TUGON AT TALIMA NG PSC SA HILING NI SEN. BONG GO SA RELEASE NG ALLOWANCE NG MGA ATLETA

PINASASALAMATAN ng Philippine Sports Commission ang sinseridad at malasakit na pinapadama ni ­Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go sa Philippine Sports partikular sa mga atleta ng bansa.
Bunsod ng panawagan ng pinuno ng ­Senate Committee on Sports na si SBG sa ahensiyang pang-sports ng pamahalaan na pinamumunuan ng kaalyadong si Chairman William Ramirez, nagpalabas ang PSC Board ng kanilang joint statement bilang tugon at pagtalima sa panawagan ng Mambabatas at kilalang kanang-kamay ni ­Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Sa opisyal na buod ng kanilang tugon ay ito ang nilalaman:
“The PSC Board thanks Senator Bong Go for once again showing his sincere concern for sports and the Filipino athlete. We appreciate the support and guidance you have been giving the sports community.
The delay in the release of allowances was caused by the overhaul of our payroll administration system. It affected all employees and members of the national team. This was a painful but necessary action to ensure that no underhanded schemes are ever done in this service aspect again. In the wake of that sad discovery of a payroll padding scam by an employee, our agency while rocked to its core, was also roused to further strengthen our processes at all fronts. This is a commitment we gave, and one which we immediately went to work to achieve and deliver.
We apologize for the slight delay in the ­posting of allowances but rest assured that these will be released by early this week as we have finalized the ne­cessary requirements for the effect of this batch’s posting under the new system. Per report of Executive Director Atty. Guillermo B Iroy, Jr, these will be deposited to Landbank by Monday.
We are also calling on national sports associations to ensure proper monitoring and repor­ting on the training and activities of the athletes under their supervision and to religiously submit as these are requirements in the processing of monthly allowances.
Your PSC Board and family continue to work for the interest of ­Philippine sports and in the service of Filipino athletes’.
Ipinaliwanag naman ni Atty. Guillermo B. Iroy, Jr. – PSC Executive Director, ang bagong sistema ng ahensiya kaugnay ng payroll sa mga kawani at atleta ng bansa:
“We shifted systems, in coordination with our depository bank. It was one of the ways we saw to tigh­ten up our process in connection with the payrolling of emplo­yees and national team members.
We had to go through the details one by one to check .”
Sinegundahan naman ni Marc Edward D. Velasco – PSC Chief of staff and National Training Director ang bunsod ng pagka- antala ng kaukulang allowances:
“We issued an advisory to the national team to advise them of the delay and the cause of it. We understand that with the crisis ­raging, the delay is very stressful but the corrections were also nee­ded.”(Danny Simon)