Photo: (From left to right) Bo Perasol, UP OASD Director; Jed Eva, Chairman of Nowhere to Go but UP; with Palawan Group of Companies Board Members: Lilian Castro-Selda, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer; Angelita M. Castro, Deputy Chairman; Korina Castro-Fernando, Chief Human Resources Officer; Goldwin Monteverde, UP Men’s Basketball Team Head Coach; and Paul Ramos, UP Women’s Basketball Team Head Coach.

Longtime UP Fighting Maroons supporter, the Palawan Group of Companies (PGC), has taken its support of the University of the Philippines basketball program to the next level by embracing the UP’s Women’s Basketball Team (UPWBT) and the UP Junior Basketball Team (UPJBT) alongside the UP Men’s Basketball Team (UPMBT).

Gilas Pilipinas Women is set to see action in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournament in Kigali, Rwanda. This will be the first time the women’s national basketball team will compete outside the FIBA Asia borders.