
LS, SOP ink partnership pact to promote water safety
Philippine Life Saving (PLS) and Special Olympics Pilipinas (SOP) signed a partnership Memorandum of Understanding at the La Herencia Clubhouse in Brgy. Mandalagan, Bacolod City, Friday, October 17.
Present at the MOU signing were Engineer Jose Arne Navarra, PLS chairman and chief executive officer, and Akiko Thompson- Guevarra, SOP chairperson and national president.
The MOU was signed for the two organizations to work together towards the promotion of water safety and drowning prevention, and for the empowerment of individuals with intellectual disabilities, a press release said.
Navarra said their organization's engagement with SOP is with drowning prevention.
"We engaged with SOP through sports because we believe that sports can make a difference and can make the hor...