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PBA MVP Ato Agustin nearing reelection as San Fernando city councilor

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo from Gracie Rutao" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/05/09/20220510-ato-agustin-via-gracie-rutao.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo from Gracie Rutao</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – Former PBA MVP and coach Ato Agustin is on pace to get a fresh three-year term as councilor in San Fernando City in Pampanga.</p><p>Agustin, who once helmed San Miguel Beer and Barangay Ginebra, placed sixth place in the partial, unofficial count, with less than 40 clustered precincts left to be transmitted. </p><p>Agustin has so far garnered 53,730 votes, as of 2:47 a.m., Tuesday, some 9,000 votes clear of the 10-seat quota.</p><p>Agustin, 58, played for Lyceum of the Philippines University before taking his talent to the professional ranks after being drafted by San Miguel in 1989. </p><p>In his 12 years in the PBA as a player, Agustin was named MVP in 1992 and eventually made it to the PBA’s 25 Greatest Players in 2000. </p><p>Years later he took the coaching position for the San Sebastian College-Recoletos, where he led the team to the NCAA championship in 2009.</p><p>He was then appointed as Petron Blaze Boosters’ head coach in 2010-2012, steering the team to a championship too during the 2011 PBA Governor’s Cup. </p><div><em>Bookmark the <a href="https://halalanresults.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN News Halalan results page</a> to see the partial unofficial tally of election returns.</em></div><div><em>For other updates, visit ABS-CBN News&#x27; live blog <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/09/22/halalan-2022-abs-cbn-news-updates-on-philippine-elections">here</a>.</em></div>

Agustin has so far garnered 53,730 votes – good for sixth place – as of 2:47 a.m., Tuesday, some 9,000 votes clear of the 10-seat quota.