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                    [Title] => Peping hopes Thai coup won’t affect 2007 SEAG
                    [Summary] => Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose Cojuangco yesterday aired hopes that the military-backed coup in Thailand won’t have any effects on the country’s hosting of next year’s Southeast Asian Games.


Cojuangco issued a statement amid the possibility that the Thai Olympic Committee might have a change in leadership after the bloodless coup that ousted long-time Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 330795 [Title] => SEAG ’07 calendar favors RP [Summary] => BANGKOK — The Philippines scored twin victories of sort over the weekend here as it successfully batted for the inclusion of sports where it is traditionally strong in the next Southeast Asian Games even as taekwondo gold medalist Esther Marie Singson escaped suspension after being tested positive for prohibitive substance during the 23rd SEA Games in Manila last year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309837 [Title] => Home court advantages and poor home ratings [Summary] => Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra did not mention host Philippines. But in railing at the Southeast Asian Games’ "fixation for medals" over athletic spirit, he spoiled the Philippine lead in golds. More so since he sneered that "it’s normal to win or lose, but it’s not nice if we host such games and do this to other countries." Even more so since, at the same time in Bangkok, Jaruk Areerajakaran, head of Thailand’s Olympic Committee in charge of joining events, claimed pointblank that "the hosts are cheating."
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309845 [Title] => Look who’s talking [Summary] => The common Filipino response to the accusation of cheating hurled by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was not an outright denial of the charge but, "Look who’s talking."

The other common — and outraged — response from Philippine sports aficionados was that host countries, such as Vietnam when it hosted the Southeast Asian Games in 2003 and Greece when it hosted the Olympics last year, often try to put one over competitors.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309682 [Title] => Thai PM cries foul; POC says no bias [Summary] => BANGKOK (AFP) — Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday expressed doubts over the fairness of the results in the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG), noting host nation Philippines is winning far more medals than competitors.

"Normally, I have no time to watch sports but I often watched these games and kept thinking, ‘Why do results turn out to be that way?’ I don’t know what to say," he told reporters.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299088 [Title] => Thailand predicts haul of 120 golds [Summary] => Thailand, which ruled two of the last five Southeast Asian Games, will be out to reassert its supremacy in the regional meet when the 23rd SEA Games is held Nov. 27-Dec. 5 in Manila and three other satellite venues.

Maj. Gen. Charouck Arirachakaran, secretary-general of the Thailand’s Olympic Committee, yesterday predicted a 120-gold medal haul by the Thais that could be good enough to claim the overall championship in the biennial games.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297869 [Title] => Trapiko hindi magiging problema sa SEA Games [Summary] => Kung ang trapik ang inireklamo ng isang opisyal ng Thailand Olympic Committee (TOC) para sa darating na 23rd Southeast Asian Games, hindi naman ito isang malaking isyu para sa Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).

Ayon kay POC secretary-general Steve Hontiveros, nakikipag-ugnayan na ang Philippine SEA Games Orga-nizing Committee (PHILSOC) kay Security Management Committee chairman Gen. Rodolfo Tor.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297448 [Title] => ‘RP has advantage to dominate SEAG’ [Summary] => It’s going to be a battle among Vietnam, Indonesia and host Philippines.

A Thai sports official who’s here in the country has issued this early forecast regarding the battle for the overall championship in the 23rd SEA Games to be held here on Nov. 27-Dec. 5.

Chaiyapak Siriwat said the other day the current trend where the host country enjoys a tremendous upperhand should serve the Philippines well when it hosts the event only for the third time after 1981 and 1991.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297272 [Title] => Thai visit: ‘Venues okay, traffic awful’ [Summary] => He saw no problems with the venues but expressed concern with the traffic.

Chaiyapak Siriwat, the visiting vice president of the Thailand Olympic Committee, yesterday made a quick tour of some of the Metro Manila venues for the coming SEA Games. He gave each one of them the passing grade.

The ranking Thai sports official who arrived in the country the other day is confident that venues undergoing renovation will be ready just in time for the Nov. 27 to Dec. 5 event to be participated in by 11 countries.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297390 [Title] => Manila venues ‘OK’ sa mga Thai officials [Summary] => Pasado sa mga bumusitang sports officials ng Thailand ang mga binisitang venues sa Metro Manila kahapon na gagamitin para sa 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games na nakatakda sa Nov. 27 hanggang Dec. 5.

Sinabi ni Chaiyapak Siriwat, vice-president ng Thailand Olympic Commit-tee, na matatapos ang mga renova-tions ng mga venues bago pa man itanghal ang biennial meet at ang tangi lamang niyang pangamba ay ang sobrang traffic sa Maynila.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Peping hopes Thai coup won’t affect 2007 SEAG
                    [Summary] => Philippine Olympic Committee president Jose Cojuangco yesterday aired hopes that the military-backed coup in Thailand won’t have any effects on the country’s hosting of next year’s Southeast Asian Games.


Cojuangco issued a statement amid the possibility that the Thai Olympic Committee might have a change in leadership after the bloodless coup that ousted long-time Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 330795 [Title] => SEAG ’07 calendar favors RP [Summary] => BANGKOK — The Philippines scored twin victories of sort over the weekend here as it successfully batted for the inclusion of sports where it is traditionally strong in the next Southeast Asian Games even as taekwondo gold medalist Esther Marie Singson escaped suspension after being tested positive for prohibitive substance during the 23rd SEA Games in Manila last year.
[DatePublished] => 2006-04-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309837 [Title] => Home court advantages and poor home ratings [Summary] => Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra did not mention host Philippines. But in railing at the Southeast Asian Games’ "fixation for medals" over athletic spirit, he spoiled the Philippine lead in golds. More so since he sneered that "it’s normal to win or lose, but it’s not nice if we host such games and do this to other countries." Even more so since, at the same time in Bangkok, Jaruk Areerajakaran, head of Thailand’s Olympic Committee in charge of joining events, claimed pointblank that "the hosts are cheating."
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134276 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805283 [AuthorName] => Jarius Bondoc [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309845 [Title] => Look who’s talking [Summary] => The common Filipino response to the accusation of cheating hurled by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was not an outright denial of the charge but, "Look who’s talking."

The other common — and outraged — response from Philippine sports aficionados was that host countries, such as Vietnam when it hosted the Southeast Asian Games in 2003 and Greece when it hosted the Olympics last year, often try to put one over competitors.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133252 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1807094 [AuthorName] => Ana Marie Pamintuan [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 309682 [Title] => Thai PM cries foul; POC says no bias [Summary] => BANGKOK (AFP) — Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday expressed doubts over the fairness of the results in the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG), noting host nation Philippines is winning far more medals than competitors.

"Normally, I have no time to watch sports but I often watched these games and kept thinking, ‘Why do results turn out to be that way?’ I don’t know what to say," he told reporters.
[DatePublished] => 2005-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 299088 [Title] => Thailand predicts haul of 120 golds [Summary] => Thailand, which ruled two of the last five Southeast Asian Games, will be out to reassert its supremacy in the regional meet when the 23rd SEA Games is held Nov. 27-Dec. 5 in Manila and three other satellite venues.

Maj. Gen. Charouck Arirachakaran, secretary-general of the Thailand’s Olympic Committee, yesterday predicted a 120-gold medal haul by the Thais that could be good enough to claim the overall championship in the biennial games.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096369 [AuthorName] => Joey Villar [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297869 [Title] => Trapiko hindi magiging problema sa SEA Games [Summary] => Kung ang trapik ang inireklamo ng isang opisyal ng Thailand Olympic Committee (TOC) para sa darating na 23rd Southeast Asian Games, hindi naman ito isang malaking isyu para sa Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).

Ayon kay POC secretary-general Steve Hontiveros, nakikipag-ugnayan na ang Philippine SEA Games Orga-nizing Committee (PHILSOC) kay Security Management Committee chairman Gen. Rodolfo Tor.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297448 [Title] => ‘RP has advantage to dominate SEAG’ [Summary] => It’s going to be a battle among Vietnam, Indonesia and host Philippines.

A Thai sports official who’s here in the country has issued this early forecast regarding the battle for the overall championship in the 23rd SEA Games to be held here on Nov. 27-Dec. 5.

Chaiyapak Siriwat said the other day the current trend where the host country enjoys a tremendous upperhand should serve the Philippines well when it hosts the event only for the third time after 1981 and 1991.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297272 [Title] => Thai visit: ‘Venues okay, traffic awful’ [Summary] => He saw no problems with the venues but expressed concern with the traffic.

Chaiyapak Siriwat, the visiting vice president of the Thailand Olympic Committee, yesterday made a quick tour of some of the Metro Manila venues for the coming SEA Games. He gave each one of them the passing grade.

The ranking Thai sports official who arrived in the country the other day is confident that venues undergoing renovation will be ready just in time for the Nov. 27 to Dec. 5 event to be participated in by 11 countries.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804774 [AuthorName] => Abac Cordero [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 297390 [Title] => Manila venues ‘OK’ sa mga Thai officials [Summary] => Pasado sa mga bumusitang sports officials ng Thailand ang mga binisitang venues sa Metro Manila kahapon na gagamitin para sa 23rd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games na nakatakda sa Nov. 27 hanggang Dec. 5.

Sinabi ni Chaiyapak Siriwat, vice-president ng Thailand Olympic Commit-tee, na matatapos ang mga renova-tions ng mga venues bago pa man itanghal ang biennial meet at ang tangi lamang niyang pangamba ay ang sobrang traffic sa Maynila.
[DatePublished] => 2005-09-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) ) )
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