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‘In our blood’: Basketball and Montreal’s Filipino community How the sport has helped unite Filipinos in Côte-des-Neiges By Jesse Feith, Angela MacKenzie, for CBC News One PBAM member looks on as his team plays a game at West Hill Gymnasium. (Jesse Feith/Concordia Journalism) When Jake Maguigad and Robert De Guzman moved to Côte-des-Neiges six months
Bridging the divide A look at how basketball has helped unite Canadian-born and immigrant Filipinos in Côte-des-Neiges By Jesse Feith, Angela MacKenzie, for CBC News One PBAM member looks on as his team plays a game at West Hill Gymnasium. (Jesse Feith/Concordia Journalism) Starting Nine At the age of 12, Jake Maguigad started playing basketball
Here’s something very positive written by a foreigner named Steve Ray about Filipinos. Steve Ray authored many best-selling books, among which are, Crossing The Tiber (his conversion story), Upon This Rock (on the papacy), and just recently John’s Gospel (a comprehensive bible study guide and commentary). Here is STEVE RAY’S OPEN LETTER TO THE FILIPINO
To all members of the PBAM and to newcomers. IMPORTANT MESSAGE PBAM Winter League 2015-2016 OPENING DAY Parade and Start of Games will be on: October 31st, 2015 @ 8:00 AM SHADD (LS CDN 4880 Van Horne Ave.) NOTICE:Parade of teams start at 8:00 AM on October 31, 2015 at LS CDN (Shadd). Only in
Dear Friends , As at October 31st, 2015 and after 3 years as President of the PBAM – my term will end and I want to take the opportunity to briefly share some thoughts and reflections. After being elected president for the first time back in 2011, I have worked with many volunteers – men
NEW & IMPROVED Rules & Regulations! Make sure you review all the new Rules & Regulations before Winter League 2015 – 2016 starts! COMPLETE UNIFORM IS MANDATORY EFFECTIVE DEC. 5 – 6 GAMESNO PROPER UNIFORM – NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY Click here to view Rules & Regulations PDF in new window
Registration for each player and team is mandatory! Team Registration Cut-Off Date: November 15th 2015 @ Midnight Fill out the Team Registration Form and email it to info@pbam.ca (or any PBAM Officer listed on the website) immediately to complete your team registration. Make sure that everyone listed on your roster has registered in person and
Philippine BasketballAssociation of Montreal MINUTES of 2015-2016 General Assembly Meeting Sunday September 20, 2015 Call to order: The PBAM meeting was held in LS CDN (Shadd) Gym, Montreal, Quebec on 20th of September, 2015. The meeting convened at 2:00PM, President Rick Aquino presiding with Internal VP Mike Castro, External VP Noel Tejada, Secretary Michael
PBAM Winter League Season 2015-2016 Where has the summer gone?! It is hard to believe fall season is around the corner! This means many students of all ages are heading back to school… and to say the least-the traffic to and from work begins to test our nerves… I remember the “back to school” days-
Reflections on the PIBNA 39 Tournament… what an experience! Thank you Lord for bringing everyone back home safely. After 28 hours of just the drive back to Montreal, conquering approximately 5840 kms. (round trip), and enduring an average of 36 degrees C temperatures per day – altogether – a great tournament, a great time, and