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Published May 11, 2021, 4:43 PM The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup was given the go-signal by the Games and Amusements Board to hold its Mindanao Leg on May 30, weeks after the second phase of the upstart league due to a game-fixing controversy that marred the recent Visayas Leg. GAB chairman Baham Mitra said the government body for professional sports took into consideration the swift action of the league officials in the aftermath of the incident where players of the Siquijor Mystics and ARQ Builders-Lapu-Lapu City made deliberate attempts to miss their shots during a game last month in Alcantara, Cebu. “We are grateful to the league’s officials for their sincerity to undertake the needed reforms for the protection and welfare of professional basketball, the players, and the public,” said Mitra. ....
ARQ Builders-Lapu Lapu City’s Rendell Senining (Photo from Chooks to Go) The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup conditionally lifted the suspension of ARQ Builders-Lapu-Lapu City guard Rendell Senining for his role in the controversial game against the Siquijor Mystics two weeks ago. Chief Operating Officer Rocky Chan said Wednesday, April 28, that Senining was reinstated after the league determined he had no involvement in any game-fixing allegations that marred the contest which eventually led to the Mystics’ banishment from the ongoing Visayas leg. “After much thought and consultation with the coaches, the VisMin management team has decided to conditionally lift the suspension of Mr. Rendell Senining,” Chan said during the games held in Alcantara, Cebu. ....
Published April 27, 2021, 10:28 PM PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said the league is keeping a vigilant approach in trying to curb game-fixing allegations similar to the one that rocked the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup recently. Marcial bared in the virtual Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum that took place Tuesday, April 27, that several measures have been in place to make sure questionable acts won’t hound the games. “Ang sa akin, ginagawa ko personal. Masasabi mo naman talaga na may off-night e. Pag may off-night na player, kinakausap ko kung bakit ganito, ganyan. Hindi lang lima o anim ang kinakausap ko. Yun ang ginagawa ko sa akin,” Marcial said. ....
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Published April 20, 2021, 9:18 PM The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup is requiring all teams to surrender their phones before every game as part of preventive measures made in the aftermath of game-fixing allegations that marred last week’s match involving the Siquijor Mystics and ARQ Builders-Lapu-Lapu City. A memo issued Tuesday, April 20, said the decision was made after coordinating with the Philippine National Police to ensure the smooth staging of the ongoing Visayas leg which came under fire following the controversial game. “Please be informed that effective Tuesday, 20th of April, all mobile phones will be surrendered to the league technical group in coordination with PNP officials before the start of the game for safekeeping and will be returned after the game,” the league said in its memo. ....