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Pop Cola Panthers
The Pop Cola Panthers were a professional basketball team that played in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1990-2001. The franchise was owned by RFM Corporation. In 2001, when RFM Corporation sold its entire stake in Cosmos Bottling Corporation to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI), the PBA franchise was included in the transaction. Upon ownership by CCBPI, the PBA franchise renamed the Coca-Cola Tigers beginning the 2002 PBA season and was considered as an expansion team. The franchise also played under the names Pop Cola/Diet Sarsi Sizzlers, Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs, Swift Mighty Meaties, Sunkist Orange Juicers/Bottlers and Pop Cola 800s. History Pop Cola was one of two expansion franchises to enter the league in the 1990 season, joining softdrink rival Pepsi-Cola, increasing the number of member teams in the pro league to eight. In their 12-year stint in the PBA, they were known as the Pop Cola Sizzlers, Sarsi, Swift Mighty Meaty, Sunkist Orange Juicer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RFM Corporation
RFM Corporation () is a publicly listed food and beverage company in the Philippines. RFM is a manufacturer of flour and flour-based products, milk, juice drinks and ice cream. As of June 2013, RFM had an asset base of P12 billion and a total market capitalization of P17.1 billion. History Its founders included Salvador Z. Araneta, José N. Concepcion, Sr., B.J. Server, Albino Z. SyCip, Zoilo Alberto, Francisco D. Gamboa, Edward Miller Grimm, Leonardo Eugenio, David SyCip and Charles "Chick" Parsons. In 1973, RFM entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Swift & Company to use the brand "Swift" for its meat processing business (in 1987, RFM purchased ownership rights for its exclusive use in the Philippines). For the next 15 years, RFM concentrated on growing its established core businesses and also introduced other grocery products, such as cake mixes, hotcake mixes, and ingredient mixes. As it entered the 1990s, RFM began acquiring of a number of local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coca-Cola Tigers
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. Originally marketed as a temperance drink and intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1888, Pemberton sold Coca-Cola's ownership rights to Asa Griggs Candler, a businessman, whose marketing tactics led Coca-Cola to its dominance of the global soft-drink market throughout the 20th and 21st century. The drink's name refers to two of its original ingredients: coca leaves and kola nuts (a source of caffeine). The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a closely guarded trade secret; however, a variety of reported recipes and experimental recreations have been published. The secrecy around the formula has been used by Coca-Cola in its marketing as only a handful of anonymous employees know the formula. The drink has inspired imitators and created a whole classification of soft drink: colas. The Coca-Cola Company pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 PBA Season
The 2000 PBA season was the 26th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Emilio Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner) * Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Chairman, representing Alaska Milkmen) * Ignatius Yenko (Vice-Chairman, representing Mobiline Phone Pals) * Alberto Villa-Abrille, Jr. (Treasurer, representing San Miguel Beermen) Teams Notable occurrences *PBA's TV partner, Vintage Television was absorbed by Viva Entertainment. * Batang Red Bull Energizers entered the league as an expansion team. *Songwriter and composer Jim Paredes was commissioned by the league to compose the league's theme song, in celebration of its 25th anniversary. The song, entitled "Todo Bigay" was first performed by Regine Velasquez during the league's opening ceremonies. *The league celebrated their silver anniversary on April 9, 2000 with the awarding of the PBA's 25 greatest players. *The league forfeited Batang Red Bull's wins when 18-year-old Kerby Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 PBA Season
The 1999 PBA season was the 25th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Season highlights *A new era began with the entry of Fil-foreign cagers such as Asi Taulava and Eric Menk. *During the opening ceremonies, the PBA honored basketball greats in their respective era as the all-time first five, nominated in each decade from 1950s-1990s were Caloy Loyzaga, Narciso Bernardo, Robert Jaworski, Hector Calma and Alvin Patrimonio, surprisingly absent from the list was Ramon Fernandez, who was then the MBA Commissioner. *The opening ceremonies for the said season went head-to-head against the opening ceremonies of rival league, MBA, involving the TV network war. The PBA sought the alliance of GMA Network who facilitated their opening ceremonies while MBA used ABS-CBN's roster of stars for its opening ceremonies. *The PBA transferred from the Cuneta Astrodome to the PhilSports Arena as their main playing venue. *The league changes their playdates from Tuesdays, Fridays, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 PBA Season
The 1998 PBA season was the 24th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Season highlights *The PBA is in their toughest challenge with the formation of a new league called Metropolitan Basketball Association, backed by the giant network ABS-CBN, and is perceived to be a threat to the 24-year existence of the PBA. *The Alaska Milkmen won two titles during the year while Formula Shell ended a six-year title-drought by winning the final conference of the season. *For the third time in every four years, an All-pro squad to be known as Philippine Centennial Team will be given a task to win the basketball gold in the Asian Games, slated in December in Bangkok, Thailand. Alaska coach Tim Cone was chosen to handle to national team and pick the pro cagers to comprise the 12-man lineup. The Centennial team participated in the Jones Cup basketball tournament in Taipei and won their third championship. *This is the only season that features four conferences with the addit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 PBA Season
The 1997 PBA season was the 23rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Emilio P. Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner) * Nazario L. Avendaño (Chairman, representing San Miguel Beermen) * Bernabe L. Navarro, Jr. (Vice-Chairman, representing Gordon's Gin Boars) * Reynaldo G. Gamboa (Treasurer, representing Formula Shell Zoommasters) Teams Season highlights *For the first time in league history, the top two picks of the Annual Rookie draft were born outside the Philippines, 6-9 Andrew John Seigle, and Nic Belasco were selected at numbers one and two, respectively. *Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys and Gordon's Gin Boars (formerly Ginebra) played in the All-Filipino Cup finals. This is only the second time the two rivals meet in a championship series. Gordon's playing coach Sonny Jaworski became the oldest player to play in a PBA finals series at age 51. Purefoods rookie coach Eric Altamirano won his first title as a head mentor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 PBA Season
The 1996 PBA season was the 22nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Jun Bernardino (Commissioner) * Teodoro L. Dimayuga (Chairman, representing Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) * Nazario L. Avendaño (Vice-Chairman, representing San Miguel Beermen) * Dr. Antonio V. Concepcion (Treasurer, representing Ginebra San Miguel) Teams Season highlights *The league's broadcast partner, Vintage Sports, switched networks from People's Television to Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation. They also changed their primary language from English to Tagalog. *Crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel return to their winning ways after years of being a doormat with the entry of top draft pick, 6-9 Marlou Aquino, the Ginebras advances in the semifinals for the first time in three years during the All-Filipino Cup, their season was highlighted by a finals trip in the third conference, losing to grandslam champions Alaska Milkmen. *The Pepsi Mega Bott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Duremdes
Kenneth Celera Duremdes (born January 31, 1974) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association and the current commissioner of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Nicknamed as "Captain Marbel", Duremdes is also a former PBA Most Valuable Player in 1998, and a former member of the Philippine national basketball team. Amateur career Duremdes played for Adamson University in the UAAP during the mid-90s and was touted as one of the future PBA superstars. He also played in the Philippine Basketball League where he had solid credentials. One of Adamson University's greatest players, Duremdes immediately gave basketball fans a glimpse of his talent, earning Rookie of the Year honors with Burger Machine back in 1993 in the PBL. Under the tutelage of coach Perry Ronquillo, Duremdes turned from a raw cager into a fearless slasher, and was instrumental in giving Burger Machine a championship in 1994. After two years with the PB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonel Balingit
Bonel P. Balingit (born November 30, 1967), also known as The Gentle Giant and Man-Mountain, is a Filipino retired professional basketball player who played as a center. Basketball career The hulking Bonel played for the University of the Visayas and then joined Magnolia Ice Cream in the PBL. He turn pro in 1992 and was drafted in the second round and 11th overall by the Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs in the 1992 PBA draft. Easily one of the most popular cager on the Swift roster who can draw cheers from the fans, Balingit spent all of his first seven PBA seasons with the RFM franchise and was handled by coaches Yeng Guiao, Derrick Pumaren and Norman Black. He was part of the ballclub's four championships from 1992 to 1995 and won Most Improved Player honors in the 1995 PBA season. Balingit moved to the Metropolitan Basketball Association beginning the 1999 season and played for the San Juan Knights. He returned to the PBA in 2001, playing for Tanduay Rhum Masters and have suited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vergel Meneses
Vergel Corpuz Meneses (born January 14, 1969) is a Filipino retired professional basketball player and a politician, serving as mayor of the municipality of Bulakan, Bulacan. He previously played in the Philippine Basketball Association and served as the former head coach of the JRU Heavy Bombers of the NCAA Philippines. He is also a former PBA Most Valuable Player and a many-time member of the Philippine national team. PBA career statistics , - , align="left" , 1992 , align="left" , Presto , 39 , , 26.10 , , .511 , , .304 , , .802 , , 2.15 , , 1.59 , , 0.21 , , 0.62 , , 17.69 , - , align="left" , 1993 , align="left" , Sta. Lucia , 22 , , 36.82 , , .538 , , .333 , , .822 , , 3.18 , , 3.55 , , 0.27 , , 0.73 , , 18.55 , - , align="left" , 1993 , align="left" , Swift , 50 , , 29.74 , , .583 , , .305 , , .762 , , 2.54 , , 2.74 , , 0.22 , , 0.74 , , 15.30 , - , align="left" , 1994 , align="left" , Swift , 71 , , 36.46 , , .552 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award
The Philippine Basketball Association Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) award given since the start of the league in 1975 to the best performing player of the season. The award is decided using criteria introduced since the 2011–12 season, which include accumulated statistical points, votes from media, players and the league's Commissioner's Office. The current holder of the award is Scottie Thompson. The season MVP is for the ''whole'' season, which has two to three conferences, including the regular season, the playoffs and the Finals, while there is a Best Player of the Conference award for each conference, and a Best Import award for conferences where imports are allowed to play. June Mar Fajardo won the award a record six straight times from to , while both Ramon Fernandez and Alvin Patrimonio won the award four times. Benjie Paras remains the only rookie to have ever won the award to date, which he did during the season. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iloilo City
Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on the island of Panay. It is the capital city of the province of Iloilo, where it is geographically situated and grouped under the Philippine Statistics Authority, but remains politically independent in terms of government and administration. In addition, it is the center of the Iloilo–Guimaras Metropolitan Area, as well as the regional center and primate city of the Western Visayas region. According to the 2020 census, Iloilo City has a population of 457,626 people. For the metropolitan area, the total population is 1,007,945 people. Iloilo City is a conglomeration of former towns, which are now the geographical or administrative districts consisting of: Villa de Arevalo, Iloilo City Proper, Jaro (an independent city before), La Paz, Mandurriao, and Molo. The district of Lapu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
