sentences:  Both groups signed a joint communique during the FIBA Congress in Saitama, Japan in September 2006.Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, and owner of the PBA teams TNT KaTropa, Meralco Bolts and NLEX Road Warriors was named as the first president of the organization on February 5, 2007 up until August 8, 2016.He was succeeded by Al Panlilio, who served as the PBA team governor of the Meralco Bolts.