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Senator Kiko Pangilinan said that House Bill No. 6639, which seeks to grant Filipino citizenship to American basketball player Bennie Boatwright, passed second reading in the Senate recently. Pangilinan, as the previous chairman of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, sponsored and defended the measure during the Senate’s plenary session when the period […]
Senator Bong Go filed Proposed Senate Resolution No. 398 commending and congratulating the Gilas Pilipinas Women’s 3×3 Team for winning the silver medal in the 2026 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3×3 Asia Cup, marking the country’s best finish and first-ever podium placement in the women’s tournament. In the resolution, Go recognized the team’s historic achievement […]
It’s all systems go for the country’s premier collegiate basketball league as the 19th Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup tips off this May 17. The top collegiate teams from the UAAP and NCAA are set to wage war anew as they ramp up their preparations for the upcoming athletic season. University of the Philippines, winners of […]
In support of the initiative of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) to nourish the grassroots, the UAAP tapped University of the Philippines Office for Athletics and Sports Development Director Bo Perasol as the league’s new representative to the national sports association for basketball. Through the recommendation of the UAAP Board of Managing Directors (BMD) […]
Abra Lone District Rep. Joseph “JB” Bernos on Thursday expressed support for calls to correct the pay disparity between referees officiating in the UAAP men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, describing it as a matter of fairness and respect not just for officials but for women’s basketball as a whole. “As a lawmaker, I believe equal […]
WINNING gets addictive, as they say, and that couldn’t be truer for University of the Philippines. Coming off a third straight championship in the PlayTime Cares Filoil EcoOil 18th Preseason Cup presented by ABC Tile Adhesive, the Fighting Maroons remain hungry for glory and have their eyes set on the bigger prize: the UAAP Season […]
The ECJ Perpetual Trophy is leaving the Playtime Filoil Centre for the first time – and is headed to Diliman. Showing no rust whatsoever from a two-week layoff, the University of the Philippines closed the book on National U’s Cinderella run with a 79-65 romp in the winner-take-all final of the Playtime Cares 18th Filoil […]
Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel showed his full support for Marikina’s sports community as he led the launch of the First Koko Pimentel Malanday Basketball League at the Bulelak Covered Court, Barangay Malanday. The event was attended by Team Kilos Pagbabago, spearheaded by Pimentel, and Team Bagong Marikina, led by Representative Stella Quimbo and former […]
Only on her second day in Manila, Sabrina Ionescu already knows, up close and personal, how deeply and truly Filipinos love basketball. After experiencing a rousing welcome on her arrival to the House of Sabrina at Nike Fort, and hoops encounter with young Filipino ballers during the Sabrina Skills Camp at the Courtyard in BC, […]
WNBA champion Sabrina Ionescu touched down in Manila and immediately saw the impact she has made on a tropical country that is simply crazy about basketball. Walking by the 5th Avenue 3D Billboard at BGC, she is surprised at the huge announcement of her Asian Tour which begins in Manila and will take her to Guangzhou, China […]