Published April 20, 2021, 5:41 PM
The PBA will implement a 20-percent salary cut on teams and employees as part of measures to deal with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said Tuesday, April 20 that league employees, players and coaches are going to be affected by the salary cut which he recommended during a meeting with the Board of Governors the other day.
Utilities who work for the team will be exempted from the deductions, Marcial added.
Marcial had discussions with affected parties prior to the press conference, saying it’s a way to repay the teams which paid them in full since the start of the pandemic.
Published April 20, 2021, 8:48 PM
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The PBA received an offer from the provincial government of Ilocos Norte to host a bubble in the event it becomes the league’s last resort to start the 46th season this year.
PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said he had initial talks with Ilocos Norte governor Matthew Manotoc regarding the possible staging of the bubble up north, but added that the offer could be entertained depending on the current COVID-19 situation.
Marcial also discussed the matter with Perry Martinez, who heads the Metro Ilocos Norte Council.
Both officials are no stranger to the PBA, with Manotoc being a player agent prior to his political career while Martinez once headed the league’s technical committee.
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Published April 19, 2021, 12:03 AM
At a Senate hearing last year, the Department of Education (DepEd) reported that enrollment from kindergarten to senior high school for school year 2020-2021 was estimated at 23 million or 83 percent of the 27.7 million enrolled previously. When Senator Nancy Binay asked DepEd Undersecretary Nepomuceno Malaluan if this meant there would be millions more out-of-school youth, the answer was, “Yes, Madam Senator.”
When we realize that millions of out-of-school youth are from homes in which family breadwinners have also lost their jobs, the serious repercussions of the convergence of a national health emergency, a severe economic recession and a crisis in education begin to emerge.
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CLARK bubble is still a go for the planned third window of the 2021 Fiba Asia Cup qualifiers despite the current conditions in the country.
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) president Al Panlilio stressed on Saturday that the federation has been tirelessly doing its preparations for the series of games slated from June 16 to 20 while also continuing to monitor the situation. Although we ve indicated to Fiba that times are very uncertain, we are committed. We re fully committed to host in June, he told Radyo5 s Power and Play with Noli Eala on Saturday.
Clark has been re-awarded the hosting rights to the third window last week, where it will stage a bubble for the games of Group A, B, and C, to determine the final entrants to the continental tournament, set in Indonesia come August.