SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, (PNA) –Basketball fans will get the chance to watch their favorite players in a charity game to be played here on Friday for the benefit of leptospirosis victims in Olongapo City.
Dubbed “Thriller Time”, the event will feature several active players from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and will be held at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Gym in this free port.
The SBMA, which is supporting the charity project, will provide free use of the sporting venue.
Apart from the PBA players, the event will also feature players from the SBMA and Lyceum of Subic Bay, who will clash in an exhibition game.
According to Willie Miller, the event organizer, “Thriller Time” aims to raise funds for the benefit of leptospirosis victims in Olongapo City, as well as to raise public awareness on disease prevention.
Miller said that they are also hoping to donate enough medicines to the local government to prevent another outbreak of the flood-borne disease.
Miller, who is currently playing for the Global Port Batang Pier, hails from Olongapo City.
Olongapo City recently suffered a leptospirosis outbreak after heavy monsoon rains resulted in severe flooding in all but one of the 17 barangays in the city.
Eleven victims died in the aftermath while close to 500 people were hospitalized due to the leptospirosis outbreak.