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There were valuable lessons that Gilas learned from playing Turkey and Poland in friendlies on the way to the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Latvia starting today up to Sunday. The biggest takeaway was the three-point shot makes a big difference and even as Gilas had a higher field goal percentage than Turkey and Poland, both battles were decided from beyond the arc. The key isn’t only about converting the triple but also defending it.
LONDON – Novak Djokovic progressed to a record-equaling 13th Wimbledon semifinal without hitting a ball on Wednesday (Thursday Manila time) after Alex de Minaur pulled out injured as former champion Elena Rybakina eased through.
MANILA, Philippines -- The Gilas Pilipinas boys ended the FIBA U17 World Cup as the worst squad in the 16-team tournament after getting drubbed by Australia, 115-53, in another blowout loss Sunday afternoon (Manila time) at the Ahmet Comert Sports Hall in Turkiye.
MANILA, Philippines — After 12 years of operations, the SM Mall of Asia Arena continues to evolve and maintain its status as home of the biggest events in Manila.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said he was having a hard time figuring out how to fit everything he wanted to convey during his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 22 in just one hour.
MANILA, Philippines — It was a night of culture and couture at “TernoCon 2024” at the Museo del Galeón at the SM Mall of Asia.
MANILA, Philippines — A Manila-bound foreigner was held by the Philippine National Police Aviation Security Unit for making a bomb joke at Dipolog Airport yesterday.
AbaCore Capital [ABA 0.99 unch; 89% avgVol] [link] was asked by the SEC to comment on a March 5 article in BusinessWorld [link], entitled “AbaCore secures $1.6-M investment from Singapore-based firm”. In the article, BusinessWorld quoted ABA talking about the Singaporean investor as being “long-term oriented” and based in “emerging Asia”. ABA also mentions that the investor bought $1.6 million (~P94 million) worth of ABA shares, and plans to buy up to $4 million (~P234 million) more. In its clarification to the SEC, however, ABA struck a different tone. ABA said that the transaction didn’t involve primary shares or treasury shares, saying that “it appears that it involves the purchase of shares by investors from shareholders of ABA at the time in the open market.” ABA said that it “ had no knowledge nor participation in said investment decision of the parties involved”, and had “no direct involvement, participation, or solicitation in the BusinessWorld article”. The company said it is “pleased to hear that a group of foreign institutional investors invested in the shares of Abacore through the facilities of the PSE.”