Philippine Sports Institute

About Philippine Sports Institute

According to Wikipedia, The Philippine Sports Institute is a sports training organization in the Philippines. It is under the Philippine Sports Commission. History The Philippine Sports Institute was first launched in May 1996 as the Philippine Institute of Sports . Then President Fidel Ramos instructed then Philippine Sports Commission Chairman Philip Ella Juico to form the sports institute which was inaugurated on November that year. With the help of former PSC Chairman Perry Mequi, Philsports organized various programs. It was disestablished in 1998 by Juico's successor. Under the Republic Act 6847 of 1990, the PSC is mandated to run a sports institute alongside of maintaining a Philippine Sports Hall of Fame.