A photo uploaded by Ms. Nikka Sotelo of Senate Defenders shows Senator Manny Pacquiao together with Senator Sonny Angara and Senator Joel Villanueva and the rest of team on a tune up game with Philhealth basketball team at Cuneta Astrodome on Tuesday.
UNTV Cup, the League of Public Servants, is set to start on August 29, 2016 at the SM MOA Arena.
This brainchild project of public service advocate and BMPI-UNTV CEO Kuya Daniel Razon is now on its 5th season aiming to unite all the government agencies in charity and camaraderie by playing basketball.
Each participating team represents charity institutions to where their winnings will go. This season Senate Defenders will represent for three (3) beneficiaries such as KYTHE PHILS., BAHAY PANGARAP and the SHARE AN OPPORTUNITY (SaO) Foundation.
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| FILE PHOTO: BMPI-UNTV Chairman and CEO Daniel Razon awards the championship trophy and symbolic check worth P1-million to Team Judiciary during the UNTV Cup Season 1 Finals at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum on November 5, 2013.(www.danielrazon.com) |
Truly a unique concept, this play for charity basketball league also gives way for the former basketball professionals to give back to basketball community by playing again to help their team to win for their chosen charity institutions.
Some of the PBA stars have graced the league playing for different teams are Kenneth Duremdes, Zaldy Realubit, Poch Juinio, EJ Feihl, John Cardel, Don Camaso, Warren Ybanez, Ariel Capus, Kiko Adriano and Jeffrey Sanders to name some.
The non-pro players each team had the chance to live their dream to play on national TV and venue with their favorite basketball heroes.
Come August 29 and a new season of goodness and sports will change your Sunday afternoon viewing for the better only at UNTV.
Past episodes can be viewed here >>> UNTV Cup Video Archives.
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