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                    [Title] => SBP sets early deadline for World Cup bid
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After the five-day visit of the FIBA evaluation committee, SBP executive director Sonny Barrios said yesterday the parameters are now defined in finalizing the country’s bid to host the 2019 FIBA World Cup and while living up to expectations of a “quantum leap” proposal won’t be easy, the way is clear to get it done.

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                    [Title] => Initial talks in Geneva positive — SBP
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Prime movers of Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP) expressed renewed optimism on their bid to solve the cage impasse back home as they emerged from their initial round of discussions with the International Basketball Federation leaders at the FIBA headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland Friday night.


PBA commissioner Noli Eala, in an email message, said their initial meeting lasted two hours with the "tone and substance of discussions wide-ranging and positive."


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                    [Title] => SBP officials nag-report sa FIBA
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Opitimistiko ang grupo ng Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas sa pangunguna ni Manny Pangilinan, Chairman ng 3-man panel na magiging matagumpay ang kanilang pagpupursigi sa ‘unification para mawala ang suspension sa bansa ng International Basketball Federation na hiniling nilang makialam na ang FIBA upang maayos na ang gulo sa basketball dito sa bansa.


Ito ang naging resulta ng pagtungo ng SBP dele-gation sa FIBA headquarters sa Geneva, Switzerland upang makipagkita sa mga opisyal ng FIBA noong Biyernes na tumagal ng dalawang oras.


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                    [Title] => PBA to take up RP 5 issue today
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What position the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) will take on its future involvement with the national team, in view of the country’s suspension by the Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA), is in the agenda for discussion in the pro league’s Board of Governors 12 noon meeting in the PBA Board Room of Building A at the PhilSports Complex in Pasig today.


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                    [Title] => Lina is key to lifting of suspension
                    [Summary] => Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose Cojuangco Jr. said yesterday the country’s suspension will be immediately lifted by the Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) once Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) president Joey Lina agrees to join the four major cage stakeholders in the newly-formed umbrella organization Pilipinas Basketball.


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                    [Title] => Suspension remains but POC on right track
                    [Summary] => SEOUL — Not once but twice, Federation International de Basketball (FIBA) secretary-general Patrick Baumann met with Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) officials trying to arrive at a solution to lift the country’s suspension at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel here last Tuesday.


Although the suspension has not been revoked, POC president Jose Cojuangco Jr. said he now sees the light at the end of the tunnel after a one-hour session early afternoon and a two-hour, 15-minute conference at night.


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                    [Title] => POC, stakeholders meet Baumann tonite
                    [Summary] => SEOUL — A high-powered Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) delegation and representatives of four major cage stakeholders will brief Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) secretary-general Patrick Baumann on the progress of their compliance with conditions set for the lifting of the country’s suspension in a private session at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel here early tonight.


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                    [Title] => Rogge to attend POC meeting with Fiba exec?
                    [Summary] => Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) first vice president Rep. Monico Puentevella of Bacolod City confirmed the other day a letter of request has been sent to International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge for an appointment to meet the POC delegation during a break in the Association of National Olympic Committee (ANOC) convention in Seoul.


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                    [Title] => POC group leaves for Seoul meet
                    [Summary] => A Philippine Olympic Committee delegation left yesterday for Seoul to attend the Association of National Olympic Committee (ANOC) meeting presided by International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge and take up the country’s Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) suspension with FIBA secretary-general Patrick Baumann at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel.


The POC group was made up of POC president Jose Cojuangco Jr., first vice president Rep. Monico Puentevella, secretary-general Steve Hontiveros and legal counsel Egmidio Tanjuatco 


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                    [Title] => Stakeholders confident RP to be reinstated
                    [Summary] => Pilipinas Basketball top proponents Noli Eala and Chino Trinidad expressed confidence their meeting with Fiba secretary general Patrick Baumann next week in Seoul, Korea would pave the way for the reinstatement of the country in the Fiba rolls.


Eala said they have received confirmation of their conference with Baumann on April 4 through a communication from Baumann’s office they received Monday.


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MR. BAUMANN

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                    [Summary] => Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose Cojuangco Jr. said yesterday the country’s suspension will be immediately lifted by the Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) once Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) president Joey Lina agrees to join the four major cage stakeholders in the newly-formed umbrella organization Pilipinas Basketball.


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                    [Title] => Suspension remains but POC on right track
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Eala said they have received confirmation of their conference with Baumann on April 4 through a communication from Baumann’s office they received Monday.


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