Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao hailed the decision for the country’s hosting the 2019 Southeast Asian Games as giving the Philippines another opportunity to open a new chapter in the region’s unity and solidarity.

“The acceptance by the Philippines of an offer to host the 30th staging of the SEA Games is a clear manifestation of our d4wire to maintain our commitment to the ideals for which the Games was founded, a chance given us thrice before,” Pacquiao said in a message sent to this writer yesterday.

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