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SEA Games exec refutes Sara Duterte over 'Manila' entrance song

SEA Games exec refutes Sara Duterte over 'Manila' entrance song

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 02:51 PM

The entrance theme played as Philippine athletes marched on stage during the opening ceremony of the 30th Southeast Asian Games was an ode to all Filipinos, not just Manila, a tournament organizer said Monday, after Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio complained the song was "not inclusive." Read more »

Why private group, not gov’t, running SEA Games show

Why private group, not gov’t, running SEA Games show

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 02:49 PM

The Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) has been heavily criticized on social media following reports of half-finished venues and shabby accommodation of arriving athletes — complaints the group played down and described as “normal” during the course of regional sporting events. Read more »

SEA Games: PHISGOC says 50 of 56 venues ready

SEA Games: PHISGOC says 50 of 56 venues ready

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 24 07:28 PM

Fifty out of 56 venues for the Southeast Asian Games have already been finished thus belying claims that there were delays in the construction of the venues, an official of the group in charge of preparations for the games said on Sunday.  Read more »

SEA Games chief planner to be 'replaced': Cayetano

SEA Games chief planner to be 'replaced': Cayetano

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 08:35 PM

MANILA - Less than three months before the Philippines' hosting of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the chief operating officer (COO) of the organizing committee became the latest to fall in the country's handling of the regional event.  Read more »

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