Dondon Hontiveros
Dondon Hontiveros | |
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Hontiveros in 2022 | |
| Vice Mayor of Cebu City | |
| Assumed office May 8, 2024 (in Acting 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 the 2nd district | |
| In office June 30, 2022 – May 8, 2024 | |
| In office June 30, 2019 – November 19, 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Donaldo Cabañes Hontiveros June 1, 1977 Cebu City, Philippines |
| Political party | PDP (2018–2021; 2022–present) Barug (2018–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Independent (2021–2022) |
| Relatives | Risa Hontiveros (cousin) Pia Hontiveros (cousin) |
| 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 the Tanduay 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 | |
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Donaldo "Dondon" Cabañes Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977) is a Filipino politician and former professional basketball player and coach. He has been serving as vice mayor of Cebu City since 2024 by virtue of succession, due to the suspension of Mayor Mike Rama wherein Vice Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia assumed the mayorship. Hontiveros had previously served as vice mayor of Cebu City from 2021 to 2022 also by virtue of succession due to the death of Mayor Edgardo Labella wherein Vice Mayor Mike Rama assumed the mayorship. Before assuming the vice mayorship, Hontiveros was a member of the Cebu City Council from 2019 to 2021 and 2022 to 2024, garnering the most votes in the council elections of 2019 and 2022 respectively.
In basketball, Hontiveros has won three Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) championships and was a 13-time PBA All-Star. He started his career in his hometown of Cebu City, playing for the University of Cebu at the collegiate level and becoming professional with the Cebu Gems of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA). In the 2000 PBA draft, he was a direct hire of Tanduay and was later traded to the San Miguel Beermen, where he won the 2005 and 2009 PBA Fiesta Conferences. In 2013, he won the PBA Commissioner's Cup with the Alaska Aces. He then retired after winning the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) championship in 2018 with San Miguel Alab Pilipinas. He thereafter ventured into politics and coaching. He served as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the PBA from 2022 to 2023.