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Team Philippines in the 31st Southeast Asian Games opening ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam on Thursday (May 12, 2022) (Screenshot via PSC) HANOI - Kurash (folk wrestling) athlete Jack Escarpe won the country's second gold medal in the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) here, emerging victorious in the men's 73-kilogram (kg) event. The team likewise added two more medals Sydney Sy's silver in the women's +87 kg category, bowing to Myanmar's Aye Aye Aung, 1-0, and Al Rolan Llamas' bronze in men's -60 kg. On Wednesday, Francine Padios (pencak silat) bagged the country's first gold. Medal performers in the SEA Games will meet President Rodrigo Duterte before he leaves Malacanang on June 30. Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chair William Ramirez said in a news release on Friday that SEA Games medalists will receive cash benefits under Republic Act No. 10699 or the National Athletes and Coaches Benefits and Incentives Act. An individual gold medalist from t
Myanmar's ruling military has jailed more leading leaders of the protest against them and the coup executed against the previous givernment in February last year.