There were 19 high school products of the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association (MMTLBA) that made it to the professional league Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Among them are three trailblazing players who performed in the Asia’s oldest professional basketball league when it opened shop in April 1975. These are Fortunato (Atoy) Co Jr. (Philippine […]
HINDI kailan man pwedeng manaig ang batas sa sinasabi at pinag-uutos ng Constitution. Kapag ang batas ay kontra sa sinasabi at pinag-uutos ng Consitution, walang duda na ang dapat manaig at masunod ay ang Constitution. Ang Bayanihan Law ay naipasa ng Kongreso noong March 23, 2020 sa isang SPECIAL SESSION na ipinatawag ng Pangulo ayon […]
Nananatili pa ring Pilipinas ang pangalan ng ating bayang magiliw, bagamat hindi ko maiwasang maisip na higit dalawang buwan at kalahati na tila ito ay naging “Pilapinas” dahil na rin sa epekto ng salot na corona virus. Kahit saan ka tumingin ay pila sa mga pamilihan tulad ng mga grocery, palengke, at maging sa mga […]
One of the most explosive scoring performances in Philippine basketball history came in a game in the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association (MMTLBA), the top high school league in the Chinese-Filipino community in Metro Manila from the 1970s through the early 2010s. On January 5, 2011, Jeron Alvin Teng of Xavier School drilled in […]
With powerhouse Xavier School, an all-boys secondary school from San Juan City (far from the maddening crowd in schools within the vicinity of Chinatown) on a prolonged sabbatical (1977-92), a great rivalry between Uno High School and Chiang Kai Shek College emerged in the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association (MMTLBA) Boys Juniors competitions during […]
In 1967, the Greater Manila Filipino-Chinese Secondary School Basketball Association was established. In February of 1970, it metamorphosed into the Metro Manila Filipino-Chinese Tiong Lian School Basketball Association. The MMTLBA founding member schools were Chiang Kai Shek College, Uno High School, Grace Christian High School (now College), Philippine Cultural High Schhol (now College), St. Stephen’s […]
OTOMATIKONG mawawalan ng emergency power ang Pangulo pagsapit ng June 5, 2020 kahit pa buhay at epektibo ang RA No. 11469 o Bayanihan Law sa loob ng tatlong buwan o hanggang June 25, 2020. Ito ay dahil ayon sa Constitution (Article 6, Section 23 No. 2) ang emergency power o anumang kapangyarihang ipinagkaloob at ibinigay […]
ITONG quarantine period ay muli na namang naglipana ang mga switik, swindler at fixer. Kamakailan ay bumungad sa akin ang isang Facebook page na nag-aalok ng driver’s license sa mga expired at nais mag-renew at sa mga gusto rin kumuha ng student license. Medyo kaduda-duda dahil sinasabi sa FB account na hindi na kailangan magpakita […]