Developments in Philippines' SEA Games hosting

The Philippines maintains a huge lead at the current medal tally in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games. The host country has a total of 144 gold, 113 silver and 114 bronze medals as of 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 10. 

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Team Philippines has already breached the 300-medal mark on Monday, December 9, clinching the overall championship in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. As of 5:30 p.m., the country now has 119 gold, 89 silver and 97 bronze medals. 

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The Philippines remains unstoppable as they bag more medals at the 30th Southeast Asian Games. As of 3:30 p.m. Monday, December 9, the host country now has a total of 115 gold medals. 

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The Office of the Ombudsman has formed a seven-man panel to investigate possible graft and corruption in the alleged mishandling of the funds of the Southeast Asian Games.

Ombudsman Samuel Martires says officials of PHISGOC including House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano are covered by the investigation, reports The STAR's Elizabeth Marcelo.

The Philippines smashes records to stay on top in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. As of 7:30 a.m. Monday, the host country has 112 gold medals. Timor Leste, on the other hand, wins its first SEA Games medal in boxing.

Team Philippines continues to dominate in the 30th Southeast Asian Games, breaching the 200-medal mark just seven days into the competition. Below is the medal tally as of 6:10 p.m. Saturday, December 7:

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The Philippines still leads the overall tally with 78 gold medals, 57 silver and 58 bronze. Indonesia is second with a 45-45-51 medal haul, followed by Indonesia. Here is the official medal tally as of 4:45 p.m. Saturday, December 7.

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Team Philippines has already breached the 180-medal mark just seven days into the competition. As of 12:15 p.m. Saturday, December 7, the team now has a hefty 73-55-52 (gold-silver-bronze) medal tally. 

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The Philippines keeps their huge lead in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. As of 10 a.m. Saturday, December 7, Team Philippines now has a total of 176 medals, 71 of which are gold.

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The Philippines maintains their lead in the 30th Southeast Asian Games, bagging a total of 169 medals as of 6 p.m. Friday, December 6. Indonesia now ranks second, overtaking Vietnam in the overall ranking. 

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Filipino athletes snatch more gold medals in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Below is the official medal tally and standing as of 3 p.m. Friday, December 6.

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The Philippines has already breached the 150-medal mark just six days into the race. As of 11:45 a.m. Friday, December 5, the team now has a hefty 68-49-33 (gold-silver-bronze) medal tally. 

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The Philippines continues to roll in the 30th Southeast Asian Games, bagging a total of 146 medals as of 10 a.m. Friday, December 6.

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The Philippines is still leading in the 30th Southeast Asian Games with a total of 141 medals as of 7:10 p.m. Thursday, December 5. Sixty-three of which are gold, 45 silver and 33 bronze medals. 

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Team Philippines maintains overall medal tally lead in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. As of 5:42 p.m. Thursday, December 5, the country now has a hefty 59-44-24 (gold-silver-bronze) medal tally. They are followed by Vietnam, which has 28-33-37 and Indonesia, which has 23-31-32, in the overall race.   

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Team Philippines is still on top of the medals tally with 57 gold medals as of 3:30 p.m. Thursday, December 5. Vietnam ranks second in the 30th Southeast Asian Games with 28 gold medals, followed by Indonesia with 23 gold medals. 

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The Philippines' lead in the 30th Southeast Asian Games grows with 123 medals as of 1:45 p.m. Thursday, December 5. The country now has a hefty 57-42-24 (gold-silver-bronze) tally, leading Vietnam and Malaysia. 

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The Philippines has won the most gold medals and the most medals overall at the ongoing 30th Southeast Asian Games. Below is the official medal tally as of 11:20 a.m. Thursday, December 5.

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Team Philippines has earned a total of 117 medals (56 gold, 40 silver, 21 bronze), leading Vietnam and Malaysia. Here's the official medal tally as of 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 4. 

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Filipino athletes continue to dominate the overall standings at the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Below is the official medal tally as of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 4.

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Team Philippines now has a hefty 51-33-19 (gold-silver-bronze) medal tally as of 12:50 p.m. Wednesday, December 4. They are followed by Vietnam, which has 23-27-25 and Malaysia, which has 19-8-15, in the 30th Southeast Asian Games.   

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Two more medals have been added to Philippines' medal tally count at the 30th Southeast Asian Games. The country bagged a total of 94 medals as of Tuesday night, December 3. Here is the medal tally and standings table as of 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, December 4.   

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The Philippines keeps their dominance at the top of the 30th Southeast Asian Games, with 92 medals as of 7:15 p.m. Tuesday (December 3), 47 of which were gold. Vietnam bagged a total of 75, to occupy the second spot on the medal tally.

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The Philippines continues to dominate the 30th Southeast Asian Games, with 89 medals as of Tuesday afternoon (December 3). Vietnam comes in second while Indonesia comes in third. Below is the official medal tally as of 5:45 p.m.

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The Philippines clinches more gold medals in the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Based on the official medal tally as of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday (December 3), the Philippines has a total of 85 medals. Forty-six of which are gold, 24 silver and 15 bronze.

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The Philippines continues their reign at the top of the medals tally at the SEA Games 2019. As of 2:08 p.m. Tuesday (December 3), the Philippines bagged a total of 80 medals (41 gold, 24 silver and 15 bronze).

Get the latest news, results and medal counts for the 30th Southeast Asian Games here. 

The official medal tally board of the 2019 SEA Games places the Philippines on top with 41 gold, 21 silver, 14 bronze for a total of 76 medals as of 12 noon of December 3. 

Philippines is followed by Vietnam with 57 medals (17 gold, 21 silver, 14 bronze). 

Organizers of the 30th Southeast Asian Games announce that some games will be rescheduled due to strong winds and heavy rain brought by Typhoon Tisoy. 

LOOK | The Rizal Memorial Sports Complex feeling the effects of #TisoyPH. Competition manager Chris Cuatro says games will be rescheduled if rains don't stop by 12 noon. (via @Sports5PH) pic.twitter.com/nH7gKfg5r7

— ONE News PH (@onenewsph) December 3, 2019

Tennis matches set at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex have been postponed because of wet floor conditions. 

Canoeing and windsurfing scheduled on Tuesday are also cancelled due to Typhoon Tisoy. 

Ramon Suzara, COO of the Philippine Sea Games Organizing Committee, again brushes off questions on whether the lighting of the cauldron in New Clark City was pre-recorded and not done live.

"Well, I mentioned yesterday, whether it's pre-recorded or live, is the best. It's for us a spectacular opening ceremony, it doesn't matter. It's an entertainment television show," he tells reporters.

Malacañang congratulates athletes who have won and brought honor to the Philippines in the SEEA Games.

As of 10 p.m. Sunday, the Palace noted that the country is leading the competition with a total of 39 medals with 21 gold, 11 silver and seven bronze.

Malacañang: Filipino athletes' hard work paying off @PhilippineStar @PhilstarNews #SEAGames2019 pic.twitter.com/TayytckpLM

— Alexis B. Romero (@alexisbromero) December 2, 2019

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano again denies corruption in the P6 billion budget for the country's hosting of the SEA Games 2019. He says he can take a lie detector test with Sens. Franklin Drilon and Panfilo Lacson.

"I can look them in the eye and say wala akong kinuha ni singko."

Cayetano also vows to face investigation once the games are over.

"Come December 12, hold me accountable. Hold the SEA games organizing committee accountable. Hindi ako magtatago. Ako haharap sa Senado, sa Ombudsman."

— with The STAR/Edu Punay

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon stresses that the Senate did not slash funding for the SEA Games during deliberations on the 2019 budget.

"The journal of the Senate dated December 6, 2018 would clearly reveal that no member of the Senate slashed the budget of the SEA Games. The P7.5 billion funding for SEA Games that was mysteriously lodged in the budget of the Department of Foreign Affairs – that even the Foreign Affairs Sec. Teddy Locsin disowned – was only transferred to the Philippine Sports Commission," he says.

"The third reading version of the 2019 General Appropriations Bill passed by the Senate would show that the P7.5 billion budget lodged under the Philippine Sports Commission was intact. It was the bicam, which members of the House of Representatives were part of, that slashed this to P5 billion. For the record, it was not I who proposed to slash it to P5 billion during the bicam," he also says.

"The current budget of the SEA Games remains at P6 billion after P1 billion was transferred from the contingent fund," he says.

A 46-year-old construction worker sustained injuries after falling from the scaffolding at the Rizal Memorial Stadium yesterday, media reports say citing the Manila Police District.

Lea Salonga announces she will not be performing at the SEA Games opening ceremonies this weekend as she will be performing in Singapore

Leaving on a jet plane for Singapore tomorrow and will begin our 14-show Sweeney run on Thursday night. This means I will not be performing at the SEA Games opening ceremonies on Saturday. I won’t be back home til after Sweeney is done.

— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) November 25, 2019

The Century Park Hotel Manila releases a statement explaining accommodation and other concerns involving SEA Games athletes from Thailand and Cambodia.

The hotel says the agreement on check-in time with organizers was at 2 p.m. but they were only told the night before about the early arrival of the Cambodia team.

"As much as we wanted to accommodate the request, it was not possible due to full occupancy. Standard check out is until 12:00NN. However, as early as 8:25am, some members were given an early check-in due to availability of rooms."

It says the hotel is also coordinating with the organizers on other concerns raised by the Thai team, "since part of the agreement with them is a cycle menu for the SEA Games delegation as well as two bottles of water per day to be supplied per person based on hotel industry standards."

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