{"id":238972,"date":"2019-12-02T17:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T22:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=238972"},"modified":"2019-12-02T17:57:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T22:57:19","slug":"palace-backs-sara-seag-opening-song-should-reflect-entire-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/02\/palace-backs-sara-seag-opening-song-should-reflect-entire-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace backs Sara: SEAG opening song should reflect entire PH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio at the Rizal Park in Davao City on December 30, 2018. KARL NORMAN ALONZO\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— While the song \u201cManila\u201d is catchy, the organizers of the 30th Southeast Asian Games should have selected an entrance theme that reflected not just the Philippine capital but the entire country, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo agreed with Davao City Mayor and Presidential Daughter Sara Duterte\u2019s criticism that the song selection should have been more \u201cinclusive\u201d since athletes were from different parts of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps because of the title \u2018Manila\u2019 itself, then she would be right it does not represent the entire Philippines,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mayor is right. We have to have a song that will reflect not only Manila but the entire Philippines — Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo urged Filipino songwriters to compose songs that depict all parts of the country to make sure every Filipino can relate to it.<\/p>\n

\u2018Yung mga<\/em>\u00a0songwriters are being alerted\u00a0na gumawa ng song na medy<\/em>o catchy\u00a0din<\/em>\u00a0and then sasabihin\u00a0mo \u2018yung mg<\/em>a peculiarities\u00a0ng mga luga<\/em>r (Songwriters should be alerted to compose songs that are catchy and narrate the peculiarities of a certain place),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cKasi \u2018yung kantang \u2018yun parang Maynila lang ang<\/em>\u00a0applicable\u00a0eh<\/em>\u00a0(Because that song is only applicable to Manila),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, however, said he understood why the organizers opted to use the song due to its \u201cpopularity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems that \u2018Manila\u2019 was used because that is the most popular song in relation to the Filipinos,\u201d the Palace official said.<\/p>\n

\u201cApparently, the people there, the crowd there liked it, laughed it up. They were all dancing, I was also dancing, all of us,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said President Rodrigo Duterte himself was seen swaying to the beat of the song which was popularized by the band Hotdog in the 70s.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the President\u2019s daughter, who hails from Mindanao, questioned why organizers chose a song as it was not representative of the entire country.<\/p>\n

“Di po ba<\/em>\u00a0Philippine flag\u00a0ang dala<\/em>\u00a0(Aren\u2019t the athletes carrying the Filipino flag)? Why would you play the song Manila? Did Lapu-Lapu die for Manila?” Sara said in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n

“We should be inclusive when we want to encourage our countrymen to cheer,” she said, insisting that it was not enough an excuse for the song to be \u201cupbeat\u201d and \u201cdanceable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (PHISGOC) chief operating officer Ramon Suzara, however, refuted the mayor explaining the meaning of the song applied to all Filipinos.<\/p>\n

“The song depicts not only Manila, but the whole (of) Filipinos. Every time we go out of the country, they always think about Manila as a capital,” he said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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