President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graces the opening ceremony of the 2023 Palarong Pambansa, the country’s largest youth sporting event involving elementary and high school student-athletes, at the Marikina Sports Center in Marikina City on Monday, July 31, 2023. 

Spearheaded by the Department of Education (DepEd) under the leadership of Vice President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Duterte, the national games return after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic and carries the theme, ‘Batang Malakas, Bansang Matatag.

Photos: Joey Razon/NIB- PNA