Monday, January 1, 2018

The December 9, 2007 riots: From Laoag to Zamboanga

Two days after the opening ceremony, but business as usual for DZRH, the AM Radio Station of Manila Broadcasting Company as the official radio partner of the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.

Dennis Antenor, Jr., Regi Espiritu, Florante Rosales and Karen Ow-Yong are the studio hosts from the DZRH Studio, MBC Building, CCP Complex in Pasay City while the Star City, continues to open 24 hours, but security guards ay nakabantay dito.

Even the hotel guests spending at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila, when kart racers Matteo Guidicelli, Tyson Sy and Mark Bumgarner and race car driver Enzo Pastor they staying together along with Sen. Pia Cayetano, Rina Go, Paolo Abrera and Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino general manager Marco Protacio.

PLDT announced that the live streaming of the Nakhon Ratchasima Southeast Asian Games will be available in hotels and malls, such as Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Traders Hotel, SM Mall of Asia, SM City Sucat, SM City Bicutan, SM Southmall, SM Center Muntinlupa.

Foreign journalists from international media outlets would allowed to stay in this hotel, both from Reuters, AP and AFP.

At past 6 a.m., inside the PICC Plenary Hall, a Holy Mass for the second Sunday of Advent 2007 presided by Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales and heard over ZNN Radyo Veritas 846.

From 8 a.m. to 12 noon (before SOP Rules) and 5:30 to 9 p.m. (after Showbiz Central), the replay of day 2 and live coverage of day 3 of the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand was aired over GMA-7.

At the PICC grounds, they are doing picnic and it would be going to the Star City amusement park, because this is not a terror threat.

Radio announcer Dennis Antenor, Jr. (also known as Dennis Guisado) and Karen Ow-Yong (also known as Karen Derya) of YES! FM 101.1 along with Florante Rosales was at the DZRH studio, when the MBC Building entrance and exit doors was padlocked for the whole day, dozens of amusement park goers outside of One Ecom Center, SM Mall of Asia, the strech of Roxas Boulevard, Star City and PICC participating in the "Occupy" protests, as well the anti-government protesters clash with police at Roxas Boulevard.

At 5 p.m., television sign-language interpreter Alfred "Jun" Celada, Jr. started his press conference at the PICC Forum.

Celada was accompanied by former Sen. Orly Mercado and wife Dr. Susan Pineda, Connie Angeles-Ganuelas, former Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko co-hosts Boots Anson-Roa, Rosa Rosal and Toni Rose Gayda. Packed dinners such as fried chicken, pastas and pizzas and drinks such as Coca-Cola, Milo and Nestea were setting up at the PICC Forum 3.

While at the Aquatic Center, His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday Anniversary Stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand for the Southeast Asian Games swimming competition, no other than De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Tankers and Philippine Columbian Association (PCA) Stingrays member and 2007 UAAP Swimming Championship Men's Division MVP Ernest Lorenzo "Enchong" Dee, competed in men’s 100-meter butterfly finals on December 9, 2007 at past 6:29 p.m. local time (7:29 p.m. Manila time).

Over at radio station DZRH, Cebu-based basketball player and businessman Jeremy Ryan Huang, a reliever for Dee who spending the whole day at Sofitel, "I sure that Enchong [Dee] is as a swimmer and I had to chance to see him. This time, I was accompanied by my brothers Jed, Jon and Justin for taking food at Spiral restaurant."

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