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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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    Anyone but Cayetano?

    Call him playful or call him a fool, but President Duterte just played it cool when he manifested the fact that he does not support Taguig Rep. Alan Peter…

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    Zero accountability

    President Rodrigo Duterte delivered a slam-dunk when he told ranking Daily Tribune executives in a meeting late Thursday that the Philippine Southeast Asian…

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    Rody nixes Phisgoc Foundation

    Citing government accountability, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night shot down efforts by the privately-formed Philippine Southeast Asian Games…

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    POC wants MOA revised

    With former president Ricky Vargas no longer in power, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) executive board is pushing for some key amendments in its…

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    Culprit

    Former Philippine Olympic Committee president Ricky Vargas and chairman Abraham Tolentino pulled off an impressive move when they decided to drop their earlier…

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    Bone of contention

    The questionable formation of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) Foundation, Inc. sparked the ongoing leadership crisis in the…

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    Order restored

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) finally stepped in and issued guidelines on how the Philippine Olympic Committee…

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    Nobody wins

    There's no denying that the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is in turmoil.

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    Conflict elevated

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is already on notice about the leadership squabble in the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).

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    Showdown looms

    An electoral battle between Clint Aranas and Abraham Tolentino is in the offing following the resignation of Joey Romasanta as president of the Philippine…

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    POC in crisis

    The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) is calling for another elections following an action-packed extraordinary general assembly meeting yesterday at the…

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    Looming fireworks

    Fireworks are expected when newly-installed Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Joey Romasanta faces the general assembly for the first time since…

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    Cleaning the house

    The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) will continue to recognize Taguig Congressman-elect Alan Peter Cayetano as chairman of the ad hoc committee for the…

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    Battle for control

    Alan Peter Cayetano must be dreaming when he said that the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) Foundation Inc. remains the chief…

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    Collision course

    The Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) Foundation Inc. has no control over the staging of the 30th Southeast Asian Games.

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    Ready to regroup

    With Ricky Vargas stepping down as president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), his successor in Joey Romasanta vowed to waste no time to make sure…

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    Vargas steps down

    Ricky Vargas formally resigned as president of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) following an executive council meeting, where 8 of the 13 board members…

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    Under pressure

    A call from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) left Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Ricky Vargas with no choice but to meet members of his…