Bureau of Customs Transformers (basketball)

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Bureau of Customs Transformers
Leagues UNTV Cup (2016)
Team colors            
Team manager Ed Bundoc
Mark Mabazza
Head coach Kenneth Duremdes
Ownership Bureau of Customs
Website https://www.untvweb.com/untvcup/?teams=boc-transformers

The Bureau of Customs Transformers is a basketball team currently competing in the UNTV Cup Season 5. The Transformers are the newest team to be participate in the UNTV Cup, a public service-based basketball tournament in the Philippines. The team was supported by BOC Commissioners Nicanor Faeldon, that aims to beef up the bureau's campaign on the image transformation to the public from being the corrupted and controversial government agency to one of the most-efficient and transparent agencies to date. [1]

Bureau of Customs Philippine government agency

The Bureau of Customs is a Philippine government agency under the Department of Finance. It has the following duties and functions under the RA 10863 or “Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA)”:

The UNTV Cup Season 5 was the 2016–17 season of the annual charity basketball league in the Philippines, UNTV Cup. The tournament organized by UNTV Public Service channel, through its chairman and chief executive officer of BMPI-UNTV, Kuya Daniel Razon, more popularly known as Mr. Public Service.

Philippines Republic in Southeast Asia

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

The team's roster will be reinforced by PBA legend and former Senate Defenders player Kenneth Duremdes as their playing coach, together with former PBA players Marlou Aquino and Gherome Ejercito. [2]

Kenneth Duremdes Filipino basketball player

Kenneth Celera Duremdes is a Filipino retired professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association and the current commissioner of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Nicknamed as Captain Marbel, Duremdes is also a former PBA Most Valuable Player in 1998, and a former member of the Philippine national basketball team.

Marlou Aquino Filipino basketball player

Marlou Bucao Aquino is a Filipino professional basketball player who currently plays for Bacoor Strikers in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). During his prime he was known by fans as "The Skyscraper" and was, along with Dennis Espino, one-half of the so-called "Twin Towers" of the now-disbanded Sta. Lucia Realtors.

On September 11, 2016, the Transformers won their first assignment against GSIS Furies, 76-74, in their encounter held at the Pasig City Sports Center. Aquino led the team's top scorers with 12 points. [3]

Aside from the basketball team, a volleyball team also called as the BOC Transformers was introduced in the 13th Shakey's V-League Reinforced Conference.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bureau of Customs to debut on UNTV Cup against GSIS on Sep. 11". UNTV Cup. September 9, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ "BOC to transform image through UNTV Cup Season 5". UNTV Cup. August 29, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Duremdes lifts BOC in UNTV". The Philippine Star. September 15, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
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