PHILIPPINES Trends and Developments Contributed by: Ignatius Michael Ingles, The Law Firm of Ingles Laurel Calderon
Conclusion This is an enormous win for sports funding in the Philippines. Estimates of the arrears from 2010 to 2015 alone reached up to PHP4 million, a giant boost in the arm for sports in the Phil - ippines. The Supreme Court decision, promul - gated in August 2024, also came in the afterglow of the country’s best Olympic outing yet (two gold medals and two bronze medals). Hopefully, the afterglow burns longer and brighter for the country’s golden dreams.
the Philippine Sports Commission sleeps on its rights and duties. In the end, it is not the Com - mission which stands to be adversely affected by the lack of remittance of other governmental agencies. Instead, it is the Filipino athletes and youth that lose the most” . Civil Code Under the Civil Code of the Philippines, judicial decisions of the Supreme Court form part of the legal system of the Philippines. These decisions are considered law of the land. It was therefore with great relief that the Supreme Court set in stone the need for proper sports funding with these parting words: “Given both respondents’ patent violations of Section 26 of Republic Act No. 6847 to the det - riment of all athletes and even the youth of our country, this Court finds it proper to grant the instant Petition for Mandamus. The Philippine Sports Commission’s funding directly affects the advancement of the nation’s sports programs, our athletes’ ability to progress in the interna- tional forum, and the development of our youth. Given the significant role of sports in nation- building, petitioner’s direct resort to this Court through this instant Petition for Mandamus is justified” .
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