Dondon Hontiveros | |
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.webp) Hontiveros in 2022 | |
| Vice Mayor ofCebu City | |
| Assumed office May 8, 2024 (inActing capacity) | |
| Mayor | Raymond Alvin Garcia |
| Preceded by | Raymond Alvin Garcia |
| In office November 20, 2021 – June 30, 2022 | |
| Mayor | Mike Rama |
| Preceded by | Mike Rama |
| Succeeded by | Raymond Alvin Garcia |
| Member of the Cebu City Council from the2nd district | |
| In office June 30, 2022 – May 8, 2024 | |
| In office June 30, 2019 – November 19, 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Donaldo Cabañes Hontiveros (1977-06-01)June 1, 1977 (age 47) Cebu City, Philippines |
| Political party | PDP (2018–2021; 2022–present) Barug (2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (2021–2022) |
| Basketball career | |
| Personal information | |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 175 lb (79 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College | UC |
| PBA draft | 2000: Direct hire |
| Selected by theTanduay Rhum Masters | |
| Playing career | 1998–2018 |
| Position | Shooting guard /small forward |
| Coaching career | 2021–present |
| Career history | |
| As a player: | |
| 1998–1999 | Cebu Gems |
| 2000–2001 | Tanduay Rhum Masters |
| 2002–2011 | San Miguel Beermen / Magnolia Beverage Masters |
| 2011 | Air21 Express |
| 2011–2012 | Petron Blaze Boosters |
| 2012–2017 | Alaska Aces |
| 2017–2018 | San Miguel Alab Pilipinas |
| As a coach: | |
| 2021, 2023 | Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters (assistant) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Donaldo "Dondon"Cabañes Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977[1]) is a Filipino politician and former professionalbasketball player and coach. He is a member of theCebu City Council from June 30, 2022 until May 8, 2024, and previously from 2019 to 2021.[2] He serve as the Vice Mayor ofCebu City from November 2021 to June 2022, by virtue of succession due to the death of MayorEdgardo Labella, and again since May 8, 2024, by the virtue of six months suspension of MayorMike Rama. He also served as an assistant coach for thePhoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of thePhilippine Basketball Association (PBA).
In basketball, Hontiveros has won threePBA championships and was a 13-timePBA All-Star. He started his career in his hometown of Cebu City, playing for theUniversity of Cebu at the collegiate level and becoming professional with theCebu Gems of theMetropolitan Basketball Association (MBA). In the2000 PBA draft, he was a direct hire ofTanduay and was later traded to theSan Miguel Beermen, where he won the2005 and2009 PBA Fiesta Conferences. In2013, he won thePBA Commissioner's Cup with theAlaska Aces. He then retired after winning theASEAN Basketball League (ABL) championship in2018 withSan Miguel Alab Pilipinas. He thereafter ventured into politics and coaching.
Born inCebu City, Hontiveros fancied basketball at a young age and tried to enter the sport at a competitive level in his first year of high school. But at that time, since he lacked the height, no one took notice of him. However, he had a growth spurt by the time he was in third year so he was taken into the high school basketball team ofDon Bosco Technical College–Cebu.
His first year with the varsity team was spent mostly on the bench. By the time he became a high school senior, he was already part of the team's rotation. At this point, he was already as tall as the team's center. His jump to college basketball suffered a minor setback when he ended his senior high school year with an injury. To keep himself competitive, he played in the intramural games atUniversity of San Jose–Recoletos.
He eventually played college basketball at theUniversity of Cebu for three years.
Hontiveros joined theMetropolitan Basketball Association in its maiden season in 1998 playing for theCebu Gems. However, despite being a fan favorite among the Cebuano fans, his stint with the Gems was marred with chaos, as he requested to be released by the team because he wanted to finish his studies and the constant travelling to different provinces with the team prompted him to drop some of his subjects.[3]
The Cebu Gems management tried to trade Hontiveros to different MBA teams. But Hontiveros' desire to play for the PBA eventually materialized as the Gems strike an agreement withTanduay Rhum Masters, who acquired Hontiveros in exchange for cash. But after Tanduay franchise was sold to the Lina Group in 2002,San Miguel (his favorite team) acquired him through a trade. Soon, he found himself a vital cog in the team's offensive rotation as he was quickly promoted as a starter for the team. He was a member of the two championships won by San Miguel in 2004-2005 Fiesta Conference and the 2009 Fiesta Conference.
In March 2011, he, along with Danny Seigle, Dorian Pena and Paul Artadi were shipped to Air21 for younger playersRabeh Al-Hussaini,Nonoy Baclao andRey Guevarra. During his stint with the Express, he emerged as one of the key players In2011 draft-day, he was traded back to Petron (San Miguel) along with the No.3 pick which was used to draftChris Lutz.
Before the end of August 2012, he was involved in a six-player, four-team trade that sent him to Alaska.[4] He was a vital addition off-the-bench for the Aces, and was a member of the 2013 championship team. He would often provide heroics when it mattered, as evidenced in the games he played during the 2014-15 Philippine Cup. He was the game's best player once during the elimination round against NLEX, and would provide his usual heroics in the playoffs, once against Rain or Shine and another during the Game 6 (a potential elimination game) against San Miguel in the finals.
On January 16, 2015, he surpassed fellow Cebuano gunner Al Solis for the No. 4 all time in three-point field goals with 1,002.[5]
After finishing his contract with Alaska, Hontiveros was signed byASEAN Basketball League (ABL) teamAlab Pilipinas.[6] It was after this stint that he retired from the game.
| Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tanduay | 44 | 25.9 | .389 | .273 | .729 | 2.6 | 1.6 | .5 | .2 | 10.2 |
| 2001 | Tanduay | 38 | 29.8 | .386 | .406 | .646 | 3.9 | 1.9 | .6 | .4 | 12.4 |
| 2002 | San Miguel | 13 | 32.5 | .413 | .333 | .632 | 4.6 | 2.5 | .5 | .5 | 11.9 |
| 2003 | San Miguel | 50 | 33.3 | .417 | .368 | .831 | 4.6 | 2.1 | .8 | .7 | 12.8 |
| 2004–05 | San Miguel | 77 | 34.7 | .416 | .320 | .729 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.0 | .7 | 12.6 |
| 2005–06 | San Miguel | 42 | 32.1 | .382 | .359 | .754 | 4.1 | 2.0 | .9 | .5 | 10.5 |
| 2006–07 | San Miguel | 31 | 30.5 | .346 | .310 | .739 | 4.8 | 3.6 | .7 | .3 | 12.8 |
| 2007–08 | Magnolia | 44 | 28.9 | .415 | .314 | .778 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.3 | .6 | 11.7 |
| 2008–09 | San Miguel | 57 | 29.8 | .437 | .379 | .812 | 4.5 | 2.3 | .9 | .5 | 14.8 |
| 2009–10 | San Miguel | 56 | 28.4 | .443 | .376 | .710 | 3.4 | 1.8 | .6 | .3 | 11.8 |
| 2010–11 | San Miguel | 49 | 32.3 | .418 | .377 | .739 | 4.0 | 2.0 | .9 | .4 | 13.5 |
| Air21 | |||||||||||
| 2011–12 | Petron | 9 | 12.8 | .243 | .250 | .375 | 2.0 | .6 | .1 | .0 | 2.9 |
| 2012–13 | Alaska | 55 | 22.2 | .319 | .294 | .811 | 2.9 | 1.6 | .4 | .3 | 6.2 |
| 2013–14 | Alaska | 44 | 21.8 | .342 | .358 | .596 | 3.0 | 1.1 | .5 | .1 | 6.2 |
| 2014–15 | Alaska | 57 | 21.3 | .359 | .343 | .758 | 2.5 | 1.2 | .5 | .2 | 7.6 |
| 2015–16 | Alaska | 57 | 15.2 | .376 | .338 | .837 | 1.5 | .9 | .4 | .1 | 5.7 |
| 2016–17 | Alaska | 24 | 11.9 | .284 | .299 | .500 | 1.5 | .7 | .2 | .0 | 3.2 |
| Career | 747 | 26.9 | .395 | .344 | .751 | 3.5 | 1.9 | .7 | .4 | 10.3 | |
Hontiveros played for the Philippine national team in 2002 and 2007. He also donned the national colors for the Smart-Gilas Team Pilipinas in 2011 and helped Gilas Pilipinas defeat Japan in the semifinals of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in China.[9]
In the2019 elections, Hontiveros won a seat in theCebu City Council. Running underBarugPDP–Laban, he garnered the most votes in the2nd district.[2][10] He then became chairman of the council's Committee on Scholarship Program and Committee on Games and Amusement, and vice-chairman of the Committee on Youth and Sports Development.[11] He sponsored the resolution that amended the city's scholarship program to include high school dropouts pursuingvocational education.[12]
In September 2021, Hontiveros and colleague Phillip Zafra announced that they will seek reelection in2022 asindependent candidates; Barug PDP-Laban still endorses them as guest candidates.[13] On October 31, the two councilors announced that they had changed their minds and would not leave Barug. However, theCommission on Elections still categorizes them as independents since they filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) as independents.[14]
On November 20, 2021, Hontiveros, as the first councilor of theCebu City Council, succeeded to the vice mayorship of Cebu City, replacingMike Rama, who ascended asmayor of Cebu City after the death ofEdgardo Labella.[15] In 2022, Hontiveros returned to the council after topping the polls again.[16]
Hontiveros is anevangelical, and has a son named Isaiah with singer and fellow Cebu native Gail Blanco. He speaks three languages - his nativeCebuano,English andTagalog. He is also a cousin to Philippine SenatorRisa andCNN Philippines anchorPia Hontiveros.
He has also worn the following numbers during his career: the numbers 7 with Cebu Gems and San Miguel, the number 34 which was his first jersey number with Tanduay, and 24 with Air21, and 25 with Alaska Aces.
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