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Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Volleyball devider Preps for FIVB MWCH shifts to higher gear in final month countdown

Preps for FIVB MWCH shifts to higher gear in final month countdown

Published Aug 11, 2025 04:16 pm

At A Glance

  • Time down to exactly 32 days and all cylinders are firing for the country's solo hosting of the 32-nation FIVB 2025 Men's World Championship—from the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) to all stakeholders primarily from the government led by Malacañang and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
LOCAL Organizing Committee co-chairman William Vincent “Vinny” Araneta Marcos (center) with Philippine Sports Commission chairman Patrick Gregorio (left) and Philippine National Volleyball Federation president Ramon “Tats” Suzara.
LOCAL Organizing Committee co-chairman William Vincent “Vinny” Araneta Marcos (center) with Philippine Sports Commission chairman Patrick Gregorio (left) and Philippine National Volleyball Federation president Ramon “Tats” Suzara.
Time down to exactly 32 days and all cylinders are firing for the country’s solo hosting of the 32-nation FIVB 2025 Men’s World Championship—from the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) to all stakeholders primarily from the government led by Malacañang and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
“Everything is on track when it comes to preparedness,” said PNVF president Ramon “Tats” Suzara in his address to the Final Technical Working Group Inter-Agency Meeting on Monday morning at the Century Park Hotel.
“I am so thankful to all government and private sectors for their valuable contributions and time to make our hosting of the game safe, convenient and exciting,” added Suzara, also president of the Asian Volleyball Confederation and executive vice president of the FIVB.
William Vincent “Vinny” Araneta Marcos—co-chair of the LOC with Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco—graced the well-attended meeting held exactly a month before the September 12 to 28 world championship at the Smart Araneta Coliseum and the SM Mall of Asia Arena.
“It’s going to be busier weeks ahead of us with all agencies working hand in hand,” Suzara said. “We’re thankful to President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., First Lady Liza and son Vinny, who is part of the LOC, and the FIVB for helping us.”
PSC chairman Patrick Gregorio, who chairs the government task force for the world championship, expressed his confidence over the hosting chores to the close to a hundred officials and representatives from the government, private and sports sectors who attended the meeting.
“I’m so confident that [PNVF] president Tats Suzara will absolutely make this work. He knows how to do it,” Gregorio said. “We make sure that everybody is in coordination and, yes, they are.”
The LOC has as members Senator Pia Cayetano, Manuel V. Pangilinan and POC president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino.
The attendees were from the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), Philippine National Police, Bureau of Immigration, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Metro Manila Development Authority and the Departments of Education, Tourism, Budget and Management, among othjers.
On Tuesday (August 12) starting at 1 p.m., there will be a Light Rail Transit Authority Ride with the members of the Alas Pilipinas Women from LRT Line 2’s Recto to Santolan Station and on Wednesday (August 13), the “Set Na ‘To! An Electrifying Launch” will be held at the SM MOA Music Hall from 4 p.m. onwards. 
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