The Philippine Sports Commission recently approved a P500,000 sponsorship to give boost to the ongoing 33rd Kadayawan Festival in Davao City.
In a board meeting dated Aug. 1, the national sports agency okayed the granting of P500,000 assistance requested by Festival director Renato “Gatchi” Gatchalian, Jr. for the staging of the annual Kadayawan.
The PSC has been a regular partner of the city government of Davao’s Kadayawan Festival as it also supported the Dragonboat Festival and Dula Kadayawan last year.
Under the Office of PSC Commissioner Charles Raymond A. Maxey, PSC also conducted the Kadayawan Girls Volleyball Tournament in 2018 that gave opportunities for elementary girls volleyball teams from public schools to compete.
Aside from the city-funded sports festival through the Sports Development Division of the City Mayor’s Office, the Kadayawan Festival Executive Committee (Execom) also lined up a bigger Dula Kadayawan, featuring indigenous games of the city’s tribes, set today at the Davao City’s People’s Park and the Dragonboat Festival that was held over the weekend at the city’s Sta. Ana Pier.
