THE Department of Education (DepEd) has scrapped boxing for the elementary division of the Palarong Pambansa for this year, after accidents occurred during competitions and training, with at least one winding up dead.

According to a memorandum issued by Education Secretary Armin Luistro, the said contact sport would no longer be included in the 2014 Palarong Pambansa scheduled on May 4 to 10 in Santa Cruz, Laguna.

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