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Twelve years before the country hosted the 30th Southeast Asian Games in New Clark City, the 24th Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand was the biggest news stories of the decade after 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Manila, the Second EDSA Revolution that peacefully overthrew the government of Joseph Estrada, the thirteenth President of the Philippines was resigned and was succeeded by his Vice-President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was sworn into office by then-Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. at around noon on January 20, 2001, several hours before Estrada fled Malacañang Palace, World Youth Day 1995 that the closing Mass, held at Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park attended by more than 5 million people and 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
On November 27, 2005, the 23rd Southeast Asian Games was opened at the Quirino Grandstand, Rizal Park, Manila.
On December 5, 2005, the 23rd Southeast Asian Games in Manila was closed. The flame of the games' cauldron was extinguished and the Federation flag was lowered. The final medal tally was led by host country, close to 112 gold medals.
Estrada was later found guilty of plunder. Sentenced to up to 40 years in prison on September 12, 2007.
On October 19, an explosion in Glorietta 2 left eleven people dead and injured more than a hundred. Initially, authorities said that it was caused by a liquefied petroleum gas explosion at a restaurant, but later began investigating the possibility that the explosion may have been a C-4 bomb.
President Macapagal-Arroyo pardoned Estrada on October 26, 2007.
On the morning of November 29, 2007, a group of soldiers led by Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Captain Nicanor Faeldon and Capt. Gary Alejano, along with 30 others, walked out of their hearing for the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny at the Makati Regional Trial Court (RTC) and went to the hotel.
On December 6, 2007 the 24th Southeast Asian Games was opened with a opening ceremony at the 80th birthday stadium in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
The country has a delegation of 620 athletes, who participated in 41 different events.
However, 4-time swimming gold medalist Miguel Molina was named the Most Valuable Male Player of the 2007 SEA Games.
Aside from Molina is 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 in lane 8 of men's 100-meter butterfly finals last Sunday, December 9, 2007.
Besides Molina and Dee is fellow DLSU Green Tanker turned Makati Skipjacks Swimming Club member Johansen Benedict "Johan" Aguilar in men's 200-meter backstroke heats and finals last December 7, 2007.
