Big blow to PH's SEA Games hosting

on recent developments, the Philippines might as well go into the motion of playing host to the 30th Southeast Asian Games it is scheduled to stage from November 30 to December 11 in different venues in Central Luzon, Metro Manila and suburbs.

The country, alright, remains as host of the biggest ever edition of the once every two-year competitions among the best athletes in the 11-member meet in terms of the number sports at 56 and events to be disputed at 523.

To make this Games the most memorable and the most successful as expected of the Filipinos’ world—r renowned reputation as the best organizers of events of this magnitude and most hospitable at that has been put to doubt.

In a span of a few days last week, the Senate cut the proposed P7.5 billion budget submitted by the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) by 33 percent, thus, reducing the amount to merely P5 billion or P1.5 billion short of the