MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Tuesday passed on second reading a bill granting Filipino citizenship to Ivorian basketball player Angelo Kouame.
During the plenary session, senators approved House Bill No. 8632, taking into consideration Senate Bills No. 1892 and 2058 filed by Senator Sonny Angara with Senator Joel Villanueva, and Senator Richard Gordon, respectively.
Kouame, who hails from West Africa’s Ivory Coast, is poised to join the Philippines in the Fiba Olympic Qualifying tournament for the Tokyo Games later in the year.
The country got a ticket to the OQT as the next highest-ranking team in the Asia-Oceania zone after New Zealand pulled out of the tournament…
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