Solon: ₱50-M SEA Games cauldron only ‘excessive’ if used ‘one-time, big-time’

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While PBA Party-list Representative Jericho Nograles is 'surprised' with the fund spent for the 2019SEAGames cauldron, he defends it, saying it is 'necessary.'

FILE PHOTO. The 3-meter wide cauldron, designed by National Artist for Architecture Francisco “Bobby” Manosa, will hold the SEA games flame for the duration of the sports event.— A party-list lawmaker on Wednesday defended the controversial P50-million Southeast Asian Games cauldron, saying it is “excessive” if only used for the upcoming regional meet.

While Nograles was "surprised" with the fund spent for the cauldron, he defended it, saying it is"necessary."

 

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No, Mr. Nograles, that hideous cauldron is not necessary. Athletes’ training and health care are necessary.

the question shud be what will be the purpose of the cauldron after event... will it just be left under the hostile natural elements of rain and sun? another white elephant? 55M for 11 days? tsktsktsk☹️

Kung pinatayo nyo nalang dyan yung nagpagawa nyan at sinunog, kahit isang buwan mag aapoy yun sa sobrang kapal ng mukha, libre lang yun..lol

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