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2019 Sea Games

Archive news and features on the 30th Southeast Asian Games hosted by the Philippines in 2019 — venues, athletes, and organizing issues.

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    Empty barrel

    The massive — and expensive — staging of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games did not only burn a hole in the government wallet.

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    Furor over fund

    Members of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) executive council claimed that they are in the dark regarding the fund that the organization raised during…

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    Answers needed

    Filipino athletes pulled off a miracle when they clinched the overall title in the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

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    Still under probe

    Despite winning the overall crown in the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, Senator Panfilo Lacson said he will still look for possible corruption in the…

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    Palace: We are all winners

    Malacañang on Thursday said that the Filipino people are all winners in their own right following the country’s successful hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian…

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    Phisgoc under fire

    The Office of the Ombudsman is now looking into allegations of corruption against the organizers of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

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    Phisgoc exec charged

    A Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) official is facing charges of unjust vexation and oral defamation for lashing at the police…

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    Cayetano’s affair

    Slowly, and rather surely, organizers of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games have found ways to cover for their inefficiencies that marked the start of the…

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    Website woes hurt SEA Games

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

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    Saving image

    A meme is not news.

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    Hosting remains messy

    The 30th Southeast Asian Games formally went full blast via a glamorous opening ceremony last night, but tons of concerns remain unresolved.

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    No to silence

    By early evening today the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) will have formally opened. Let the games begin.

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    FIREWORKS ARE OFF

    After 14 years, the Philippines once again welcomes the 10 other Southeast Asian (SEA) nations as the 30th SEA Games formally opens with a world-class opening…

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    Eye of the storm

    Philippine organizers of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games fired back af ter days of critical coverage of the messy build-up to Saturday’s opening ceremony.

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    SEAG tickets now free

    Tickets for all the sporting events in the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games are now for free.

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    Heads will roll

    The disaster in the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games will cost a lot of jobs.

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    Chaotic kickoff

    Various problems continue to hound the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games with barely two days before it goes full blast at the…

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    ‘Kaldero’ blues

    Grandiose monument it is, no doubt. "Imeldific," as one congressman aptly describes it, channeling the blemished edifice complex of Ms. Imelda Marcos.