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(Eagle News) – The Philippine government inaugurated on Tuesday, Nov. 26, the P260.8 million Ciudad de Victoria Interchange Overpass and Bypass Road in Bocaue, Bulacan. Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar led the inauguration of the government priority project, a few days before the 30th SEA Games opening ceremonies at the Philippine Arena on Nov. 30. The Ciudad de Victoria Interchange Overpass Bridge and Bypass Road “will address the usual heavy […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) on Sunday, Nov. 24, apologized to some international football teams after they encountered transportation and hotel arrangements upon their arrival in the country. “We sincerely apologize to our athlete guests from Timor-Leste, Myanmar and Cambodia for the inconvenience caused to them by the confusion regarding their transportation and hotel arrangements,” PHISGOC said. According to PHISGOC, the “confusion with the Timor-Leste football team happened when some […]
(Eagle News) — The best of Philippine culture will be showcased through spectacular performances at the historic opening of the 30th Southeast Asian Games at the 55,000-seater Philippine Arena on Nov. 30. With the theme, “We Win as One,” the SEA Games opener will be a collaboration of the Philippine team and a foreign group — the Emmy-award winning live content creator FiveCurrents – which will be directing and supervising the production numbers of various […]
(Eagle News)–Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday, Nov. 21, apologized to Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) president Vince Dizon for saying his father-in-law was late national artist Bobby Mañosa. Drilon made the apology in an interview over ANC, a day after he slammed the government’s P50-million cauldron to be used in the Southeast Asian Games. The cauldron was supposed to have been designed by Mañosa. Dizon, on the other hand, is in charge […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said he did not see anything wrong in the building of the SEA Games cauldron which costs P50 million saying the structure was designed by a national artist and the cost of his work was for him to name. Duterte said that the work of the late National Artist for Architecture, Francisco ‘Bobby’ Mañosa, and there was no corruption in the case. “Mañosa was commissioned by the government […]
(Eagle News) — For the first time, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano faced the Senate budget hearing and defended the P50-million cost of the so-called “golden cauldron” built for the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Cayetano, co-chairman of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC), the private group which is handling preparations Philippine hosting of the SEA Games this year, insisted that the SEA Games cauldron which was designed by the late National Artist […]
(Eagle News)–The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority on Wednesday, Nov. 13, warned motorists of heavy traffic in some areas as the agency conducts a traffic simulation for the 2019 Southeast Asian Games on November 14. The MMDA said the following roads will be affected by the simulation: EDSA Northbound lane Mindanao Avenue North Avenue Quirino Avenue Pasay Avenue Taft Avenue Magallanes South Luzon Expressway North Luzon Expressway The MMDA said it will implement the stop and […]
(Eagle News) — Classes and work in the Manila campus of the Dela Salle University are suspended for six days of December. A memorandum from the Office of the Chancellor said the suspension from December 2 to 7 was “in view of the activities directly connected with the Philippines’ hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games.” “Access to the campus will likewise be restricted,” the memo dated Nov. 12 said.
(Eagle News) — With 1,115 athletes and 753 coaches and officials, the Philippines will have the biggest delegation in the 30th Southeast Asian Games which the country will be hosting starting this Nov. 30. The Philippine delegation has a total of 1,868 members. Still, the Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) officials said that the number of entries could still go down depending on the delegation registration meeting on November 19. Philippine sports officials […]
(Eagle News)–The New Clark City Sports Complex will be ready for the Southeast Asian Games, Senator Bong Go said. “As planned and promised, the construction of the sports complex is right on schedule,” he said. The 30th SEA Games, a biennial multi-sport event, will be held in the country from November 30 to December 11. Go had said President Rodrigo Duterte himself will grace the opening of the international sports event. In a statement, Go […]
(Eagle News) – The official theme song of the Southeast Asian Games 2019 was finally revealed during the press launch on Tuesday, Sept. 3. Noted Filipina singer and actress Lea Salonga, who is also best known for her roles in musical theaters and plays, sang the 2019 SEA Games official theme song, “We Win as One” which was composed by Philippine National Artist for Music maestro Ryan Cayabyab and written by Palanca awardee Floy […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte gave millions of pesos in cash incentives to the Filipino athletes who became the pride of the Philippines in the recent 29th Southeast Asian Games for winning medals for the country in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Duterte gave the cash incentives to the athletes who won 24 gold medals, 33 silver and 64 bronze medals at the Rizal Ceremonial Hall in Malacanan. The athletes also received presidential citations for […]
