Suzara: PHISGOC fully accounted for P2.08B in 2019 SEA Games hosting

The Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee is welcoming any and all inquiries and on Wednesday released a certification from the Philippine Sports Commission confirming that it has fully liquidated the P2.08 billion it received for the country’s hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.

Former PHISGOC Chief Operating Officer Ramon Suzara said the organization’s records have long been completed, submitted, and independently examined, adding that it stands ready to cooperate with any legitimate inquiry.

“The 30th edition of the Southeast Asian Games were staged from November 30 to December 11, 2019, and although post-Games obligations and responsibilities were delayed by the pandemic, the PHISGOC, according to PSC Chief Accountant Erik Mayores, was fully liquidated in March 2022,” he said.

Dated July 20, 2026, the PSC certification reads: “This is to certify that based on the records of the Accounting Division of the PSC, the PHISGOC Foundation has submitted all (100%) of the liquidation reports covering the financial assistance granted by the PSC in connection with the hosting of the 30th SEA Games amounting to P2.082 billion.”

Suzara said all PHISGOC financial documents were audited by independent auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers/Isla Lipana & Co.

Beyond the financial records, PHISGOC said the success of the hosting itself remains the organization’s strongest testament. The Philippines emerged as the overall champion of the 2019 SEA Games with 149 gold, 117 silver, and 121 bronze medals for a total of 387 — the country’s most successful SEA Games campaign in history.

“It was a multi-agency, multi-department organization whose main purpose was for a successful hosting by the Philippines,” Suzara said. “We achieved this and the entire country rejoiced.”

Suzara also highlighted the New Clark City sports facilities, which continue to benefit Filipino athletes and remain the country’s only World Athletics Class 1-certified athletics venue and World Aquatics-classified venue capable of hosting competitions up to the regional level.

“The NCC sports facilities were a milestone project built by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority in a record 18 months and were completed in time for the Games,” he said.

PHISGOC said it is prepared to address any specific allegation through the proper channels once it is formally raised and to make its records available for any legitimate inquiry.

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