 golds, 55 silvers and 47 bronzes for a total of 147. Third place went to Many with 41-38-31 haul for a total of 118 medals.
Cateel accounted for 39-24-32 medals for a total haul of 93 to place fourth. Baganga slid to 5th with 26-42-34 for a total of 102 while Banaybanay took 6th place with 24-30-49 or total of 103.
San Isidro landed in 7th with 18-35-33 total haul followed by Caraga at 8th with 17-19-48 for a total of 84. Boston placed 9th with a total of 24 medals while Tarragona brought up the rear with a meager 1-8-4 total tally. (Jimmy K. Laking)
