FACT OR FAKE

30th SEA GAMES PHILIPPINES 2019

With all of the problems that plague the games, it was surprise that the hashtags
#SEAGames2019fail and #SEAGamesfail are trending on Twitter last 2019.

 Two toilets in one cubicle at Rizal

Stadium, in another SEA Games
The weekend before the SEAGames
2019 opening ceremony, a video
posted to Facebook media News
showed that the toilet twinsies
ensconced within a single cubicle in a
restroom of the Rizal Memorial
Stadium, one of the venues for the games. ABS-CBN reporter Angel Movido tweeted
a video of two toilets in one bathroom cubicle.

Fact: The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) later tried to disprove it. The agency
shared an edited photo of two cubicles and juxtaposed it with a screenshot of the
video. Movido later corrected her earlier tweet, stating that the video was shot at the
Ninoy Aquino Stadium, part of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) in
Malate, Manila. The Ninoy Aquino Stadium is the official venue for the SEA Games
taekwondo and weightlifting competitions. The two-toilet cubicle was also intended
for people with disabilities.
"The cubicle where the two toilets were discovered is larger and was originally
intended for PWDs," Engr. Salazar, Manny Salazar assured Movido that steps are
being taken to make the toilets fit for public use.

Source: https://interaksyon.philstar.com/trends-spotlights/2019/11/28/158116/
disputing-philippine-sports-commission-post-twin-toilets-one-cubicle-video/

• Women’s Football Teams Served just Egg, Kikiam and Rice for Breakfast
The food was a major problem, according
to the coaches from Malaysia and Myan-
mar, with the majority of the items supplied
being unsuitable for the players' diets.

“I'm not sure how things are set up with

Phisgoc, but the food isn't good enough
or sufficient enough. Additionally, the
variation, like this morning's rice, kikiam,
and egg, is lacking in nutrition. Philippine women's football team coach Let Dimzon
said at a news conference

Fact: A hotel hosting the Philippine women’s football team said on Wednesday, it
served chicken sausage and not the popoular street food 'kikiam' as claimed in
circulating social media posts.
WhiteWoods Hotel in Cavite said in a statement that it wanted to "put a stop to
the dissemination of this false information." "We provide athletes with a buffet as part
of a menu planned by the event organizers. The statement said that during the
particular breakfast in question, the chicken sausage (and not 'kikiam') was a
component of a larger menu that also featured an omelette station, other sausages,
fruits, fresh fruit juices, bread, and rice.

The hotel claims that Dimzon "repeatedly"

apologized for her statements to the personnel
and management, but the statement had
already made headlines before she could
amend it.
"This coach acknowledged that she
had missed the morning buffet. She thought
this was the entire breakfast since she saw the
chicken sausage in a plastic container (which
is not a hotel container because we don't use
plastic for packed meals)," WhiteWoods stated.

References: https://sports.inquirer.net/374695/2019-sea-games-womens-football-
teams-served-just-egg-kikiam-and-rice-for-breakfast

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/11/27/1972310/kikiam-served-games-
athletes-actually-chicken-sausage-hotel-says