A ranking official of West Negros College denied yesterday reports that it is backing out from its hosting of the 23rd Southeast Asian Games indoor volleyball competitions from Nov. 27 to Dec. 5 at the WNC Gym in Bacolod City.

"We are not backing out," WNC director Anthony Agustin said brushing aside reports (not in the DAILY STAR) that the West Negros management is giving up hosting the indoor volleyball games.

Agustin, who also serves as the Committee on Sports Management Development Office chairman, said he wants to clear the names of the Bacolod SEAG Organizing Committee and WNC regarding the issue.

He said he already discussed the issue with the local organizing committee and they are ironing out some aspects that will be important in the memorandum of agreement.

"The BaSoc will fax the revised MOA tomorrow (today), then everything will most probably be finalized on Saturday or Sunday," he said. Some little revisions need to be done in the MOA between the BaSoc and West Negros, but there is really no problem with that, he added.

The report is a clear attempt to disrupt the preparations of the SEA Games, Eric Loretizo, secretary-general of the BaSoc, said.

"This is highly-lamentable as I even got calls as far as Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam that will be fielding their indoor volleyball squads because of a lie", Loretizo said.

The local organizing committee and WNC will not suffer from this issue, but it is Bacolod City and Negros Occidental that will be affected, he said. "It is not a good joke," he added.

Loretizo said he really pities the person who spread the false report because that person does not know that he is also destroying the name of his city.

Loretizo also appealed to the groups that are trying to pull down Bacolod City's preparations for the biennial meet to stop disseminating wrong information about the Games. *CIT

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