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PHLPost releases 30th Sea Games stamps

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Credit to Author: Jaime Pilapil, TMT| Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:10:04 +0000

To honor the country’s athletes and the hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, the Philippine Postal Corp. (PHLPost) released special commemorative stamps, souvenir sheets and first day cover of the biennial games. The stamps, designed by graphic artist Rodine Teodoro, feature four sports disciplines — weightlifting, badminton, cycling and billiards. Each stamp costs […]

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How host PH ruled the 2005 SEA Games

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Credit to Author: Eddie G. Alinea| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 17:28:29 +0000

Late evening one day, after the Philippines crowned itself the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, sportswriters gathered in their favorite water hole discussing who the best performers were that 23rd edition of the bi-annual conclave. Someone threw his choice: ”The national athletes, of course, from the winners to those who failed to win any medals and […]

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30th SEAG hostilities explode today

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Credit to Author: Jean Russel V. David| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2019 16:30:53 +0000

The largest sporting event in Southeast Asia — the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) — goes full blast today as 8,750 athletes from 11 countries compete for 531 gold medals in 56 sports. Host Philippines will be fielding in a 1,115-strong contingent in the biennial meet. The PH six-man triathlon team is keen to bag […]

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Typhoon or no, Games are a go

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Credit to Author: Jean Russel V. David| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:18:38 +0000

There will be no changes in the schedule of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, which opens today, despite an approaching typhoon. “Tisoy” (international name: “Kammuri”) is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) with 140-kilometer-per-hour winds either on Saturday evening or early Sunday. There are concerns that the typhoon could disrupt some events, […]

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SEA Games business opportunities for SMEs

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Credit to Author: Lee-Anne Tobias| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:16:40 +0000

OPPORTUNITIES are knocking for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) during special events like this year’s Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. It’s a time for small businesses to showcase their products and services on the world stage arena, and increase their chances to export their products. The past several weeks have been busy for organizers, suppliers, partners […]

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All systems go for 30th SEA Games despite typhoon threat — Phisgoc exec

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Credit to Author: Jean Russel V. David| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:42:43 +0000

IT’S all systems go for the 30th Southeast Asian Games, an official of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) said on Friday, despite threat of bad weather. Phisgoc Chief Operating Officer Ramon Suzara said they have a contingency plan should “Kammuri” (international name) enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) during the Games […]

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Free SEAG tickets to be given out — Cayetano

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Credit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 08:40:40 +0000

SOME events in the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) will be opened to the public for free, said Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, concurrent chairman of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc). “Upon the instructions of the President [Rodrigo Duterte] to make sure that all Filipinos who want to watch live and can be […]

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Retired auditors tapped to probe SEA Games irregularities

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Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 05:56:48 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he would designate a group of former government auditors to investigate the alleged irregularities in the country’s hosting of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games. Speaking to reporters in Malacañang on Thursday night, Duterte said he wanted retired auditors from the Commission on Audit (COA) to handle the SEA Games investigation since […]

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Typhoon ‘Kammuri’ threatens SEA Games — Pagasa

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Credit to Author: Divina Nova Joy Dela Cruz| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 05:48:33 +0000

AN impending super typhoon is forecast to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on the weekend of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, the state-run weather bureau said on Friday. ‘Kammuri” was last spotted at 1,470 kilometers east of Southern Luzon, still outside the PAR. It was moving northwest slowly, packing maximum sustained winds of […]

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PH beach volley teams to bank on home turf edge

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Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:14:49 +0000

Armed with local and international exposures, the Philippine men’s and women’s beach volleyball sides expressed confidence of gifting the country podium finishes in the coming Southeast Asian Games, which runs November 30 to December 11. The nationals, according to Dzi Gervacio, who will be partnering with Dij Rodriguez in one of two women’s teams, are […]

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