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6. Requires the participating schools to submit the necessary documents and pictures during the scheduled
date for screening, consisting of:
Documents Required for Eligibility

6.1. PALARO Form 2 (Team Gallery)
6.2. Validated School I.D. (During the actual games or performing competitions, for verification
purposes only)
Note: Only the Official PALARO Forms will be accepted by the screening committee.

7. Disqualification - only the screening committee have the authority to recommend performers on the
following grounds.
1. No Age Limit, if the contestant is a Bonafide Undergraduate Student within the residency
requirement of the institution.
2. Second Coursers and Post Baccalaureate degrees are disqualified to compete.
3. Performers who were banned during the previous Competitions.
4. Performers who were disqualified by the Screening Committee, and
5. Students at the graduate program.

F. GOVERNING TREATMENT OF PROTESTS AND APPLICATION OF PENALTIES
AND SANCTIONS

1. When a participant is certified eligible to perform by the screening committee, no
protest on eligibility shall be entertained unless otherwise it is impersonation.
A protest will only be entertained if filed in writing within an hour by the coach
endorsed and duly signed by the Cultural Director accompanied by a protest bond of
Php5, 000.00. The burden of proof lies on the protestee. If the protest is won, the
bond shall be returned to the protestee. However, if the protest is lost, the bond shall
be forfeited which shall form part of the PALARO Cultural and the Arts Festival
operational expenses. The team losing the protest shall pay the Php5, 000.00
instead. This is to avoid nuisance protest.
2. A protest on the technical application of the event rules/guidelines shall be acted
upon by officials concerned as follows:
2.1. The Contest Headmaster of the particular event where the protest is indicated
shall conduct an on-the-spot investigation and make a decision in order to ensure
that there is no delay in the conduct of the scheduled events.

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