{"id":26649,"date":"2018-03-12T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T01:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=26649"},"modified":"2018-03-13T10:20:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T02:20:16","slug":"honda-pba-ink-new-deal-for-upcoming-commissioners-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2018\/03\/12\/honda-pba-ink-new-deal-for-upcoming-commissioners-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Honda, PBA ink new deal for upcoming Commissioner&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Honda Philippines, Inc. (HPI), the number one motorcycle manufacturer in the country, recently announced its partnership with the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) at the Solaire Resort and Casino in Paranaque City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26650\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-7-e1520840609741.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through the partnership with PBA, the most prestigious basketball league in the Philippines, HPI aims to touch on the lives of Filipinos by engaging in activities they love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26651\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-Primer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-Primer-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-Primer-1-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-Primer-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-Primer-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>HPI President Daiki Mihara (front, left) and Cignal TV&#8217;s Yolanda Viola (front, right) sign the agreement between HPI, Cignal\u00a0TV, and the PBA.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cBasketball has been a part of the Philippine culture and the Filipinos\u2019 love for the sport is nothing short of amazing,\u201d said Daiki Mihara, president of HPI. \u201cWe hope that through this partnership, HPI can extend its support to Filipino talents, especially in the PBA league.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year, PBA will be on its 43rd season and HPI presses on to bring the sport\u2019s vibe closer to basketball fans. This initiative is attuned to the company\u2019s vision of bringing the joy of mobility, especially through its safe, efficient, economical, and cutting-edge technology.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26652\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-Primer-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-Primer-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-Primer-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-Primer-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Representatives of HPI, led by Daiki Mihara, and Cignal TV are joined by PBA stars (from left to right) Beau Belga, Jeff Chan, and Asi Taulava.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Honda, being a global brand, has sold 18 million units in worldwide sales last year and continues to build out its passion for excellence through continuous research and high technological standards for its products. With this passion for excellence, Honda wants to extend its innovations to the needs and preferences of Filipinos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe want to expand our sizeable foothold in the Philippines as a market leader in the motorcycle industry, by innovating technologies that improve the quality of life,\u201d Mihara said. \u201cWe also see the value of partnering with institutions, like PBA, especially that our motorcycles appeal to the young and active fans of the league.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Known for its innovative spirit, HPI aims to introduce the company as a market leader in motorcycles, spare parts, and power products that allows riders to have fun and proactively take part in thrill-seeking adventures.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This is a press release.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honda Philippines, Inc., the number one motorcycle manufacturer in the country, recently announced its partnership with the Philippine Basketball Association at the Solaire Resort and Casino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,38,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-launching-and-opening","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/03\/2018-Honda-and-PBA-Commissioners-Cup-7-e1520843127947.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26649"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26677,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26649\/revisions\/26677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}