Sports THURSDAY SEPTEMBER I9, 2019 15

Let students watch SEAG for free - Mikee

By KRISTEL SATUMBAGA in the biennial meet as a so I see no feason why we and the closing ceremony in
member of the natlonal polo can't duplicate our golden New Clark City in Capas, Tar-
team, said the proposalwould / achievements during the lac. Major venues are in Metro
Deputy Speaker 14ikee boost not only the competi- 23rd SEA Games," said Rome- Manila, Tarlac and Pampanga.
Romero (lPacman Pa rtyl- tions, but also the morale of / ro, who is one of the found- Romero, who bankrolled
ist) yesterday Filipino athletes and image of ing directors of the Philippine the PH basketball team that
proposed the De- the country abroad. National Federation of Polo lorded it over during the 2007
pa rtment of Edu- He added the crowd sup-
cation and the port can bolster the country's
Players.. Ratchasima Games in Thai-
"With President Duterte's land, said DepEd officials
Philippine 5EA bid to reproduce the achieve- total support as well as the should also cooperate in thid
Games Orga n iz- ment made in the 2005 edi- crowd, I'm confident we can endeavor.
ing Committee tion where Filipino athletes do it again." "Let these students feel the
the idea of allowing won the overall cha m pion- The bien n ia I meet is set spirit of SEA Games," he said.
students to watch the ship by harvesting 113 gold, from No.30 to Dec. 11 in "We have state-of-art athlet-
Southeast Asian Games for B5 silver and 93 bronze various Luzon venues with ics and swimming centers but
free. medals. the opening scheduied at the it will look ugly if there no
MIKEE Romero Romero, who is taking part "We did it 14 years ago Philippine Arena in Bulacan student-cheerers."
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