{"id":59475,"date":"2015-08-19T19:16:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T11:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=59475"},"modified":"2025-01-12T04:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T09:09:49","slug":"pingris-suits-up-for-gilas-fiba-asia-cship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/08\/19\/pingris-suits-up-for-gilas-fiba-asia-cship\/","title":{"rendered":"Pingris suits up for Gilas FIBA Asia C\u2019ship"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_59477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59477\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10448758_10152914954350337_3769055575004541286_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59477\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10448758_10152914954350337_3769055575004541286_n.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Pingris (Photo from Pingris' Facebook page)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10448758_10152914954350337_3769055575004541286_n.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10448758_10152914954350337_3769055575004541286_n-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(15) Marc Pingris (Photo from Pingris&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jean.marc.pingris\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 San Miguel Corp., which owns Purefoods team in the PBA, announced on Wednesday that Marc Pingris would finally join Gilas Pilipinas following an earlier statement that he will pass up on the chance to play for the Philippine Team citing family, health and professional concerns as reasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite my earlier pronouncement not to join and give others a chance to play for the country, Purefoods management has asked me to reconsider my decision. I talked to my wife (Danica Sotto) and we agreed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the end, it was pride and honor in representing the Philippines that prevailed over me,\u201d Pingris said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cI am grateful for management\u2019s support and if the Philippine team still needs me, I promise to go all out for the country in the Fiba-Asia Championship as it aims to gain a slot in the Rio Olympics next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>San Miguel has always been supportive of endeavors to promote national pride. \u201cHe will represent the country because he wants to.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy chloroquine online <a href=\"https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/png\/chloroquine.html\">ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/png\/chloroquine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> We have no control over our players\u2019 decision when it comes to competing for the national team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not deny that we debate on the merits of them joining as a professional player. 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You can\u2019t argue with that,\u201d Rene Pardo, Star Hotshots team governor, said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis super force online <a href=\"https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/png\/cialis-super-force.html\">ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/png\/cialis-super-force.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He added that management would continue to encourage its pool of players to make themselves available, if they can, for national interest.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super kamagra online <a href=\"https:\/\/ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/png\/super-kamagra.html\">ivvitamintherapylosangeles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/png\/super-kamagra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 San Miguel Corp., which owns Purefoods team in the PBA, announced on Wednesday that Marc Pingris would finally &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":59477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-59475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-original","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282722,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59475\/revisions\/282722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}