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(Eagle News) — Metro Manila policemen deployed for the Southeast Asian Games will receive a P300 daily meal allowance. This is according to National Capital Region Police Office chief Debold Sinas, who gave the assurance on Friday, Nov. 29, that his men were well taken care of. “Lahat ‘yan sa first pa lang na deployment, you receive P500 saka P100, for the allowance and cellphone (load)..,” he added. In Metro Manila, he said around 10,000 […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Education has approved the suspension of classes in six public schools in Metro Manila for the Southeast Asian Games. In a Nov. 12 memorandum, Education Secretary Leonor Briones said the suspension of classes in the Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School in Manila; Gotamco Elementary School, Andres Bonifacio Elementary School, and Rafael Palma Elementary School in Pasay; and in Oranbo Elementary School and Bagong Ilog Elementary School in Pasig from December 2 […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities will implement road closures in parts of Metro Manila for the 30th Southeast Asian Games. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and the Manila District Traffic Enforcement Unit said the following will be closed starting Nov. 30, at 12:01 a.m.: Stretch of Adriatico St. from President Quirino to P. Ocampo (both directions) Stretch of P. Ocampo, from Taft Ave. to Adriatico (westbound direction only) Authorities said the closure will last until December […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will provide incentives to winning Filipino athletes in the Southeast Asian Games. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President would also confer the Order of Lapu Lapu to the winning athletes as a recognition of their exceptional contributions to the country. “To all the athletes participating in the games, we wish them the best of luck as they display their wares and talents in the competition,” Panelo said. The […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Bong Go on Wednesday, Nov. 7, urged Filipinos to help each other instead of pointing fingers, amid some issues hounding the country’s hosting of the Southeast Asian Games. In a statement, Go lamented how many Filipinos were rejoicing “for the wrong reasons.” “Pumapalakpak dahil gusto nila tayong pumalpak,” Go said. In the first place, he said the organizers led by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano were working “double time” and doing everything […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Tito Sotto on Wednesday, Nov. 27, called on all parties to “stop bickering about petty things” following the logistical problems that hounded the Philippines’ hosting of the Southeast Asian Games. “We are too hospitable!” Sotto lamented, as he recalled his participation in the 1978 Asian Games and in the 1977, 1978 and 1981 SEA Games as a player of bowling or coach. He also participated in the World Cup in […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte wants a probe into the logistical problems that hounded the Philippines’ hosting of the Southeast Asian Games. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the probe would cover the organizers of the SEA Games, including Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee head Alan Peter Cayetano, who was Duterte’s running mate in the 2016 elections. He said the P50-million cauldron would also be probed. A parallel investigation by Congress could also be […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is extremely displeased with the various snafus and inconveniences so far encountered and reported by both foreign and local athletes in the 30th Southeast Asian games due to the lack of foresight of SEA Games organizers. This was according to his spokesperson Salvador Panelo who stressed that those “failures” could have been prevented had the SEA Games organizers made alternative plans. Panelo said that the President, who learned of […]
(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) — 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)–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) – 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 […]
