Arwind Santos (PBA Images) Arwind Santos’ debut with the NorthPort Batang Pier will usher in the start of the season-ending PBA Governors’ Cup on Dec. 8 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Santos and the Batang Pier face the Alaska Aces in the first game of a doubleheader at 3 p.m. based...
Olu Ashaolu (PBA Images) Olu Ashaolu is not dwelling on short-lived PBA stints in the past as he looks forward to helping the Alaska Aces do well in the Governors’ Cup. The Nigerian-Canadian is among the seven returnees for the season-ending conference after a two-year stint with the NLEX Road...
Photo from PBA PBA fans will be barred from watching the season-ending Governors’ Cup which will finally kick off on Dec. 8 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City. Commissioner Willie Marcial said Monday, Nov. 29 that the league decided to temporarily keep the games under a closed-door...
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial The PBA could once again play without fans if plans to start the season-ending Governors’ Cup in December pushes through. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial made a quick mention of the possibility when asked about the timetable for the opening of the second conference...
President Duterte said he is authorizing all local executives—mayors and governors—to “spend money” in order to feed vaccinees at the fast food joints that will be participating in the upcoming three-day national vaccination drive. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during his “Talk to the...
Several governors and mayors have vowed to troop to the Senate to hold protest action over the huge budget cut in the Barangay Development Program for New Peoples’ Army (NPA)-cleared barangays of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in the 2022 budget....
PBA teams will have to think twice before deciding on replacing their imports once action starts in the season-ending Governors’ Cup. Commissioner Willie Marcial said restrictions related to the COVID-19 are going to make things stringent for teams as compared to the pre-pandemic when imports can...
Photo from PBA The PBA is anticipating a setup similar to the ones being implemented in movie theaters in the event the Inter-Agency Task Force allows the league to welcome back fans in the season-ending Governors’ Cup. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial is working on securing a meeting with IATF...
Ginebra’s Justin Brownlee goes for the layup against Rain or Shine’s Gabe Norwood (PBA Images) A shorter playoff schedule will be implemented for the season-ending PBA Governors’ Cup which could start in the final week of November. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the top four teams after...
Former TNT champion import Paul Harris will be making his PBA comeback soon to reinforce the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters. Paul Harris in file photo (PBA) Phoenix coach Topex Robinson confirmed the development as reported by PBA Rush Monday, Nov. 1. Harris was a resident import for then-Tropang...
A total 40 out of the 81 governors in the country on Tuesday, Oct. 5 declared their support for the vice presidential bid of Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go. In a resolution, the incumbent governors vowed to “campaign tirelessly for his election” in the 2022 vice presidential race. Sen....
President Duterte got the full backing of the head of the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) in stripping a Metro Manila mayor with the power to distribute cash assistance (ayuda). LPP national president and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr said that as the Chief Executive,...
