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The PBA could be given the option of purchasing vaccines directly from the government in order to boost its chances of starting the 46th season as early as possible.

The start of the PBA’s 46th season will now be up to the Inter-Agency Task Force after the league’s top brass laid down its plans before two key government officials in Malacanang on Wednesday.

San Miguel Corporation Sports Director Alfrancis Chua said he is meeting Barangay Ginebra San Miguel center Greg Slaughter in hopes to discuss the latter’s contract situation with the Kings after missing the team’s campaign in the previous season.

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel governor Alfrancis Chua said that he was expecting a long finals series in the PBA Philippine Cup had it not for the injuries that hampered the TNT Tropang Giga.

Rhenz Abando says that his transfer to defending NCAA champion Letran from embattled University of Santo Tomas is more than just a school-to-school move, but one that would likely benefit his career in the long run because of the opportunities he thinks he would get with the Knights.

After days of speculations, three highly touted players finalized its deal with defending NCAA champion Letran as Rhenz Abando, Brent Paraiso and Ira Bataller met with team officials.

San Miguel Corporation sports director Alfrancis Chua bared Wednesday that two of the three PBA ballclubs under the SMC banner have already taken their swab tests at the company’s health facility at Ortigas Center in Pasig two days before nine other pro teams are scheduled at the Makati Medical Center.

First-term Mayor Vergel Meneses, otherwise known as the Philippine Basketball Association’s “Aerial Voyager”, can’t help but be hopeful about the future of his hometown, Bulakan, Bulacan, despite the present challenges of COVID-19. The Philippines’ largest and most modern international gateway—the new Manila International Airport project of San Miguel Corporation—will break ground there, soon.

With the official letter allowing PBA teams to start practice sessions expected to come out Monday, ballclubs are now getting ready to push the ‘restart button’ and kick off training this week.

It will be Fundamentals 101 all over again for players of the three ballclubs under the San Miguel Corporation banner once the PBA gets official nod from the Inter-Agency Task Force that team practice can proceed on specific dates.

The PBA approved Saturday additional guidelines that will be implemented as part of the league’s plan to resume practices amid the COVID-19 pandemic.