This was confirmed by Joey Villar on his tweet, A Philippine Star Columnist and was a staff of Smart Gilas. The Picture below was the snapshot of tweet i was talking about.
Joey Villar was referring to an Article from New York Times written by Gish Jen with a title "Asian Men can Jump"The Article says that the Mother of Jeremy Lin which has a last name of Chua was based in the Philippines.
Jeremy Lin rose to stardom as he lead the New York Knicks to a 7 consecutive win and after he grabbed the NBA record of the most points in the first 5 start which is 106. He proved his game to many NBA Star and Veteran including Kobe Bryant,Derron Williams and Dirk Nowitzki to name a few.
Jeremy Lin's Highlights