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JAPAN B.LEAGUE TO STAGE 1ST OVERSEAS GAMES IN PH

The Games and Amusements Board (GAB), led by GAB Chairman Atty. Francisco Rivera, welcomed representatives of Powerline Events Management and the Japan B.LEAGUE. During a courtesy call, they discussed preparations for the B.LEAGUE Manila Games 2026, the first-ever overseas games of Japan’s premier professional basketball league. During the meeting, organizers presented updates on the landmark […]

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Government

ZAMBOANGA PRO BASKETBALL TEAM SECURES GAB LICENSE

The Zamboanga Valientes Professional Basketball Team visited the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Central Office in Makati City to process and secure their GAB license. GAB Chairman Atty. Francisco Rivera, joined by Division Chief Rodil Manaog, welcomed the homegrown players and their officials led by Team Owner Rolando Navarro Jr., Team Manager John Dalipe and […]

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Politics

KIKO: NO MEDAL IS WORTH A YOUNG ATHLETE’S LIFE

Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan called for stronger protections for student-athletes following the tragic drowning of Ateneo student-athletes Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili during an off-campus training activity. Having played in the UAAP as a varsity athlete during his college years, Pangilinan said the incident struck a deeply personal chord and underscored long-standing concerns about athlete […]

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Sports & Entertainment

SAN BEDA, JRU LEAD FILOIL NCAA RACE

The picture at the top of the19th Filoil Eco Oil Preseason Cup NCAA bracket is settling in, and most likely there are three teams about to contest the last slot for it’s Final Four. And most often than not, what happens during the preseason, is a sign of portent things to come. San Beda and […]

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Sports & Entertainment

UP, LA SALLE HEADLINE FILOIL ECO OIL PRESEASON CUP

Familiar programs hug the leader board limelight in the UAAP bracket of the 19th Filoil Eco Oil Preseason Cup at the Playtime Filoil Centre in San Juan. Four-peat seeking UP Fighting Maroons who are in their annual skill building activities abroad, are about to return and assert their dominance of their group. Stacked across all […]

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Politics

BONG GO: PROBE BATERBONIA, ADILI DEATHS

Senator Bong Go expressed his condolences to the families, loved ones, friends, teammates, coaches, and members of the Philippine basketball community following the tragic deaths of Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili, two student-athletes of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) men’s basketball team. Baterbonia, 19, and Adili, 21, died in a drowning incident during […]

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Politics

BENNIE BOATWRIGHT GETS CLOSER TO BECOMING PINOY

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 […]

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BONG GO LAUDS GILAS WOMEN’S 3×3 ASIA CUP WIN 

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 […]

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Sports & Entertainment

FILOIL PRESEASON OPENS SHOP ON MAY 17

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 […]

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UAAP APPOINTS PERASOL AS SBP REPRESENTATIVE

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) […]