{"id":417310,"date":"2026-06-17T08:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/?p=417310"},"modified":"2026-06-17T08:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:30:54","slug":"boatwright-naturalization-okd-as-senate-special-session-breaks-logjam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/boatwright-naturalization-okd-as-senate-special-session-breaks-logjam\/","title":{"rendered":"Boatwright naturalization OK\u2019d as Senate special session breaks logjam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 San Miguel Beer import Bennie Boatwright moved on the brink of becoming a naturalized Filipino after the Senate approved on third and final reading the bill seeking his naturalization during a special session on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senators unanimously approved House of Representatives Bill 6639, or the measure granting Philippine citizenship to Boatwright, with all 13 lawmakers present voting in the affirmative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also approved on final reading was House Bill 6644, which seeks to grant Philippine citizenship to Filipino-American wrestler Matthew James Ramos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The naturalization bills were among the measures caught in the prolonged Senate leadership impasse, which prevented the chamber from acting on pending legislation before going on a break on June 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senator Francis Pangilinan, who sponsored the naturalization measures, welcomed the development and acknowledged the patience shown by the applicants throughout the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey were here every day and witnessed the proceedings \u2013 or the lack of proceedings,\u201d Pangilinan said before the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure will now be transmitted to Malaca\u00f1ang for the President&#8217;s signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A versatile 6-foot-10 forward-center, Boatwright has been identified by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas as a potential addition to the Gilas Pilipinas pool of naturalized players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He last suited up for San Miguel Beer in the PBA Commissioner&#8217;s Cup, where he averaged 31 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 4.5 assists per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once signed into law and after complying with the requirements of naturalization, Boatwright would join Justin Brownlee and Ange Kouame among the foreign-born players eligible to represent the Philippines in international basketball competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&nbsp;\u2013 San Miguel Beer import Bennie Boatwright moved on the brink of becoming a naturalized Filipino after the Senate approved on third and final reading the bill seeking his naturalization during a special session on Wednesday. Senators unanimously approved House of Representatives Bill 6639, or the measure granting Philippine citizenship to Boatwright, with all 13 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12903],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-12903"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":417311,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417310\/revisions\/417311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/6gnx6dd.cc\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}