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                    [Title] => MBA urged to pay backwages or face lawsuit
                    [Summary] => Settle your obligations or we might see you in court.


This was the message sent by Pangasinan Waves coach Lawrence Chongson to officials of the Metropolitan Basketball Association yesterday regarding the non-payment of the backwages of their coaches, players and staff almost two months after the MBA closed shop due to financial reasons.
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Representatives of the five teams asked this writer to accompany them on an unannounced visit to the governing Multi-Regional Basketball, Inc. (MRBI) board meeting last Tuesday to ask when they would get paid.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173895 [Title] => MBA‘Forgotten 5’ pleads for pay [Summary] => Representatives of the five Metropolitan Basketball Association teams who have more than two months’ unpaid salaries Tuesday trooped to the LBC Offices, site of the governing MRBI’s board meeting, hoping to collect their wages. Team managers and coaches from the Pampanga Stars, Pangasinan Waves, Cagayan de Oro Amigos, Negros Slashers and Olongapo Volunteers went in unison to meet with MBA chair Santi Araneta.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173955 [Title] => Nalimutang MBA 5 [Summary] => Bukas, malalaman na ng limang napag-iwanang koponan kung matatanggap na nilang ang mahigit dalawang buwang suweldong utang sa kanila ng MBA.

Humarap ang kinatawan ng limang Pampanga Stars, Pangasinan Waves, Cagayan de Oro Amigos, Negros Slashers and Olongapo Volunteers sa LBC noong isang hapon para hingiin sa MBA board ang kanilang mga sahod.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134237 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164864 [Title] => MBA dadayo sa Davao Oriental [Summary] => MATI, Davao Oriental -- Sa ikalawang pagkakataon ngayong taon, muli na namang dadayo ang MBA sa ‘Sunrise Capital’ ng bansa para sa panibagong exciting na doubleheader kung saan bubuksan ng MBA ang kanilang National Conference para sa Southern squads dito ngayon.

Haharapin ng First Conference champion RCPI Negros Slashers ang Casino Cagayan de Oro Amigos sa ala-1 ng hapon, bago susundan ng sagupaan sa pagitan ng Professional Davao Eagles at ng bisitang Cebuana Lhuillier Gems sa 7,000 sitting capacity ng Davao Oriental Gym.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163600 [Title] => Pampanga Stars turn back Amigos in tuneup [Summary] => The Pampanga Stars came roaring back in the final quarter to slip past the Casino Cagayan de Oro Amigos in an exhibition game last June 4 at the Loyola Center in Quezon City, 96-95.

Both teams finished with forgettable records in the just concluded Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA) First Conference. The Amigos tallied a 2-8 win-loss card while the Stars were at 1-8.

They are both currently undergoing major retooling for the more prestigious Nationals set to commence on June 15. [DatePublished] => 2002-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159582 [Title] => Slashers hack Amigos, gain lead [Summary] => DAVAO CITY– RCPI Negros took the fight out of Cagayan de Oro right in the first quarter and went on to score an 83-62 rout yesterday in the MBA First Conference at the RMC Gym here.

Banking on superior field goal shooting, the Slashers stormed ahead at 30-11 and coasted along to their sixth win in eight outings that gave them the provisional lead in the Southern Conference.

Cebuana Lhuillier holds a 5-2 win-loss record and will share top spot if it beats Professional Davao (5-3) in the second game which was being played at presstime.
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Ipinako ni Tonyboy Espinosa ang isang triple at umiskor ng drive si Eddie Laure sa huling 44 segundo nang kumpletuhin ng Blades ang kanilang pagbabalik mula sa pagkakabaon ng hanggang 11 puntos sa ikatlong quarter.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157982 [Title] => Slashers take gloss off Gems, grab lead [Summary] => The RCPI Negros Slashers went to Jose Francisco in the last two quarters as they held off the Cebuana Lhuillier Gems, 96-91, yesterday to seize the solo lead in the MBA First Conference at the Cebu City Coliseum.

Francisco, part of the team’s pre-season acquisitions, torched the hoops with 25 points, 18 of them from the behind the three-point arc, in powering the Slashers to their fourth win in five games.

It was also the sweet-shooting Francisco’s three foul shots in the dying seconds that defused Cebuana Lhuillier’s last-ditch effort to steal the game. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157431 [Title] => Eagles in fine form, face Stars today [Summary] => The Professional Davao Eagles hope to follow up its stunning 97-91 overtime victory over the Olongapo Volunteers as they take on the Pampanga Stars today in the fifth MBA first conference at the RMC Gym in Davao.

Romulo Marata, who lit up the Volunteers (2-1) with 30 points in Saturday’s giant upset, is expected to brandish the same form along with fellow veterans Genesis Sasuman and Glen Peter Yap in the Eagles’ bid to improve their 2-2 record.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => MBA urged to pay backwages or face lawsuit
                    [Summary] => Settle your obligations or we might see you in court.


This was the message sent by Pangasinan Waves coach Lawrence Chongson to officials of the Metropolitan Basketball Association yesterday regarding the non-payment of the backwages of their coaches, players and staff almost two months after the MBA closed shop due to financial reasons.
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Representatives of the five teams asked this writer to accompany them on an unannounced visit to the governing Multi-Regional Basketball, Inc. (MRBI) board meeting last Tuesday to ask when they would get paid.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135979 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173895 [Title] => MBA‘Forgotten 5’ pleads for pay [Summary] => Representatives of the five Metropolitan Basketball Association teams who have more than two months’ unpaid salaries Tuesday trooped to the LBC Offices, site of the governing MRBI’s board meeting, hoping to collect their wages. Team managers and coaches from the Pampanga Stars, Pangasinan Waves, Cagayan de Oro Amigos, Negros Slashers and Olongapo Volunteers went in unison to meet with MBA chair Santi Araneta.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 173955 [Title] => Nalimutang MBA 5 [Summary] => Bukas, malalaman na ng limang napag-iwanang koponan kung matatanggap na nilang ang mahigit dalawang buwang suweldong utang sa kanila ng MBA.

Humarap ang kinatawan ng limang Pampanga Stars, Pangasinan Waves, Cagayan de Oro Amigos, Negros Slashers and Olongapo Volunteers sa LBC noong isang hapon para hingiin sa MBA board ang kanilang mga sahod.
[DatePublished] => 2002-08-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134237 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804781 [AuthorName] => Bill Velasco [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 164864 [Title] => MBA dadayo sa Davao Oriental [Summary] => MATI, Davao Oriental -- Sa ikalawang pagkakataon ngayong taon, muli na namang dadayo ang MBA sa ‘Sunrise Capital’ ng bansa para sa panibagong exciting na doubleheader kung saan bubuksan ng MBA ang kanilang National Conference para sa Southern squads dito ngayon.

Haharapin ng First Conference champion RCPI Negros Slashers ang Casino Cagayan de Oro Amigos sa ala-1 ng hapon, bago susundan ng sagupaan sa pagitan ng Professional Davao Eagles at ng bisitang Cebuana Lhuillier Gems sa 7,000 sitting capacity ng Davao Oriental Gym.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 163600 [Title] => Pampanga Stars turn back Amigos in tuneup [Summary] => The Pampanga Stars came roaring back in the final quarter to slip past the Casino Cagayan de Oro Amigos in an exhibition game last June 4 at the Loyola Center in Quezon City, 96-95.

Both teams finished with forgettable records in the just concluded Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA) First Conference. The Amigos tallied a 2-8 win-loss card while the Stars were at 1-8.

They are both currently undergoing major retooling for the more prestigious Nationals set to commence on June 15. [DatePublished] => 2002-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 159582 [Title] => Slashers hack Amigos, gain lead [Summary] => DAVAO CITY– RCPI Negros took the fight out of Cagayan de Oro right in the first quarter and went on to score an 83-62 rout yesterday in the MBA First Conference at the RMC Gym here.

Banking on superior field goal shooting, the Slashers stormed ahead at 30-11 and coasted along to their sixth win in eight outings that gave them the provisional lead in the Southern Conference.

Cebuana Lhuillier holds a 5-2 win-loss record and will share top spot if it beats Professional Davao (5-3) in the second game which was being played at presstime.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 158564 [Title] => Pampanga Stars duguan sa Batangas Blades [Summary] => Nakaungos ang defending national champion LBC Batangas Blades sa mahigpit na hamon ng Pampanga Stars, 78-77 noong Martes ng gabi at muling makabalik sa kontensiyon para sa MBA First Conference sa CEU Centrodome sa Malolos City.

Ipinako ni Tonyboy Espinosa ang isang triple at umiskor ng drive si Eddie Laure sa huling 44 segundo nang kumpletuhin ng Blades ang kanilang pagbabalik mula sa pagkakabaon ng hanggang 11 puntos sa ikatlong quarter.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-25 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157982 [Title] => Slashers take gloss off Gems, grab lead [Summary] => The RCPI Negros Slashers went to Jose Francisco in the last two quarters as they held off the Cebuana Lhuillier Gems, 96-91, yesterday to seize the solo lead in the MBA First Conference at the Cebu City Coliseum.

Francisco, part of the team’s pre-season acquisitions, torched the hoops with 25 points, 18 of them from the behind the three-point arc, in powering the Slashers to their fourth win in five games.

It was also the sweet-shooting Francisco’s three foul shots in the dying seconds that defused Cebuana Lhuillier’s last-ditch effort to steal the game. [DatePublished] => 2002-04-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 157431 [Title] => Eagles in fine form, face Stars today [Summary] => The Professional Davao Eagles hope to follow up its stunning 97-91 overtime victory over the Olongapo Volunteers as they take on the Pampanga Stars today in the fifth MBA first conference at the RMC Gym in Davao.

Romulo Marata, who lit up the Volunteers (2-1) with 30 points in Saturday’s giant upset, is expected to brandish the same form along with fellow veterans Genesis Sasuman and Glen Peter Yap in the Eagles’ bid to improve their 2-2 record.
[DatePublished] => 2002-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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