But the support and recognition given by POC to PBF really puts Vargas and POC in a tight situation. The question as to why PBC was suddenly replaced by PBF remains unanswered to this day. World Bowling, which is the International Federation (IF) for bowling has not categorically come up with an official statement as to why PBC lost its membership and was replaced by PBF in World Bowling.
If Vargas and his team only took the time to their homework, they would have discovered something highly irregular with the sudden displacement of PBC in World Bowling.
The screenshots of the websites of Asian Bowling Federation (ABF) and World Bowling taken in August and September 2016 respectively will somehow reveal what took place. In the screenshot of the ABF website in August 2016, Steve Hontiveros was listed as president while Alex Lim as secretary-general of PBC. Both Hontiveros and Lim were not officers of PBC during the said date according to PBC President Gerry Mallilin. Clearly, there were misrepresentations with regards to Hontiveros and Lim as the ABF screenshot reveals. But why the need to misrepresent Hontiveros and Lim in ABF? Present PBC officers claim that the misrepresentations were necessary to make the change of name of PBC to PBF in World Bowling easy and more convenient. With the president and secretary-general as signatories, a simple letter informing World Bowling of the change of name of PBC to PBF will suffice to make PBF the new NSA for bowling.
What makes this claim of PBC officers hold water can be seen in the screenshot of the website of World Bowling in September 2016. In the screenshot, what is particularly interesting are the details that are written for PBF. The details like office address, telephone and fax numbers are those listed in the ABF screenshot for PBC. The details of PBC in the ABF screenshot match exactly those details of PBF in the World Bowling screenshot. The screenshots of the two bowling websites clearly show that there was merely a change of name that took place.
But what seals the deal for the allegations of PBC officers against PBF came from Steve Hontiveros himself. In September 10, 2016, Hontiveros reportedly called up PBC Prsesident Gerry Mallilin to instruct Mallilin to change the name of PBC to PBF. "Mabaho na ang pangalan ng PBC. Gawin nating federation." Mallilin quoted Hontiveros as saying.
If Vargas and POC think the the dispute in bowling is over, they are in for a surprise. PBC must now know how to salvage its very existence and show Vargas and POC that justice will reign, no matter how difficult, this time around
