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Viajedor: Nalula si Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Butch Ramirez nang
matuklasang aabot sa P45 milyon ang ginastos ng pamahalaan sa gagamiting
cauldron sa 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games)."Hindi namin alam na ganun
kamahal 'yong cauldron... [H]indi rin namin alam na magiging isyu 'yan," ani
Ramirez.Ipinaubaya na ni Ramirez sa Commission on Audit (COA) ang paghusga
kung kalabisan ang ipinagawang cauldron."I don't want to comment . . . I have high
respect to the leadership of the organizing committee. [W]e will leave it to COA to
appreciate whether it is excessive or extravagant," ani Ramirez. Gayunpaman,
dumipensa si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa naging gastos sa cauldron, na disenyo ng
National Artist for Architecture na si Francisco Mañosa.'Product of the mind':
Duterte defends P45-M SEA Games cauldron"There can never be corruption in that
situation because you commissioned a national artist... Si Mañosa was commissioned
by the government to create 'yung nakita mo 'yung kaldero ngayon. It is the product
of the mind. You cannot estimate na lugi ka because it is the rendition of the mind of
the creator," paliwanag ni Duterte. Nakahanda naman si Ramirez na humarap sa
ano mang imbestigasyon para malaman ng mga Pilipino ang katotohanan ukol sa
kontrobersiyal na cauldron.
Villareal: At iyan ang mga balita natin ngayung araw. Ito po si Mharianne
Villareal