DAVAO City is 95 percent ready of its 2018 Davao Region Athletic Association (Davraa) Meet hosting on February 18 to 23, a Department of Education (Deped) regional official said.
Deped regional sports coordinator Leo Asilo said validation of eligibility requirements of athletes and coaches is still ongoing and will end on Friday, February 9.
"Ang five percent na kulang nalang kay katong sa mga athletes ug coaches na wala pa naka pasa ug requirements, pag screen sa age limit ug weight categories ug pag check sa mga qualified athletes (The five percent includes those athletes and coaches who have not yet submitted their requirements, screening of age limit and weight categories and checking on qualified athletes)," Asilo said, adding that the Regional Screening and Accreditation Committee (RASC) is working on it.
He, however, said billeting areas, playing venues and security are all set.
They recently inspected the 11 billeting quarters of 7,200 delegates of athletes, coaches, technical officials and chaperones, among others.
Host Davao City's delegation will stay at Mabini Elementary School where they are currently holding quarters for their Davraa training.
The rest of the billeting quarters: Compostela Valley - Maa National High School; Davao del Norte - Kapitan Tomas Monteverde Senior Central Elementary School; Davao del Sur - Daniel R. Aguinaldo High School; Davao Occidental - Don Manuel Gutierrez Elementary School; Davao Oriental - Maa Central Elementary School; Digos City - Matina Central Elementary School; Island Garden City of Samal - Sta. Ana Central Elementary School; Mati City - Sta. Ana National High School; Panabo City - Magallanes Elementary School; and Tagum City - San Roque Central Elementary School.
Deped technical officials, meanwhile, will be housed at the Davao City National High School.
The Incident Command Post will be at Palma Gil Elementary School while the media center will be at the Deped Davao City Division Training Center.
Sports Development Division-City Mayor's Office (SDD-CMO) office-in-charge Michael Denton "Mikey" Aportadera, in a separate interview, said more than half of the 7,000 expected mats to be used by the delegates arrived recently but assured that all will be delivered before delegates start arriving by February 14.