2019 SEA GAMES. The opening ceremony of the 30th Southeast Asian Games hosted by the Philippines in 2019. The Philippine Olympic Committee on Thursday (July 14, 2022) said the country would host the biennial regional sports meet again in 2033. (File photo) MANILA - The Philippines will again host the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2033, Philippine Olympic Committee president, Rep. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino, said Thursday. The country's fifth hosting of the biennial regional games is set half a generation after its most successful hosting in 2019 under Tolentino's watch, where Filipino athletes emerged overall champion. "We offered a bid to host anew in 2033 and the council unanimously approved," Tolentino said, referring to Wednesday's SEA Games Federation Council Meeting in Phnom Penh, host of next year's 32nd edition of the games. Vietnam hosted the one year-postponed 31st edition in May. After Cambodia, the games return to Bangkok in 2025, Kuala
MANILA - The competition was in May but cash incentives totaling PHP11.150 million from the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) through its dedicated partners came in as a mid-year bonus for the 417 athletes who clinched medals-individual and team-in the Vietnam 30th Southeast Asian Games. "The medalists in Hanoi are in for a surprise," said POC President, Rep. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino, on Thursday. "Most of these medalists may not know it yet, but once they check their LandBank accounts, they'll find out about the bonuses from the POC." John Derick Farr was unaware that the POC-through Tolentino's deputy secretary general for international events, Bones Floro-has already deposited his PHP10,000 bonus for the bronze medal he clinched in cycling's men's downhill. "I haven't check my bank account yet, but I'm thankful to the POC, especially Cong. Bambol, for the bonus," said Farr, one of three cycling bronze medalists in th
MANILA - Organizers of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in Vietnam announced on its website on Friday that the biennial multi-sport games postponed from last year will be held from May 12 to 23 next year. The specific dates were posted on Vietnam's national Olympic committee website and reported by Channel News Asia (CNA). The Games will open three days after the Philippines holds its national elections on May 9, 2022, and according to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president, Rep. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino, the majority of the athletes, coaches, and officials on Team Philippines would be unable to cast their votes. "This is one of those sacrifices of having to represent the country in an international competition," he said in a news release. The POC has determined a 626-athlete delegation to the Vietnam games, which will be played in the Hanoi main hub. "The main bulk of the delegation will be leaving for Vietnam no less than a week before the op