Vergel Meneses

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Vergel Corpuz Meneses (born January 14, 1969) is a retired Filipino professional basketball player and a politician, serving as mayor of the municipality of Bulakan, Bulacan. He previously played in the Philippine Basketball Association for 15 seasons. Known as "The Aerial Voyager" during his playing days, he is also a former PBA Most Valuable Player and a many-time member of the Philippine national team. He was also named to the PBA 25th Anniversary Team. Meneses then served as the head coach for the JRU Heavy Bombers of the NCAA Philippines from 2009 to 2018. He had played for them in the 1980s. Although they had little success during his playing days, as head coach, he led them to five semifinal appearances. Meneses entered politics during the 2010s. He first ran for vice mayor of Bulacan, but lost in 2016. He then won three straight terms as mayor of Bulakan.

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