The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas is looking at imposing sanctions on those involved in a controversial match that rocked the upstart Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup.
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TRANSCRIPT SENATOR SONNY ANGARA ON THE NATURALIZATION OF ANGELO KOUAME
SJEA: At the outset, I d like to thank you for very promptly calling this hearing. The House passed the Kouame naturalization and the Marañon Morejon naturalization last week and you ve acted very swiftly as you are known to do. Thank you, sir.
And I d like to greet our co-workers in the government and all our resource persons here today, especially from the SBP. We have with us our executive director Danny Barrios, Executive Director Butch Antonio. They do all the heavy lifting. We just show up for the meetings and read our scripts.
Published February 24, 2021, 4:47 PM
The Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights approved on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, the naturalization bills of Ateneo center Ange Kouame and United City striker Bienvenido Marañon.
The committee chaired by Senator Richard Gordon gave the nod on Senate Bills No. 2058 and 1391 during the one-hour hearing attended virtually by Kouame and Marañon.
Also present were Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas executive director Sonny Barrios and director for operations Butch Antonio and long-time Philippine Azkals team official Ace Bright.
Both bills will be up for discussion in the plenary where they need to be approved on the second and third reading before needing the signature of President Duterte in order for Kouame and Marañon to become Filipino citizens.
TIMELINE: Kai Sotto s path from Ignite to implode
GOING, going, gone.
In an instant, Kai Sotto, the Philippines best chance to have a homegrown talent to be drafted in the NBA, has seemingly squandered his golden ticket after his G League team Ignite dropped him late Tuesday night.
It was stunning news, a dagger to the heart of the basketball-loving country whose hopes were suddenly vanished, the same way the 7-foot-3 wunderkind has curiously disappeared from the map as his usually active social media accounts went dark for more than a week now.
But before Sotto s journey went from Ignite to implode, let s take a closer look at how it all came to this for the 18-year-old sensation.