PREPARATIONS shift to the next higher gear on New Year’s Day Wednesday as the countdown dwindles to nine months for the Philippines’ first-ever solo hosting of the FIVB Men’s World Championship (MWCH) 2025.
First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos and William Vincent “Vinny” Araneta Marcos with Philippine National Volleyball Federation vice president Ricky Palou and secretary-general Donaldo Caringal, Philippine Sports Commission chairman Richard Bachmann, Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, Volleyball World CEO Finn Taylor, PNVF president Ramon “Tats” Suzara and national team mainstay Bryan Bagunas make the victory sign after the first organizational meeting for the...
“This is the time when the preparations and organization start to be meticulous every single day, it’s the world championship year of the FIVB and as host country for first time—and solo host at that—the mission borders from an excellent to almost perfect hosting of the event,” said Ramon “Tats” Suzara, head of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation who in 2024 was elected president of the Asian Volleyball Confederation and executive vice president of the FIVB.
The commitment was broadened in last September’s One-Year Countdown and Drawing of Lots at Solaire that was followed immediately by the “Concierto sa Palacio,” a night of music held at the Malacañang grounds with no less that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., First Lady Marcos and the young Marcos hosting top FIVB and LOC officials.
Government’s high-level involvement in the world championship also got rolling with the first Inter-Agency Technical Working Group Meeting initiated by the Philippine Sports Commission last November at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.
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