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MPBL operations to be handled by Chooks-to-Go

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="MPBL founder Sen. Manny Pacquiao and and Chooks-to-Go President Ronald Mascariñas. Handout photo." src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/10/25/mpbl.jpg"/><figcaption>MPBL founder Sen. Manny Pacquiao and and Chooks-to-Go President Ronald Mascariñas. Handout photo.</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA, Philippines -- Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) founder Sen. Manny Pacquiao has tasked Chooks-to-Go to handle the league’s basketball operations moving forward, it was announced on Monday.This comes after Pacquiao and Chooks-to-Go president Ronald Mascariñas formally forged their new partnership on Sunday evening.&quot;I am elated to have this new partnership given that Chooks-to-Go is a very organized organization, especially in basketball,&quot; said Pacquiao.&quot;I saw the world-class event of their one-day invitational league in San Fernando and I was impressed,&quot; he added.Chook-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 opened its season with a one-day invitational tournament last Wednesday in San Fernando, Pampanga.&quot;They are the only group in partnership with FIBA 3x3 in the country. With that, they basically know what they are doing,&quot; Pacquiao said. &quot;I am thankful to Kuya Ronald and I can only entrust the MPBL to Chooks-to-Go.&quot;Chooks-to-Go and the MPBL signed a five-year deal in December 2019, with Chooks becoming the league&#x27;s title sponsor. Now, Chooks-to-Go will also handle the league’s basketball operations.&quot;Being a presidential candidate is no easy task and we understand the busy schedule of the senator,&quot; said Mascariñas. &quot;That is why we accepted the gargantuan responsibility to take over the full basketball operations of the MPBL.&quot;&quot;We will work hand in hand with Commissioner Kenneth [Duremdes] in this endeavor,&quot; he added.The MPBL is currently in the early stages of holding an invitational tournament for its member teams to close out the year. Chooks-to-Go is also planning to integrate its 3x3 basketball program with the MPBL.Pacquiao founded the MPBL in 2017 as a regional, semi-professional basketball league. The league has so far held three tournaments -- the Rajah, Datu, and Lakan Cups.In 2019, Chooks-to-Go also founded its own professional 3x3 basketball league, Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3, which is endorsed by FIBA 3x3 and regulated by the Games and Amusements Board.Chooks-to-Go stressed that their new role in the MPBL will not change their commitment to the Pilipinas Vismin Super Cup and National Basketball League-Pilipinas.&quot;The company believes that these leagues are a step to level the playing field for players in the countryside to have the same opportunities in basketball as a source of livelihood,&quot; it said.<div><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="152" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/74f4hSyFUyJpCba2L4gqPn" width="100%"></iframe></div>

MPBL founder Sen. Manny Pacquiao has tasked Chooks-to-Go to handle the league’s basketball operations moving forward, it was announced on Monday.