Dondon Hontiveros

The Honorable
Dondon Hontiveros
The Honorable Dondon Hontiveros
	Hontiveros in 2022
Vice Mayor of Cebu City
	Incumbent
	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; July 1, 1977 (age 47); Cebu City, Philippines
Political party	PDP (2018–2021; 2022–present); Barug (2018–present)
Other political; affiliations	Independent (2021–2022)
	Basketball career
Personal information
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
College	University of Cebu
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 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 coach:
2021, 2023	Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
	3× PBA champion (2005 Fiesta, 2009 Fiesta, 2013 Commissioner's); 13× PBA All-Star (2000, 2001, 2003–2011, 2015, 2017); PBA All-Star Three-Point Shootout champion (2007); PBA Mythical Second Team (2009); PBA Sportsmanship Awardee (2005); ABL champion (2018); MBA All-Star MVP (1998); MBA Discovery of the Year (1998);
Men's basketball
Representing Philippines
FIBA Asia Championship
William Jones Cup

Donaldo "Dondon" Cabañes Hontiveros (born June 1, 1977^[1]) is a Filipino politician and former professional basketball player and coach. He is a member of the Cebu City Council from June 30, 2022 until May 8, 2024, and previously from 2019 to 2021.^[2] He serve as the Vice Mayor of Cebu City from November 2021 to June 2022, by virtue of succession due to the death of Mayor Edgardo Labella, and again since May 8, 2024, by the virtue of 60-day suspension of Mayor Mike Rama. He also served as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

In basketball, Hontiveros has won three 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.

^ "Hontiveros, Donaldo". pba.inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2019.
^ Lachica, Immae; Panerio, Jonas Rey (May 14, 2019). "Dondon Hontiveros: Decorated basketball player to no.1 Cebu City councilor". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.

[Inq-1] "Hontiveros, Donaldo". pba.inquirer.net. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2019.

[No1_councilor-2] Lachica, Immae; Panerio, Jonas Rey (May 14, 2019). "Dondon Hontiveros: Decorated basketball player to no.1 Cebu City councilor". Cebu Daily News. Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.

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