The Provincial Government of Negros Occidental is looking into the unpaid bills of the Paglaum Sports Complex to the Bacolod City Water District that amounts to P215,703.77, and to the Central Negros Electric Cooperative of P381,419.99, incurred from 1990 to 1995, vice-gov. Isidro Zayco said yesterday.

The PSC, the water supply and electricity of which were disconnected after the SEAGames in November and December last year, is the training venue for the Negros contingent in the Western Visayas Regional Athletics Association Meet in Roxas City, Capiz next month.

With the problem on the unpaid bills, the practices of the Negros athletes aiming to retain the overall championship of the regional meet have been hampered because of the inconvenience, coaches said.

Zayco told the DAILY STAR yesterday that they are looking into the matter but added that it might be difficult to trace why it has ballooned, since they were not leading the provincial government yet on those years.

The management of the PSC, which was rehabilitated during the 23rd Southeast Asian Games last year, had been turned over by the provincial officials to the Department of Education in 1995.

Zayco said the provincial government will study how the electric and water bills were incurred, including those during the SEA Games. No stones will be left unturned, he said.

The Panaad Park and Stadium in Barangay Mansilingan, Bacolod City is also used as a training facility for the Negrense competitors in the elementary and secondary levels.

Meanwhile, the regional school-based sports meet has also been rescheduled from March 12-18 to March 16-21 to allow athletes to take their national test, which will be used for their admission to high school and college.

The elementary athletes will take the test on March 7, while the high school competitors will have their examinations on March 14. *CIT

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