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The PBA All-Star Weekend, originally scheduled in Davao a week before the midterm elections on May 12, may be rescheduled or canceled altogether
MANILA, Philippines – The upcoming PBA All-Star Weekend set to be hosted by Davao in the first week of May will not push through as planned.
Commissioner Willie Marcial on Wednesday, April 16, announced that the league opted to postpone the annual festivities originally slated from May 2 to 4, citing “security concerns.”
“We looked into it and it is for the best to postpone it,” said Marcial in Filipino.
The Davao All-Star was scheduled to take place more than a week before the midterm elections on May 12.
Former President Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently detained at the International Criminal Court headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands over his crimes against humanity case, is running for mayor of Davao City.
Marcial said the PBA is in talks with a province in the Visayas which previously hosted the All-Star to hold the event there again after the elections.
But if plans fall through, there is a possibility that the All-Star will be canceled altogether.
Davao hosted the All-Star twice in the past in 2013 and 2018, both in Digos City.
Last year, Bacolod City witnessed a thrilling All-Star Game which ended in a 140-140 draw between Team Japeth Aguilar and Team Mark Barroca following a historic five-point play by Robert Bolick. – Rappler.com
