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7 October 2020, Calgary – Philippine Consul General to Calgary Zaldy Patron hosted
a lunch meeting on 3 October 2020 with five Calgary-based Filipino-Canadian
basketball players who will play for the next seasons of the University
Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the Maharlika Pilipinas
Basketball League (MPBL) in the Philippines.
Consul General Patron met with basketball players Alonzo Tan and Antonio Eusebio, who will play for
the men’s basketball teams of the University of the Philippines, brothers
Terrence Crisostomo and Alfonso Crisostomo, who will suit up for the National
University men’s basketball team, and Paul Gulfo, who will play for a still
unnamed team in MPBL.
The Crisostomo brothers were born in Manila while Mr. Eusebio hailed
from Pampanga. Mr. Tan and Mr. Gulfo were both born in Calgary, Alberta,
Canada.
All four UAAP-bound players were high school graduates from Calgary
and are currently enrolled and taking online classes in their respective
Philippine universities.
The five players are products of the Calgary D’ League, an athletic
club that aims to produce local basketball talents. The league gives
opportunities for its players to play in Calgary and in other parts of
Canada.