{"id":89518,"date":"2017-02-14T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T03:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=89518"},"modified":"2017-02-14T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T03:05:13","slug":"phl-participates-in-29th-sea-games-baton-run-on-march-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/14\/phl-participates-in-29th-sea-games-baton-run-on-march-12\/","title":{"rendered":"PHL participates in 29th SEA Games baton run on March 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89519\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/13669177_10153957912513353_8761576334823067166_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89519\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/13669177_10153957912513353_8761576334823067166_n.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstrating solidarity and understanding through sports, the Philippines will participate in the 29th Southeast Asian Games \u201cRising Together Baton Run.\u201d (Photo: Hidilyn Diaz\/ Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/13669177_10153957912513353_8761576334823067166_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/13669177_10153957912513353_8761576334823067166_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/13669177_10153957912513353_8761576334823067166_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrating solidarity and understanding through sports, the Philippines will participate in the 29th Southeast Asian Games \u201cRising Together Baton Run.\u201d (Photo: Hidilyn Diaz\/ Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013Demonstrating solidarity and understanding through sports, the Philippines will participate in the 29th Southeast Asian Games \u201cRising Together Baton Run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ronnel Abrenica, senior executive assistant of Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and coordinator for the government sports body, said the historic sports event is set at 6:00 a.m. on March 12, which covers a total distance of 7.70 kilometers that will start at Malacanang grounds and finished at Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) in Pasay City.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic heroine Hidilyn Diaz, who just bestowed the time-honored \u201cAthlete of the Year\u201d award by the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) for his sterling silver medal performance in the Rio Olympics; and Senator Emmanuel \u201cManny\u201d Pacquiao, six-times recipient of the same honor will lead other runners in the baton run.<\/p>\n<p>Other guests in the run include Gilas Pilipinas players, members of the national training pool in athletics, para-athletes Jerrold Mangliwan and Josephine Medina, athletes from National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), from the education department and Palaro Pambansa athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Also participating groups will be led by Philippine Sports Commission and Embassy of Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>PSC chair William \u201cButch\u201d Ramirez emphasized the baton run \u201cis a ritual\u201d full of symbolic meanings, humanity and friendship. The event also in consonance of the Philippines hosting of the Asean Summit.<\/p>\n<p>The SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from 11 countries of Southeast Asia supervised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).<\/p>\n<p>In 1979, the Philippines became a member of the regional sports conclave, and thrice hosted this event, since it first hosting in 1981. 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