{"id":103875,"date":"2026-01-17T04:57:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/inefi-celebrates-28th-anniversary-with-mass-rodriguez-mella-highlights-achievements-and-vision\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:57:00","slug":"inefi-celebrates-28th-anniversary-with-mass-rodriguez-mella-highlights-achievements-and-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/inefi-celebrates-28th-anniversary-with-mass-rodriguez-mella-highlights-achievements-and-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"INEFI celebrates 28th anniversary with mass: Rodr\u00edguez Mella highlights achievements and vision"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo \u2013 The National Institute of Physical Education (INEFI) celebrated its 28th anniversary with a mass, as part of the annual institutional activities.\n\nThe ceremony was led by the CEO, Alberto Rodr\u00edguez Mella, who expressed gratitude to God and the collaborators for the achievements made during his tenure.\n\nThe Eucharist was officiated by Father Andr\u00e9s Tapia de la Rosa at the Cristo Salvador parish.\n\n

INEFI’s work aligns with the vision of President Luis Abinader, who prioritizes education, youth, and the integral development of the Dominican population.<\/p>Alberto Rodr\u00edguez Mella<\/cite>\n\nRodr\u00edguez Mella highlighted INEFI’s commitment to this vision, recognizing the effort of technicians, teachers and collaborators, as well as the physical education community nationwide.\n\nThe executive director highlighted that INEFI has responsibly taken on the task of strengthening physical education and school sports as tools for social transformation.\n\n

We firmly believe that sport not only shapes athletes, but better citizens: young people with values, discipline, respect and a sense of belonging.<\/p>Alberto Rodr\u00edguez Mella<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nRodr\u00edguez Mella recognized the progress made thanks to teamwork and planning.\n\nFigures such as Elvis Duarte, INEFI’s Deputy Director General; C\u00e9sar Ruiz, financial and administrative advisor; Luis\u00edn Mej\u00eda Oviedo, president of Centro Caribe Sports and member of the IOC; General Jacobo Mateo Moquete, Director of Sports of the National Police; and Colonel Pilot Osvaldo P\u00e9rez F\u00e9lix, of the Dominican Republic Air Force, were present at the mass.\n\nAlso in attendance were Eddy Gonz\u00e1lez, technical director of INEFI; Esteban P\u00e9rez Polanco, former director of INEFI; Professor Nelson Ram\u00edrez; Napole\u00f3n Calzado, president of the Dominican Federation of Professional Baseball Players; federation leaders, athletes and immortals of Dominican sport.\n\n\n

History of INEFI<\/h2>\n\n\nThe National Institute of Physical Education (INEFI) was created in 1998 by Law No. 33-98.\n\nThe history of INEFI dates back to 1912, with the appointment of the first School Physical Education teachers.\n\nIn 1929, the first general director of Physical Education and Sports was appointed.\n\nIn 1959, the General Directorate of School Physical Education was created, dependent on the Secretariat of State for Education and Fine Arts.\n\nIn 1975, he became part of the Secretariat of State for Sports, Physical Education and Recreation. In 1978, it was integrated again into the Secretariat of State for Education.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo \u2013 The National Institute of Physical Education (INEFI) celebrated its 28th anniversary with a mass, as part of the annual institutional activities. The ceremony was led by the CEO, Alberto Rodr\u00edguez Mella, who expressed gratitude to God and the collaborators for the achievements made during his tenure. The Eucharist was officiated by Father […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[8387,1652,4668,1651],"class_list":{"0":"post-103875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-anniversary","9":"tag-inefi","10":"tag-physical-education","11":"tag-sport"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}