Donaldo "Dondon" Cabañes Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977) is a Filipino politician and former professional

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player. He is a member of the

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since June 30, 2022 and previously from 2019 to 2021. He was the Vice Mayor of

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from November 2021 to June 2022, by virtue of succession due to the death of Mayor Edgardo Labella. He is also an assistant coach for the

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of the

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(PBA), though he is on leave from the team due to his government duties. In basketball, Hontiveros has won three PBA championships and was a 13-time PBA All-Star. He started his career in his hometown of Cebu City, playing for the

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at the collegiate level and becoming professional with the

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of the

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(MBA). In the 2000 PBA draft, he was a direct hire of

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and was later traded to the San Miguel Beermen, where he won the 2005 and 2009 PBA Fiesta Conferences. In

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, he won the

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with the Alaska Aces. He then retired after winning the

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(ABL) championship in

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with

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. He thereafter ventured into politics and coaching.

Early life, high school and collegiate career

Born in

, Hontiveros fancied basketball at a young age and tried to enter the sport at a competitive level in his first year of high school. But at that time, since he lacked the height, no one took notice of him. However, he had a growth spurt by the time he was in third year so he was taken into the high school basketball team of Don Bosco Technical College–Cebu. His first year with the varsity team was spent mostly on the bench. By the time he became a high school senior, he was already part of the team's rotation. At this point, he was already as tall as the team's center. His jump to college basketball suffered a minor setback when he ended his senior high school year with an injury. To keep himself competitive, he played in the intramural games at

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. He eventually played college basketball at the

for three years.

Professional career

Metropolitan Basketball Association

Hontiveros joined the

in its maiden season in 1998 playing for the

. However, despite being a fan favorite among the Cebuano fans, his stint with the Gems was marred with chaos, as he requested to be released by the team because he wanted to finish his studies and the constant travelling to different provinces with the team prompted him to drop some of his subjects.

Philippine Basketball Association

The Cebu Gems management tried to trade Hontiveros to different MBA teams. But Hontiveros' desire to play for the PBA eventually materialized as the Gems strike an agreement with

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, who acquired Hontiveros in exchange for cash. But after Tanduay franchise was sold to the Lina Group in 2002, San Miguel (his favorite team) acquired him through a trade. Soon, he found himself a vital cog in the team's offensive rotation as he was quickly promoted as a starter for the team. He was a member of the two championships won by San Miguel in 2004-2005 Fiesta Conference and the 2009 Fiesta Conference. In March 2011, he, along with Danny Seigle, Dorian Pena and Paul Artadi were shipped to Air21 for younger players Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Nonoy Baclao and

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. During his stint with the Express, he emerged as one of the key players In 2011 draft-day, he was traded back to Petron (San Miguel) along with the No.3 pick which was used to draft

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. Before the end of August 2012, he was involved in a six-player, four-team trade that sent him to Alaska. He was a vital addition off-the-bench for the Aces, and was a member of the 2013 championship team. He would often provide heroics when it mattered, as evidenced in the games he played during the 2014-15 Philippine Cup. He was the game's best player once during the elimination round against NLEX, and would provide his usual heroics in the playoffs, once against Rain or Shine and another during the Game 6 (a potential elimination game) against San Miguel in the Finals. On January 16, 2015, he surpassed fellow Cebuano gunner Al Solis for the No. 4 all time in three-point field goals with 1,002.

ASEAN Basketball League

After finishing his contract with Alaska, Hontiveros was signed by

(ABL) team Alab Pilipinas. It was after this stint that he retired from the game.

PBA career statistics

Season-by-season averages

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, 55 , , 22.2 , , .319 , , .294 , , .811 , , 2.9 , , 1.6 , , .4 , , .3 , , 6.2 , - , align=left , , align=left , Alaska , 44 , , 21.8 , , .342 , , .358 , , .596 , , 3.0 , , 1.1 , , .5 , , .1 , , 6.2 , - , align=left , , align=left , Alaska , 57 , , 21.3 , , .359 , , .343 , , .758 , , 2.5 , , 1.2 , , .5 , , .2 , , 7.6 , - , align=left , , align=left , Alaska , 57 , , 15.2 , , .376 , , .338 , , .837 , , 1.5 , , .9 , , .4 , , .1 , , 5.7 , - , align=left , , align=left , Alaska , 24 , , 11.9 , , .284 , , .299 , , .500 , , 1.5 , , .7 , , .2 , , .0 , , 3.2 , -class=sortbottom , align=center colspan=2 , Career , 744 , , 26.1 , , .378 , , .336 , , .704 , , 3.4 , , 1.8 , , .6 , , .3 , , 9.8

National team career

Hontiveros played for the Philippine national team in 2002 and 2007. He also donned the national colors for the Smart-Gilas Team Pilipinas in 2011 and helped Gilas Pilipinas defeat Japan in the semifinals of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in China.

Political career

In the

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, Hontiveros won a seat in the

. Running under Barug PDP-Laban, he garnered the most votes in the 2nd district. He then became chairman of the council's Committee on Scholarship Program and Committee on Games and Amusement, and vice-chairman of the Committee on Youth and Sports Development. He sponsored the resolution that amended the city's scholarship program to include high school dropouts pursuing

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. In September 2021, Hontiveros and colleague Phillip Zafra announced that they will seek reelection in

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as independent candidates; Barug PDP-Laban still endorses them as guest candidates. On October 31, the two councilors announced that they had changed their minds and would not leave Barug. However, the

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still categorizes them as independents since they filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) as independents. On November 20, 2021, Hontiveros, as the first councilor of the

, succeeded to the vice mayorship of Cebu City, replacing

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, who ascended as mayor of Cebu City after the death of Edgardo Labella. In 2022, Hontiveros returned to the council after topping the polls again.

Personal life

Hontiveros is a

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, and has a son named Isaiah with singer and fellow Cebu native Gail Blanco. He speaks three languages - his native Cebuano,

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and Tagalog. He is also a cousin to Philippine Senator

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and

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anchor

Pia Hontiveros Ana Patricia Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan (born Ana Patricia Navarro Hontiveros; March 10, 1967), better known as Pia Hontiveros, is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is the sister of Ginggay and Risa Hontiveros. She is also the cousin of the 80' ...

. He has also worn the following numbers during his career: the numbers 7 with Cebu Gems and San Miguel, the number 34 which was his first jersey number with Tanduay, and 24 with Air21, and 25 with Alaska Aces.

References

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