No new news to me. IO'm half filipino living in Australia, and all the Filipinos here play ball, even if they are short. Australia has very band awareness for NBA, and went I went to the Philippines, I was in heaven. They have NBA TV as a channel so I could watch games everyday. The Filipinos love their ball and they get so much of the NBa over there.
a bit off topic, but Steve Slaton is proud of his filipino heritage http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/sports/pro/football/teams&id=6958189