{"id":5534,"date":"2014-03-29T21:40:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T04:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=5534"},"modified":"2014-03-29T21:40:34","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T04:40:34","slug":"team-scotia-bank-migrante-basketball-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/03\/29\/team-scotia-bank-migrante-basketball-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Scotia Bank: Migrante Basketball Champion!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vancouver B.C. \u2013 Team Scotia Bank, coached by Ronald Divina, \u00a0was the Basketball Champion and took home the trophy at the sixth annual Migrante BC Open Basketball League. The popular basketball league at the St. Helen\u2019s Parish gymnasium in Burnaby held its elimination and final rounds during the first week of February2014.<\/p>\n

The medals and trophies were awarded to the teams and players by Beth Dollaga of the Canada Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights, Nie-ann Amante of Migrante BC, and May Farrales, a UBC graduate student doing her research on Filipinos and basketball.<\/p>\n

Migrante B.C., a community organization, was launched in September 14, 2008 to honour the legacy of the late Anakpawis Member of Philippine Congress Crispin \u201cKa Bel\u201d Beltran who had always fought for the rights and welfare of migrant workers and had visited Vancouver in early 2008. For information on how to join the Basketball League of Migrante BC, please call 604.408.0830<\/a> \u00a0or email \u00a0migrante.bc@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ScotiaBank<\/a> \"Toyangs<\/a> \"MVPs<\/a> \"Referees<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo credits: Migrante BC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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