CAPAS CITY — In this age of technology, there’s no excuse not to get the information you need.

But not in the case of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games as journalists, both local and international, are having a hard time accessing the event’s official website with the 11-nation conclave already a week old.

The biennial meet officially started last Saturday with a grand opening ceremony at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan. But some events, particularly polo, football, floorball, water polo and beach volleyball, have already started their preliminaries.

Yet, the biggest question among the covering media here is: What happened to official website? For days now, the meet’s official website — 2019seagames.com — has yet to deliver its main function as the site has been down most of the time, forcing media people to travel to different

venues just to get the results they need.

“And even if it’s functioning, the results are not updated,” said one local reporter here who

requested not to be named.

The reporter has covered the 2015 (Singapore)

and 2017 (Malaysia) editions of SEA Games and this is first time he encountered such glitch despite the big budget allotted by the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) for the maintenance of the site throughout the duration of the Games.

A personnel from Phisgoc said three companies commissioned to build the website are now finding a solution to put the website

“as soon as possible.”

He admitted that they are really

embarrassed with what’s happening since they are already receiving complains from those who monitor the Games from Bangkok, Singapore, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur.

“They’re working on it now as we speak,” said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.

“I don’t want to reveal their name but three companies who were tapped to develop, manage and maintain the SEA Games website are now talking. Hopefully, something positive happens within the day. They have to put the site as soon as possible.”

This is not the first time for Phisgoc to be mired in controversy.

Days before the SEA Games formally opened various complains already cropped up ranging from the late arrival of team busses, lack of accommodation and shortage of food and water and the massive Metro Manila traffic.