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                    [Title] => Fajardo open to rejoin Gilas but gives way to Asi for Rio
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Injured San Miguel Beer big man June Mar Fajardo isn’t shutting the door on playing for Gilas Pilipinas in the near future.

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                    [Title] => Dangerous precedent
                    [Summary] => Talk ‘N’ Text did not suit up Asi Taulava in Game 2 of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals at the Araneta Coliseum last Wednesday. If Taulava suited up, Barangay Ginebra would’ve put the game under protest as it did in Game 1. And PBA commissioner Noli Eala would’ve likely ruled to reverse the outcome if the Phone Pals won.


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                    [Title] => Asi, don’t do it
                    [Summary] => A basketball game should be decided on the court and not by the courts.


Unfortunately, if Asi Taulava suits up and plays for Talk ‘N’ Text in Game 1 of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup best-of-7 Finals against Barangay Ginebra at the Araneta Coliseum tonight, the final score may not reflect the outcome.


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                    [Title] => NBI set  to file charges vs  Asi
                    [Summary] => The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is set to file falsification charges against basketball player Paulasi Asi Taulava, his mother and other individuals for fabricating documents to show his mother was a Filipino born in Samar.


Sources said NBI agents have already forwarded to the NBI Legal Division investigation reports, which indicated that Taulava, of Talk n Text, his mother Pauline Hernandez Mateaki allegedly falsified her birth certificate to allow his son to stay and play with the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


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                    [AuthorName] => Cecille Suerte Felipe
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                    [Title] => Fantastic foreign finds
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Three weeks into the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference, not a few teams have already begun the inevitable. Red Bull and Alaska have already brought in substitutes to help bolster their campaigns. And other squads are reportedly soon to follow suit.


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                    [AuthorName] => Jannelle So
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                    [Title] => Sporting Chance
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Burden of doubt

Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Rufus Rodriguez isn't convinced that
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Basketball Association (PBA) star. It's as simple as that.

Of course, there are legal remedies to the situation. Taulava could run to
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                    [Title] => Sporting Chance
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Rufus, have a heart

A deluge of calls flooded my phone line yesterday as readers reacted to Philip
Juico's warning of an impending PR disaster for Mobiline if Bureau of
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An irate fan lashed out at Juico for "posturing" and "making himself available"
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Rufus, have a heart

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Immigration (BI) Commissioner Rufus Rodriguez reaffirms his decision to deport
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Fajardo open to rejoin Gilas but gives way to Asi for Rio

September 17, 2015 - 5:00pm

Injured San Miguel Beer big man June Mar Fajardo isn’t shutting the door on playing for Gilas Pilipinas in...

Dangerous precedent

By Joaquin M. Henson | February 6, 2005 - 12:00am

Talk ‘N’ Text did not suit up Asi Taulava in Game 2 of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup Finals at the Araneta Coliseum last Wednesday. If Taulava suited up, Barangay Ginebra would’ve...

Sports

Asi, don’t do it

By Joaquin M. Henson | January 30, 2005 - 12:00am

A basketball game should be decided on the court and not by the courts. Unfortunately, if Asi Taulava suits up and plays for Talk ‘N’ Text in Game 1 of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine...

Sports

NBI set to file charges vs Asi

By Cecille Suerte Felipe | June 2, 2004 - 12:00am

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is set to file falsification charges against basketball player Paulasi Asi Taulava, his mother and other individuals for fabricating documents to show his mother was a Filipino...

Sports

Fantastic foreign finds

By Jannelle So | September 22, 2003 - 12:00am

(Third of a four-part series) Three weeks into the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference, not a few teams have already begun the inevitable. Red Bull and Alaska have already brought in substitutes...

Sports

Sporting Chance

By Joaquin M. Henson | May 5, 2000 - 12:00am

Burden of doubt Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Rufus Rodriguez isn't convinced that Mobiline center Asi Taulava is half-Filipino so he's deporting the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) star. It's...

Sports

Sporting Chance

By Joaquin M. Henson | March 23, 2000 - 12:00am

Rufus, have a heart A deluge of calls flooded my phone line yesterday as readers reacted to Philip Juico's warning of an impending PR disaster for Mobiline if Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Rufus Rodriguez...

Sports